Azure Sentinel Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 183 208
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +61
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 4 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.080% 0.024% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.34% 0.074% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 12
10th Percentile - - £38,875
25th Percentile £30,000 £83,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £87,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -64.57% +42.86% +2.90%
75th Percentile £47,750 £91,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,100 - £66,863
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% +12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,163 1,343 1,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 23.14% 32.08% 39.41%
Number of salaries quoted 779 731 1,516
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,818 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £85,000 £84,056
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 West

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the South West

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the South West over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the South West

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Dorset - 3 £31,000 - 1
Bristol +12 1 £90,000 +2.86%
Azure Sentinel
England

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) NAS
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) IT Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CEH
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) PaperCut
2 1 (25.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Datto
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Tenable