Azure Sentinel Contracts

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 471 459
Rank change year-on-year +68 -12 +188
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 127 121 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.28% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.15% 0.86% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 95 197
10th Percentile £330 £425 £409
25th Percentile £413 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £728 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £543 £563 £588
% change year-on-year -3.56% -4.26% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - - £97.50
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Sentinel falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,010 14,018 21,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.57% 32.31% 36.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 9,966 15,782
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 343 349
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.95 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £46.30 £34.38 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +29.58%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel.

Daily rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +76 102 £480 -12.73% 74
London +75 64 £440 -16.19% 37
Work from Home +53 52 £479 -13.00% 45
UK excluding London +52 34 £543 -3.56% 62
South East +43 12 £550 -2.22% 27
North of England +7 7 £530 +12.66% 6
South West +45 6 £725 +45.00% 5
West Midlands +14 6 £750 +18.11% 8
Midlands +7 6 £750 +18.11% 8
East of England - 4 £745 - 5
Scotland +5 3 £516 -6.27% 11
North West +2 3 £450 - 3
North East 0 2 £534 +6.80%
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 3

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (0.79%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 127 (100.00%) Azure
2 43 (33.86%) Azure AKS
3 35 (27.56%) Azure Monitor
4 26 (20.47%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (16.54%) AWS
6 17 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (13.39%) Serverless
7 15 (11.81%) Entra ID
8 14 (11.02%) GCP
9 10 (7.87%) IaaS
9 10 (7.87%) PaaS
9 10 (7.87%) SaaS
10 8 (6.30%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (6.30%) GitHub
10 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (3.94%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (3.15%) Azure Event Grid
13 4 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 35 (27.56%) Firewall
2 24 (18.90%) Network Security
3 8 (6.30%) DNS
3 8 (6.30%) HTTP
3 8 (6.30%) SMTP
3 8 (6.30%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.51%) FTP
4 7 (5.51%) SSL
5 3 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.36%) VPN
6 2 (1.57%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.57%) WAN
7 1 (0.79%) DKIM
7 1 (0.79%) NAS
7 1 (0.79%) SAN
7 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.24%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.36%) Power BI
4 1 (0.79%) MySQL
4 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.79%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.79%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) Snyk
General
1 37 (29.13%) Finance
2 34 (26.77%) Social Skills
3 21 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.02%) Banking
5 4 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.36%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.36%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Local Government
8 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.79%) Retail
8 1 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (18.90%) Azure Engineer
2 20 (15.75%) Security Engineer
3 15 (11.81%) Architect
4 14 (11.02%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 14 (11.02%) Senior
5 13 (10.24%) Consultant
6 11 (8.66%) Analyst
7 8 (6.30%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Azure Architect
8 7 (5.51%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (5.51%) Security Architect
9 6 (4.72%) Lead
10 5 (3.94%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Integration Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) IT Security Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) PowerShell Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) Security Analyst
11 4 (3.15%) Site Engineer
11 4 (3.15%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.17%) .NET
2 9 (7.09%) ARM Templates
3 8 (6.30%) JSON
3 8 (6.30%) OpenTelemetry
4 7 (5.51%) YAML
5 5 (3.94%) Web Services
6 4 (3.15%) Azure Blueprints
7 1 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.79%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.79%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 35 (27.56%) Security Posture
2 19 (14.96%) Cloud Native
3 11 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (4.72%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.94%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (3.94%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.94%) PKI
7 4 (3.15%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.15%) Reinsurance
8 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.57%) Replication
10 1 (0.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.79%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.79%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.96%) Windows
2 12 (9.45%) Linux
3 6 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.86%) SIEM
2 40 (31.50%) DevOps
3 39 (30.71%) Cloud Security
4 37 (29.13%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (26.77%) Incident Response
6 31 (24.41%) Security Operations
7 29 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (21.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (19.69%) Microservices
10 24 (18.90%) DevSecOps
11 20 (15.75%) Threat Detection
11 20 (15.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (14.96%) Analytics
13 18 (14.17%) Static Application Security Testing
14 17 (13.39%) API Management
14 17 (13.39%) Application Security
14 17 (13.39%) Information Security
15 16 (12.60%) Cost Management
15 16 (12.60%) SOAR
16 15 (11.81%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 45 (35.43%) PowerShell
2 24 (18.90%) Bicep
3 20 (15.75%) Python
4 17 (13.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (5.51%) C#
6 6 (4.72%) Bash
7 5 (3.94%) JavaScript
8 4 (3.15%) SQL
9 1 (0.79%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (18.11%) CISSP
2 20 (15.75%) Degree
3 15 (11.81%) CISM
4 13 (10.24%) Azure Certification
5 11 (8.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (7.87%) GCIH
6 10 (7.87%) Security Cleared
7 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (7.09%) SC Cleared
8 8 (6.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.72%) CCSP
10 5 (3.94%) GCFA
10 5 (3.94%) GIAC
11 4 (3.15%) CEH
11 4 (3.15%) CRISC
11 4 (3.15%) GCIA
12 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
12 3 (2.36%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (14.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (13.39%) GDPR
3 13 (10.24%) NIST
4 6 (4.72%) SOC 2
5 4 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.36%) PMO
6 3 (2.36%) SLA
7 2 (1.57%) GRC
7 2 (1.57%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 17 (13.39%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.30%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.15%) Docker
4 1 (0.79%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (23.62%) Kubernetes
2 21 (16.54%) Terraform
3 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (7.09%) Grafana
5 6 (4.72%) Prometheus
6 4 (3.15%) Ansible
6 4 (3.15%) Puppet
6 4 (3.15%) QRadar
6 4 (3.15%) Salt
7 3 (2.36%) Nessus
8 2 (1.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.79%) Argo
9 1 (0.79%) CASB
9 1 (0.79%) Consul
9 1 (0.79%) Istio
9 1 (0.79%) linkerd
9 1 (0.79%) logstash
9 1 (0.79%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (63.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (13.39%) Qualys
3 14 (11.02%) Splunk
4 8 (6.30%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.72%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.94%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (3.94%) Google
7 4 (3.15%) Cisco
7 4 (3.15%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.57%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.57%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.57%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.57%) McAfee
8 2 (1.57%) Netskope
8 2 (1.57%) Symantec
9 1 (0.79%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.79%) Datto
9 1 (0.79%) Exabeam
9 1 (0.79%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.79%) OpenAI