Azure Sentinel Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 175 221
Rank change year-on-year +17 +46 -23
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 15 6 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.04% 0.74% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 21
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +21.88% -30.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,313 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £57,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +38.89% -18.18%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,439 812 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.16% 24.34% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 951 414 1,474
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £30,650
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,794 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £76,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the Thames Valley

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Buckinghamshire +7 13 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Berkshire +11 2 £48,000 -23.20%
Azure Sentinel
South East

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (66.67%) Cloudflare
3 9 (60.00%) AWS
3 9 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (26.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 7 (46.67%) DNS
2 7 (46.67%) VPN
3 6 (40.00%) SSL
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (6.67%) HTTP
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Network Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) Security Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (40.00%) Security Incident Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) PKI
2 5 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (26.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
6 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Linux
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) ITIL
2 12 (80.00%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (46.67%) Security Operations
5 6 (40.00%) Analytics
5 6 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 6 (40.00%) Zero Trust
6 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (26.67%) Service Management
8 1 (6.67%) Change Management
8 1 (6.67%) Digital Forensics
8 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
8 1 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
8 1 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
8 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
8 1 (6.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) PowerShell
1 13 (86.67%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) Bash
3 2 (13.33%) C#
3 2 (13.33%) Go
4 1 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) CCSE
4 1 (6.67%) CCSM
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) CISA
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (6.67%) GCIA
4 1 (6.67%) GCIH
4 1 (6.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) ISO 22301
2 2 (13.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (40.00%) KVM
3 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) Graylog
2 6 (40.00%) Proxmox
2 6 (40.00%) ZABBIX
3 1 (6.67%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (46.67%) VMware
3 6 (40.00%) Veeam
4 3 (20.00%) IBM
5 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
6 1 (6.67%) Carbon Black
6 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
6 1 (6.67%) Cisco
6 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (6.67%) Fortinet
6 1 (6.67%) Google
6 1 (6.67%) Splunk
6 1 (6.67%) Tenable