Azure Sentinel Jobs

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 706 592
Rank change year-on-year +156 -114 +251
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 143 190 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.19% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.95% 0.54% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 128 166 344
10th Percentile £41,775 £32,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,823 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,500 £84,964 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% -15.38%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,072 35,400 44,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 28.96% 35.94% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 11,031 26,787 29,292
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,670 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,738 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £96,250 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary trend for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Top 14 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +140 136 £54,750 -3.10% 79
UK excluding London +167 78 £48,000 -4.00% 68
Work from Home +182 51 £55,000 -4.35% 47
London +103 50 £75,000 - 40
Midlands +96 42 £47,000 +56.67% 7
West Midlands +51 26 £51,500 +71.67% 7
South East +94 19 £56,500 +25.56% 24
East Midlands +63 16 £45,000 -40.00%
East of England +63 8 £37,500 -44.44% 7
Scotland +125 3 £45,000 -25.00% 14
North of England +51 3 £62,500 +10.62% 9
North West +31 3 £62,500 -21.81% 4
Wales - 2 £54,500 - 3
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 143 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (23.78%) Entra ID
4 29 (20.28%) AWS
5 18 (12.59%) Azure Logic Apps
6 12 (8.39%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (6.99%) SaaS
9 7 (4.90%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (4.90%) IaaS
9 7 (4.90%) OneDrive
9 7 (4.90%) PaaS
10 6 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (4.20%) GCP
11 4 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.80%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.80%) Route 53
12 3 (2.10%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 62 (43.36%) Firewall
2 33 (23.08%) WAN
3 26 (18.18%) SD-WAN
4 24 (16.78%) VLAN
4 24 (16.78%) VPN
5 20 (13.99%) Network Security
6 14 (9.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 12 (8.39%) DNS
8 6 (4.20%) Internet
8 6 (4.20%) LAN
8 6 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (3.50%) DHCP
10 4 (2.80%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (2.80%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (2.80%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (2.80%) HTTPS
10 4 (2.80%) VSAN
11 3 (2.10%) DKIM
11 3 (2.10%) DMARC
11 3 (2.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Power BI
1 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
1 1 (0.70%) Metasploit
1 1 (0.70%) Postman
1 1 (0.70%) REST Assured
1 1 (0.70%) SoapUI
General
1 45 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.69%) Finance
3 17 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.69%) Retail
5 6 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.50%) Front Office
6 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.80%) Banking
7 4 (2.80%) Legal
7 4 (2.80%) Police
8 3 (2.10%) Law
9 2 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (43.36%) Analyst
2 34 (23.78%) Senior
3 30 (20.98%) SOC Analyst
4 29 (20.28%) Security Analyst
5 23 (16.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 23 (16.08%) Security Engineer
6 22 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
7 21 (14.69%) Network Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Architect
12 6 (4.20%) Security Architect
13 5 (3.50%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 5 (3.50%) Lead
13 5 (3.50%) Senior Network Engineer
14 4 (2.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 4 (2.80%) Azure Security Engineer
14 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) SAML
2 2 (1.40%) JSON
2 2 (1.40%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.70%) JWT
3 1 (0.70%) OAuth
3 1 (0.70%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.70%) React
3 1 (0.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (20.28%) Security Posture
2 16 (11.19%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.29%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (4.20%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.50%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.80%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.80%) PKI
7 4 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.10%) Social Network
9 2 (1.40%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (1.40%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.40%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (1.40%) IoT
9 2 (1.40%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (32.87%) Windows
2 21 (14.69%) Linux
3 20 (13.99%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.59%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.80%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (57.34%) SIEM
2 62 (43.36%) Incident Response
3 60 (41.96%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (32.17%) Security Operations
5 35 (24.48%) Information Security
6 34 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (19.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (16.78%) Cloud Security
9 22 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
9 22 (15.38%) Time Management
10 20 (13.99%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (13.99%) DevOps
10 20 (13.99%) Network Monitoring
11 15 (10.49%) Computer Science
12 14 (9.79%) ITIL
13 13 (9.09%) Incident Management
13 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 12 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
14 12 (8.39%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.87%) Kusto Query Language
2 32 (22.38%) PowerShell
3 17 (11.89%) Python
4 6 (4.20%) Bash
5 4 (2.80%) SQL
6 3 (2.10%) C#
6 3 (2.10%) Go
7 1 (0.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (27.27%) Degree
2 29 (20.28%) CISSP
3 28 (19.58%) CompTIA Security+
4 23 (16.08%) Security Cleared
5 19 (13.29%) SC Cleared
6 18 (12.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (11.89%) Azure Certification
8 16 (11.19%) CISM
9 13 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (6.29%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (5.59%) AWS Certification
12 7 (4.90%) CEH
13 4 (2.80%) CCNP
13 4 (2.80%) CCSE
13 4 (2.80%) CCSM
13 4 (2.80%) Master's Degree
14 3 (2.10%) CCNA
14 3 (2.10%) CCSP
14 3 (2.10%) DV Cleared
14 3 (2.10%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (19.58%) NIST
2 26 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (16.78%) GDPR
4 13 (9.09%) HIPAA
5 8 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (2.80%) NCSC
7 4 (2.80%) QA
8 3 (2.10%) GRC
8 3 (2.10%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.40%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.70%) COBIT
10 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (22.38%) Active Directory
2 20 (13.99%) Docker
3 12 (8.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (4.20%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.90%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (4.20%) Terraform
4 5 (3.50%) Nessus
5 4 (2.80%) Graylog
5 4 (2.80%) ZENworks
6 3 (2.10%) QRadar
7 2 (1.40%) Ansible
7 2 (1.40%) SCCM
8 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 101 (70.63%) Microsoft
2 28 (19.58%) Cisco
3 25 (17.48%) VMware
4 17 (11.89%) Tenable
5 15 (10.49%) Palo Alto
5 15 (10.49%) SolarWinds
6 11 (7.69%) Splunk
7 9 (6.29%) CheckPoint
7 9 (6.29%) Meraki
8 8 (5.59%) Zscaler
9 6 (4.20%) Avaya
10 5 (3.50%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (3.50%) Tanium
11 4 (2.80%) ArcSight
11 4 (2.80%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.80%) LogRhythm
11 4 (2.80%) Qualys
11 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.10%) Darktrace
12 3 (2.10%) DocuSign