Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Sentinel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 520 680 781
Rank change year-on-year +160 +101 -154
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 211 447 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.35% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.92% 0.82% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 196 364 243
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,999 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,520 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £101,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £59,526 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.79% +11.63%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Sentinel is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,975 54,604 60,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.66% 43.21% 46.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18,185 36,102 42,496
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,575 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%

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 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Azure Sentinel in the UK

Azure Sentinel
Top 15 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 30 November 2023. 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 +156 178 £67,500 +12.50% 71
UK excluding London +162 120 £62,500 +5.00% 47
Work from Home +137 109 £65,351 +8.92% 46
London +186 81 £80,000 +28.00% 25
North of England +97 32 £65,351 +13.65% 9
Scotland +58 29 £68,474 +15.03% 5
Midlands +119 21 £53,500 -6.96% 6
North West +70 17 £70,175 +22.04% 3
West Midlands +123 16 £53,500 -6.96% 5
South East +133 15 £57,500 -6.12% 16
Yorkshire +69 15 £65,351 +9.78% 5
East of England +137 13 £65,000 +23.81% 3
South West +72 11 £65,000 +40.78% 8
East Midlands +55 5 £52,500 -8.70% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 -

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 23 (10.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.84%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 211 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (33.65%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (26.54%) AWS
4 43 (20.38%) Entra ID
5 29 (13.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 26 (12.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 25 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (10.90%) PaaS
9 21 (9.95%) Serverless
10 20 (9.48%) IaaS
11 19 (9.00%) Azure Functions
12 18 (8.53%) GCP
13 16 (7.58%) SaaS
14 14 (6.64%) Azure API Management
15 13 (6.16%) AWS Direct Connect
16 12 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
17 10 (4.74%) AWS CodePipeline
18 9 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
19 8 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
20 7 (3.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 45 (21.33%) Firewall
2 38 (18.01%) Network Security
3 25 (11.85%) WAN
4 19 (9.00%) VPN
5 18 (8.53%) SD-WAN
6 13 (6.16%) Internet
7 12 (5.69%) LAN
8 8 (3.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (3.79%) Wireless
9 4 (1.90%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.90%) WLAN
10 3 (1.42%) MPLS
10 3 (1.42%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.95%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.95%) VLAN
11 2 (0.95%) VoIP
12 1 (0.47%) BGP
12 1 (0.47%) Converged Networks
12 1 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.69%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (6.16%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.84%) Redis
5 5 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.37%) MySQL
6 3 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.42%) Big Data
6 3 (1.42%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Git
2 2 (0.95%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 32 (15.17%) Finance
2 27 (12.80%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.95%) Banking
4 17 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.74%) Retail
6 6 (2.84%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.84%) Law
6 6 (2.84%) Legal
6 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.90%) Marketing
9 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.95%) Police
11 1 (0.47%) Billing
11 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 52 (24.64%) Senior
2 32 (15.17%) Security Engineer
3 30 (14.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (11.85%) Azure Engineer
5 20 (9.48%) Analyst
6 19 (9.00%) Consultant
7 18 (8.53%) Architect
8 16 (7.58%) IT Engineer
8 16 (7.58%) Security Manager
8 16 (7.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.64%) Cloud Consultant
9 14 (6.64%) Security Analyst
10 13 (6.16%) Developer
11 12 (5.69%) IT Security Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Design Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Senior Design Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Senior IT Engineer
12 11 (5.21%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.43%) Node.js
1 22 (10.43%) React
2 14 (6.64%) RESTful
3 11 (5.21%) ARM Templates
4 10 (4.74%) AngularJS
4 10 (4.74%) Azure Blueprints
5 8 (3.79%) Middleware
6 6 (2.84%) Fluent Bit
6 6 (2.84%) Next.js
7 5 (2.37%) SAML
8 4 (1.90%) .NET
9 3 (1.42%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.42%) REST
10 2 (0.95%) CSS
10 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.95%) HTML
11 1 (0.47%) FIDO
11 1 (0.47%) OAuth
11 1 (0.47%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 28 (13.27%) Public Cloud
2 15 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.64%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.79%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.84%) Distributed Architecture
8 6 (2.84%) PKI
9 4 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.42%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.22%) Windows
2 18 (8.53%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.58%) Linux
4 9 (4.27%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.32%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.84%) Android
6 6 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.90%) VMS
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.42%) CentOS
8 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (39.34%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (29.86%) Cloud Security
3 61 (28.91%) SIEM
4 51 (24.17%) DevOps
5 41 (19.43%) Information Security
5 41 (19.43%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (19.43%) Roadmaps
6 39 (18.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 37 (17.54%) CI/CD
8 34 (16.11%) Security Operations
9 33 (15.64%) Agile
10 27 (12.80%) Analytics
11 25 (11.85%) Data Loss Prevention
11 25 (11.85%) Network Virtualisation
12 22 (10.43%) API Management
13 21 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (9.48%) Technology Roadmap
14 20 (9.48%) Zero Trust
15 18 (8.53%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.17%) Python
2 46 (21.80%) PowerShell
3 31 (14.69%) Bash
3 31 (14.69%) SQL
4 21 (9.95%) Kusto Query Language
5 14 (6.64%) Bicep
6 11 (5.21%) C#
7 8 (3.79%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.47%) C++
9 1 (0.47%) Go
9 1 (0.47%) R
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (17.06%) Degree
2 35 (16.59%) CISSP
3 25 (11.85%) Azure Certification
4 20 (9.48%) Security Cleared
5 19 (9.00%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (9.00%) SC Cleared
6 18 (8.53%) GSEC
7 11 (5.21%) CISM
8 9 (4.27%) CCNA
9 7 (3.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (3.32%) CCSP
9 7 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.84%) CEH
10 6 (2.84%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.84%) SSCP
11 4 (1.90%) CISA
11 4 (1.90%) CISMP
11 4 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (6.64%) NIST
4 13 (6.16%) PCI DSS
5 7 (3.32%) GDPR
6 6 (2.84%) ISO 9000
7 5 (2.37%) RMADS
8 3 (1.42%) COBIT
8 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.95%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.95%) NCSC
10 1 (0.47%) GRC
10 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (30.33%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.43%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (3.79%) Docker
4 7 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.90%) XenApp
7 3 (1.42%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (18.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (12.32%) Kubernetes
2 26 (12.32%) Terraform
3 9 (4.27%) SCCM
4 6 (2.84%) Fluentd
4 6 (2.84%) logstash
4 6 (2.84%) Nessus
5 5 (2.37%) Ansible
5 5 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.47%) CASB
7 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 139 (65.88%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.95%) Palo Alto
3 18 (8.53%) Cisco
4 16 (7.58%) F5
5 11 (5.21%) Splunk
6 7 (3.32%) Aruba
6 7 (3.32%) Databricks
6 7 (3.32%) VMware
7 6 (2.84%) Meraki
8 5 (2.37%) AlienVault
8 5 (2.37%) FireEye
8 5 (2.37%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.37%) Sophos
9 4 (1.90%) Citrix
9 4 (1.90%) Qualys
9 4 (1.90%) Symantec
10 3 (1.42%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.95%) Varonis
11 2 (0.95%) Veracode