Azure Sentinel Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 508 496
Rank change year-on-year +37 -12 +103
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 129 169 170
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.69% 0.93% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 113 139 155
10th Percentile £34,900 £40,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,713 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £78,500 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% -11.11% +12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,574 18,091 18,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.71% 36.48% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,314 10,780 15,807
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,625 £103,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Sentinel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in England

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in England

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +24 63 £67,000 -12.42% 27
Midlands +17 21 £52,534 +16.74% 13
North of England +22 18 £47,500 -5.58% 15
South East +14 18 £67,500 +8.00% 23
North West +29 13 £43,500 -10.59% 10
East Midlands -8 12 £80,000 +77.78% 4
West Midlands +15 9 £51,000 -0.97% 9
South West +11 5 £31,000 -45.61% 2
Yorkshire -8 4 £48,000 -12.73% 4
East of England +11 1 £43,000 -28.33% 1
North East +7 1 £47,500 -5.58% 1
Azure Sentinel
UK

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (13.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (12.40%) SharePoint
3 9 (6.98%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 129 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (47.29%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (31.78%) Entra ID
4 38 (29.46%) AWS
5 22 (17.05%) Microsoft Purview
6 18 (13.95%) GCP
7 13 (10.08%) PaaS
8 11 (8.53%) SaaS
9 10 (7.75%) IaaS
10 9 (6.98%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (3.88%) Azure AKS
12 5 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (3.88%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (3.88%) Mimecast
13 4 (3.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 4 (3.10%) Azure Functions
13 4 (3.10%) OneDrive
13 4 (3.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (29.46%) Firewall
2 20 (15.50%) VPN
3 16 (12.40%) DNS
4 14 (10.85%) Network Security
5 13 (10.08%) VLAN
6 12 (9.30%) WAN
7 9 (6.98%) Skype
8 7 (5.43%) NAS
9 6 (4.65%) DHCP
9 6 (4.65%) SD-WAN
10 5 (3.88%) LAN
11 4 (3.10%) SAN
12 3 (2.33%) TCP/IP
12 3 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (1.55%) IPv4
13 2 (1.55%) SSL
13 2 (1.55%) Wireless
14 1 (0.78%) IKE
14 1 (0.78%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.98%) DTS
2 4 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.78%) Power BI
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 42 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (7.75%) Manufacturing
4 10 (7.75%) Retail
5 9 (6.98%) Finance
6 4 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.10%) Legal
6 4 (3.10%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.78%) Law
8 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (22.48%) Analyst
2 27 (20.93%) Security Engineer
3 19 (14.73%) Security Analyst
4 18 (13.95%) Senior
5 17 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (13.18%) Support Engineer
6 15 (11.63%) Lead
7 9 (6.98%) Architect
7 9 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support
7 9 (6.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 9 (6.98%) Senior Security Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) IT Support
9 7 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (4.65%) IT Engineer
10 6 (4.65%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (3.88%) Administrator
11 5 (3.88%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.55%) Django
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.55%) OAuth
3 1 (0.78%) OpenID
3 1 (0.78%) REST
3 1 (0.78%) SAML
3 1 (0.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Security Posture
2 23 (17.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (17.05%) Onboarding
4 12 (9.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (6.98%) CMDB
5 9 (6.98%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (4.65%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
7 5 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (3.10%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
8 4 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.78%) Clustering
11 1 (0.78%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (31.01%) Windows
2 22 (17.05%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.75%) Linux
4 9 (6.98%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.78%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (47.29%) SIEM
2 46 (35.66%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (31.01%) Cloud Security
4 37 (28.68%) Incident Response
5 34 (26.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (21.71%) Security Operations
8 27 (20.93%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (17.83%) Migration
9 23 (17.83%) Root Cause Analysis
10 22 (17.05%) ITIL
11 21 (16.28%) Zero Trust
12 20 (15.50%) Identity Access Management
12 20 (15.50%) Service Delivery
13 17 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (12.40%) DevOps
14 16 (12.40%) Penetration Testing
14 16 (12.40%) Service Management
15 15 (11.63%) Analytics
16 14 (10.85%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 48 (37.21%) PowerShell
2 17 (13.18%) Python
3 15 (11.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 13 (10.08%) Bicep
5 6 (4.65%) SQL
6 3 (2.33%) Bash
6 3 (2.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (16.28%) CISSP
2 14 (10.85%) CISM
3 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (10.08%) Security Cleared
4 12 (9.30%) Azure Certification
4 12 (9.30%) Degree
5 10 (7.75%) CEH
5 10 (7.75%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (6.98%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (3.88%) GIAC
9 4 (3.10%) CCSP
9 4 (3.10%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.33%) CISA
11 2 (1.55%) CCNA
11 2 (1.55%) CCNP
11 2 (1.55%) CISMP
11 2 (1.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (34.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (25.58%) NIST
3 27 (20.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (15.50%) GDPR
5 9 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (6.20%) PCI DSS
7 4 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (2.33%) GRC
8 3 (2.33%) NCSC
8 3 (2.33%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.78%) COBIT
10 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 50 (38.76%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.75%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (6.98%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (20.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (11.63%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (10.08%) Terraform
4 10 (7.75%) ZABBIX
5 9 (6.98%) Nagios
6 6 (4.65%) SCOM
7 4 (3.10%) Nessus
7 4 (3.10%) PaperCut
8 2 (1.55%) CASB
8 2 (1.55%) CSIRT
8 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.55%) QRadar
9 1 (0.78%) Ansible
9 1 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.78%) SCCM
9 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.78%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 110 (85.27%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.60%) VMware
3 15 (11.63%) Cisco
3 15 (11.63%) SolarWinds
3 15 (11.63%) Tenable
4 13 (10.08%) Google
5 12 (9.30%) Citrix
5 12 (9.30%) Splunk
6 11 (8.53%) CrowdStrike
6 11 (8.53%) Tanium
7 10 (7.75%) Proofpoint
8 9 (6.98%) BMC
8 9 (6.98%) Darktrace
8 9 (6.98%) Red Hat
8 9 (6.98%) Trend Micro
9 8 (6.20%) Palo Alto
10 6 (4.65%) Zscaler
11 5 (3.88%) ServiceNow
12 4 (3.10%) Datto
12 4 (3.10%) Meraki