Azure Sentinel Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 487 574
Rank change year-on-year -51 +87 -87
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 119 62 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.68% 0.67% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 100 53 74
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £43,063 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +12.31% -14.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £56,875
90th Percentile £67,625 £73,907 £63,563
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.54% +12.38% -14.29%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,545 9,238 15,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.09% 26.75% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,976 6,246 9,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,259 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK excluding London

Azure Sentinel
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Sentinel within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
South East -32 33 £55,000 -6.78% 22
Midlands -45 29 £55,000 +7.84% 10
North of England -31 28 £55,000 +2.80% 12
West Midlands -28 20 £56,900 +11.57% 8
North West 0 17 £55,000 +2.80% 8
South West -64 10 £57,500 +85.48% 3
Yorkshire - 10 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands -33 9 £45,000 -27.86% 2
East of England - 7 £35,000 - 5
Scotland +6 5 £55,000 -2.65% 3
Wales -72 4 £47,500 -12.84% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £42,500 - 2
North East -60 1 £46,500 -11.43% 1
Azure Sentinel
UK

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (12.61%) SharePoint
2 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.36%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 119 (100.00%) Azure
2 59 (49.58%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (43.70%) AWS
4 43 (36.13%) Entra ID
5 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 14 (11.76%) Cloudflare
7 13 (10.92%) GCP
8 11 (9.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (5.04%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (5.04%) OneDrive
10 5 (4.20%) Mimecast
11 3 (2.52%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.68%) Azure API Management
12 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.68%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (1.68%) GitHub
12 2 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.21%) Firewall
2 18 (15.13%) DNS
3 15 (12.61%) VPN
4 12 (10.08%) WAN
5 10 (8.40%) VLAN
6 8 (6.72%) SD-WAN
6 8 (6.72%) SSL
7 6 (5.04%) TCP/IP
8 5 (4.20%) Network Security
9 3 (2.52%) SAN
10 2 (1.68%) Broadband
10 2 (1.68%) DHCP
10 2 (1.68%) NAS
10 2 (1.68%) SSH
10 2 (1.68%) VoIP
10 2 (1.68%) Wireless
11 1 (0.84%) HTTP
11 1 (0.84%) LAN
11 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.84%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) Power BI
2 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) GitLab
General
1 33 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (8.40%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.56%) Retail
6 8 (6.72%) Law
7 6 (5.04%) Police
8 2 (1.68%) Finance
8 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (27.73%) Security Engineer
2 23 (19.33%) Analyst
2 23 (19.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 21 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 17 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 17 (14.29%) Senior
5 16 (13.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 16 (13.45%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (7.56%) SOC Analyst
7 8 (6.72%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.72%) SOC Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Incident Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) IT Support
8 6 (5.04%) IT Support Technician
8 6 (5.04%) IT Technician
8 6 (5.04%) Security Incident Analyst
8 6 (5.04%) Support Technician
9 5 (4.20%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.72%) Terraform
2 6 (5.04%) Regular Expression
3 2 (1.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (12.61%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.40%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (7.56%) PKI
5 8 (6.72%) Cyberattack
5 8 (6.72%) Management Information System
6 7 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (5.88%) Driving Licence
6 7 (5.88%) Security Posture
7 6 (5.04%) Low-Code
8 5 (4.20%) CSOC
8 5 (4.20%) Replication
9 4 (3.36%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.68%) Cybercrime
11 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (39.50%) Windows
2 35 (29.41%) Linux
3 10 (8.40%) Mac OS
4 6 (5.04%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.52%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.68%) Android
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.84%) SUSE
7 1 (0.84%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (57.98%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (47.90%) SIEM
3 52 (43.70%) Security Operations
4 37 (31.09%) Cloud Security
5 29 (24.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (23.53%) ITIL
7 27 (22.69%) Incident Response
8 24 (20.17%) SOAR
8 24 (20.17%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (19.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (19.33%) Threat Detection
10 22 (18.49%) Zero Trust
11 21 (17.65%) ITSM
11 21 (17.65%) Service Management
12 16 (13.45%) AI
12 16 (13.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 16 (13.45%) Threat Intelligence
13 15 (12.61%) Analytics
13 15 (12.61%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 50 (42.02%) PowerShell
2 42 (35.29%) Python
3 20 (16.81%) Bash
4 11 (9.24%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.52%) Bicep
6 2 (1.68%) C#
6 2 (1.68%) Go
Qualifications
1 37 (31.09%) Security Cleared
2 34 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 28 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (15.13%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (14.29%) Degree
6 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (9.24%) Azure Certification
7 11 (9.24%) CISSP
8 9 (7.56%) GCIA
9 8 (6.72%) CEH
9 8 (6.72%) GIAC
10 7 (5.88%) GCIH
11 6 (5.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (4.20%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (3.36%) AWS Certification
13 4 (3.36%) GCFA
14 3 (2.52%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (2.52%) CISMP
14 3 (2.52%) SSCP
15 2 (1.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (8.40%) GDPR
3 10 (8.40%) NIST
4 8 (6.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (3.36%) QA
6 2 (1.68%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.68%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.68%) SLA
6 2 (1.68%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.84%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (31.93%) Active Directory
2 13 (10.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.24%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.72%) KVM
5 2 (1.68%) Docker
5 2 (1.68%) Lustre
6 1 (0.84%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (0.84%) Firmware
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (21.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (11.76%) Graylog
3 8 (6.72%) Proxmox
3 8 (6.72%) ZABBIX
4 6 (5.04%) Kubernetes
5 4 (3.36%) Nessus
6 3 (2.52%) QRadar
7 2 (1.68%) Argo
7 2 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.84%) Ansible
8 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.84%) Grafana
8 1 (0.84%) Kibana
8 1 (0.84%) SCCM
8 1 (0.84%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.84%) VxRail
8 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.97%) Cisco
3 13 (10.92%) Veeam
3 13 (10.92%) VMware
4 10 (8.40%) Zscaler
5 9 (7.56%) Splunk
6 8 (6.72%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (6.72%) Fortinet
6 8 (6.72%) SolarWinds
7 7 (5.88%) Avaya
7 7 (5.88%) Palo Alto
8 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.36%) IBM
9 4 (3.36%) Meraki
10 3 (2.52%) Darktrace
10 3 (2.52%) Qualys
11 2 (1.68%) AlienVault
11 2 (1.68%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.68%) Google
11 2 (1.68%) Juniper