Azure Sentinel Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 275 283
Rank change year-on-year +25 +8 +73
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 20 31 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.35% 0.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.63% 1.05% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 20 24 11
10th Percentile £51,250 £40,375 -
25th Percentile £53,250 £46,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,125 £71,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £67,630
% change year-on-year -4.17% -11.28% +12.72%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,171 2,957 2,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.56% 32.94% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 1,599 2,371
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the South East

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Hampshire +33 8 £78,500 +12.14% 1
Thames Valley 0 8 £61,250 +22.50% 4
Buckinghamshire -1 4 £68,750 +44.74% 2
Kent - 4 £65,000 - 1
Berkshire -8 3 £52,500 -16.00% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
Azure Sentinel
England

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 20 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) AWS
3 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (15.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) BGP
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (5.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (5.00%) IKE
3 1 (5.00%) IPsec
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) OSPF
3 1 (5.00%) SSL
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) WLAN
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Senior
2 12 (60.00%) Analyst
2 12 (60.00%) Security Analyst
3 8 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
3 8 (40.00%) Senior Security Analyst
4 7 (35.00%) Security Engineer
5 6 (30.00%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) Information Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) Senior Information Analyst
6 4 (20.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (20.00%) ARM Cortex
2 4 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (45.00%) Cloud Security
3 8 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (35.00%) SIEM
5 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (25.00%) SOAR
5 5 (25.00%) Threat Detection
5 5 (25.00%) Use Case
6 4 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (20.00%) Information Security
6 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (20.00%) ITSM
6 4 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 4 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (25.00%) Python
3 4 (20.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (15.00%) CCSP
2 3 (15.00%) CEH
2 3 (15.00%) CISA
2 3 (15.00%) CISM
3 1 (5.00%) CCNA
3 1 (5.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (15.00%) GRC
3 3 (15.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Nessus
1 4 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (60.00%) Tenable
3 5 (25.00%) Splunk
4 4 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (15.00%) Google
6 1 (5.00%) ArcSight
6 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco
6 1 (5.00%) Citrix
6 1 (5.00%) HP
6 1 (5.00%) Qualys
6 1 (5.00%) Veeam
6 1 (5.00%) VMware