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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 151 215
Rank change year-on-year -12 +64 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 6 11 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.41% 0.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.45% 1.23% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 19
10th Percentile - £45,750 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £48,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% +21.88% -27.27%
75th Percentile £59,375 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,375 £66,350 £57,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £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 1,347 892 1,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.76% 32.84% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 793 523 1,526
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,550 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -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 26 March 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 26 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
Berkshire +1 3 £52,500 -16.00%
Buckinghamshire -31 2 £63,750 +34.21% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) AWS
3 3 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) VSAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) NOC Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (50.00%) Web Filtering
2 2 (33.33%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) CISA
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSE
3 1 (16.67%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (50.00%) GRC
2 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Tenable
2 4 (66.67%) Palo Alto
3 3 (50.00%) Google
4 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Qualys
4 1 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (16.67%) VMware