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 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 193 194
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 28 6 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.16% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.76% 0.59% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 26 6 16
10th Percentile £39,375 £43,125 -
25th Percentile £41,375 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% +15.63% -33.33%
75th Percentile £62,813 £64,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £60,625
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +26.88% -17.33%

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 1,587 1,011 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.47% 27.32% 27.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,136 473 922
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -8.26% -5.22%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +11 22 £57,500 -17.86% 2
Berkshire +23 4 £47,500 +11.76% 2
Oxfordshire -24 2 - - 2
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 4 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 28 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (75.00%) AWS
3 15 (53.57%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (46.43%) Cloudflare
5 7 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (17.86%) Entra ID
7 3 (10.71%) GCP
8 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (53.57%) Firewall
2 13 (46.43%) DNS
3 9 (32.14%) VPN
4 7 (25.00%) SSL
5 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (3.57%) HTTP
6 1 (3.57%) Network Security
6 1 (3.57%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Analyst
1 11 (39.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) Network Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) Security Analyst
3 8 (28.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Incident Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Security Incident Analyst
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 5 (17.86%) Security Engineer
6 5 (17.86%) SOC Engineer
7 4 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (10.71%) Senior
9 2 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (7.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 2 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 1 (3.57%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (28.57%) PKI
3 6 (21.43%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (17.86%) CSOC
5 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
6 2 (7.14%) Public Cloud
7 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
7 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (82.14%) Linux
1 23 (82.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) SIEM
2 16 (57.14%) ITIL
2 16 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 15 (53.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 13 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (32.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (32.14%) SOAR
7 8 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 8 (28.57%) Zero Trust
8 7 (25.00%) Analytics
8 7 (25.00%) Cloud Security
9 6 (21.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 6 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
9 6 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
10 5 (17.86%) Runbook
10 5 (17.86%) Service Management
11 4 (14.29%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) Python
2 21 (75.00%) PowerShell
3 13 (46.43%) Bash
4 6 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (7.14%) C#
5 2 (7.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) CompTIA Security+
1 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
1 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.00%) CISSP
3 6 (21.43%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (21.43%) GCIA
3 6 (21.43%) GIAC
4 5 (17.86%) CCNA CyberOps
4 5 (17.86%) CEH
4 5 (17.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.57%) CCNP
5 1 (3.57%) CCSE
5 1 (3.57%) CCSM
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.57%) CREST Certified
5 1 (3.57%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.14%) ISO 22301
2 2 (7.14%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (32.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (28.57%) Hyper-V
2 8 (28.57%) KVM
3 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
4 2 (7.14%) Lustre
5 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (46.43%) Graylog
2 8 (28.57%) Proxmox
2 8 (28.57%) ZABBIX
3 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
4 2 (7.14%) Argo
4 2 (7.14%) Terraform
5 1 (3.57%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) VMware
3 8 (28.57%) Veeam
4 7 (25.00%) Fortinet
5 6 (21.43%) Cisco
6 4 (14.29%) IBM
7 3 (10.71%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (7.14%) Darktrace
9 1 (3.57%) Carbon Black
9 1 (3.57%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.57%) Juniper
9 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
9 1 (3.57%) Splunk