Azure Sentinel Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 248 309
Rank change year-on-year -17 +61 +10
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 21 5 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.15% 0.074% 0.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.41% 0.21% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 21 4 38
10th Percentile - - £45,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £47,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -19.15% -1.30%
75th Percentile £51,250 £59,375 £83,723
90th Percentile £57,500 £67,250 £84,964
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -1.64%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,061 2,358 5,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 35.21% 34.77% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,344 1,666 4,605
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the North of England

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
North West -1 16 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Yorkshire - 4 £48,000 -
North East - 1 £47,500 - 2
Azure Sentinel
England

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (76.19%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (61.90%) Entra ID
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (19.05%) OneDrive
5 3 (14.29%) SaaS
6 2 (9.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (9.52%) AWS
6 2 (9.52%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
2 8 (38.10%) DHCP
2 8 (38.10%) DNS
2 8 (38.10%) VLAN
2 8 (38.10%) VPN
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) IT Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) IT Support
2 8 (38.10%) IT Support Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Support Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Security Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Migration Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Head of Information Security
7 1 (4.76%) Head of Security
7 1 (4.76%) Information Officer
7 1 (4.76%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
7 1 (4.76%) IT Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Windows
1 8 (38.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) Process Improvement
2 9 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 8 (38.10%) Customer Service
3 8 (38.10%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 6 (28.57%) SIEM
5 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
5 5 (23.81%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Identity Management
7 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (14.29%) Platform Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
8 2 (9.52%) Network Virtualisation
8 2 (9.52%) RBAC
8 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 2 (9.52%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Bicep
3 1 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.76%) CCNP
2 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) CISSP
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (9.52%) NIST
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike