Azure Sentinel Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 599 518
Rank change year-on-year +79 -81 +202
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 145 147 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.22% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.89% 0.67% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 129 114 205
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,376 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,813 £46,713 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,875 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% -14.26% +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,309 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -16.15% +0.80%

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 16,370 21,963 23,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.02% 32.47% 43.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,123 13,226 19,267
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,145
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.58% -1.55%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 8 November 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 8 November 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 +90 138 £62,500 +4.17% 173
London +94 77 £65,000 -18.75% 66
UK excluding London +54 60 £57,500 +14.29% 140
Work from Home +51 42 £62,500 +24.23% 100
South East +39 22 £63,250 -0.78% 96
Midlands +70 19 £53,000 +9.34% 11
East Midlands +29 12 £75,000 +66.67% 3
North of England +1 10 £52,500 +4.36% 16
West Midlands +41 7 £51,000 +1.37% 8
South West +29 5 £31,000 - 9
North West +7 5 £53,500 +6.34% 5
Yorkshire +3 3 £48,500 -3.00% 9
Scotland -1 3 £57,500 +14.29%
North East +13 2 £50,000 -0.61% 2

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 19 (13.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 19 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.21%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 145 (100.00%) Azure
2 67 (46.21%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (32.41%) Entra ID
4 28 (19.31%) AWS
5 18 (12.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (11.03%) PaaS
7 15 (10.34%) Azure Monitor
7 15 (10.34%) SaaS
8 14 (9.66%) GCP
9 13 (8.97%) IaaS
10 12 (8.28%) Mimecast
11 11 (7.59%) Azure Functions
11 11 (7.59%) Serverless
12 9 (6.21%) Azure App Service
13 5 (3.45%) Azure API Management
13 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (3.45%) Azure Storage
14 4 (2.76%) Azure AKS
14 4 (2.76%) Dropbox
14 4 (2.76%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 37 (25.52%) Firewall
2 22 (15.17%) VPN
3 18 (12.41%) Network Security
4 15 (10.34%) DNS
5 9 (6.21%) Skype
6 8 (5.52%) WAN
7 7 (4.83%) NAS
7 7 (4.83%) VLAN
8 4 (2.76%) IPv4
9 3 (2.07%) DHCP
9 3 (2.07%) LAN
9 3 (2.07%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.38%) SAN
11 1 (0.69%) BGP
11 1 (0.69%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.69%) Internet
11 1 (0.69%) OSPF
11 1 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.21%) DTS
2 5 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 52 (35.86%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.90%) Finance
3 10 (6.90%) Manufacturing
3 10 (6.90%) Retail
4 9 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.38%) Legal
8 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.69%) Law
8 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (27.59%) Analyst
2 33 (22.76%) Security Engineer
3 21 (14.48%) Lead
3 21 (14.48%) Security Analyst
4 17 (11.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 17 (11.72%) Support Engineer
5 16 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) Senior
7 12 (8.28%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (7.59%) Architect
9 9 (6.21%) Data Analyst
9 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (6.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 9 (6.21%) Monitoring Analyst
10 8 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (4.14%) Administrator
11 6 (4.14%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (4.14%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
12 5 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.38%) Django
1 2 (1.38%) FIDO
1 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (1.38%) OAuth
1 2 (1.38%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.69%) OpenID
2 1 (0.69%) SAML
2 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (24.83%) Security Posture
2 24 (16.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (14.48%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (6.21%) CMDB
5 9 (6.21%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (5.52%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.76%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.76%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.07%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.38%) Replication
10 1 (0.69%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.69%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (38.62%) Windows
2 25 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.21%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (5.52%) Linux
5 6 (4.14%) VMS
5 6 (4.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.69%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (48.97%) SIEM
2 51 (35.17%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (31.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (31.03%) Incident Response
5 43 (29.66%) Cloud Security
6 33 (22.76%) Migration
7 29 (20.00%) ITIL
7 29 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 28 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (18.62%) DevOps
10 25 (17.24%) Security Operations
11 24 (16.55%) Zero Trust
12 23 (15.86%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (15.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (13.10%) Root Cause Analysis
15 18 (12.41%) Analytics
16 17 (11.72%) Service Delivery
16 17 (11.72%) Service Management
17 16 (11.03%) Kalman Filter
17 16 (11.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 53 (36.55%) PowerShell
2 25 (17.24%) Kusto Query Language
3 20 (13.79%) Python
4 17 (11.72%) SQL
5 9 (6.21%) Bicep
6 4 (2.76%) Bash
7 2 (1.38%) Go
7 2 (1.38%) Groovy
8 1 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (17.93%) Azure Certification
3 22 (15.17%) CISSP
4 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
5 17 (11.72%) Degree
6 14 (9.66%) CISM
7 11 (7.59%) CEH
7 11 (7.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (7.59%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (3.45%) CCNA
10 4 (2.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.76%) ISSEP
10 4 (2.76%) MCSA
10 4 (2.76%) MCSE
10 4 (2.76%) OSCP
10 4 (2.76%) SSCP
11 2 (1.38%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (38.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (29.66%) NIST
3 31 (21.38%) GDPR
4 24 (16.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (3.45%) HIPAA
7 4 (2.76%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.07%) NCSC
9 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.38%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.69%) GRC
System Software
1 62 (42.76%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (12.41%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (7.59%) Hyper-V
5 9 (6.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.76%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.69%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (19.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (14.48%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (7.59%) Terraform
4 10 (6.90%) ZABBIX
5 9 (6.21%) Nagios
6 6 (4.14%) SCOM
7 5 (3.45%) CASB
7 5 (3.45%) Nessus
7 5 (3.45%) PaperCut
7 5 (3.45%) QRadar
8 4 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.38%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.69%) Ansible
10 1 (0.69%) Autotask
10 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.69%) SCCM
10 1 (0.69%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.69%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 131 (90.34%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.93%) VMware
3 21 (14.48%) Cisco
4 19 (13.10%) Splunk
5 14 (9.66%) Google
6 13 (8.97%) Proofpoint
6 13 (8.97%) SolarWinds
7 12 (8.28%) Citrix
7 12 (8.28%) Tenable
8 10 (6.90%) Tanium
9 9 (6.21%) BMC
9 9 (6.21%) Darktrace
9 9 (6.21%) Red Hat
9 9 (6.21%) Trend Micro
10 8 (5.52%) Palo Alto
11 6 (4.14%) Qualys
12 5 (3.45%) Datto
12 5 (3.45%) Forcepoint
13 4 (2.76%) ConnectWise
13 4 (2.76%) CrowdStrike