Hybrid/Remote Azure Sentinel Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure Sentinel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 383 524
Rank change year-on-year +24 +141 -108
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 57 42 61
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.29% 0.28% 0.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.78% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 50 34 53
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,600 £35,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £44,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -2.65% -13.08%
75th Percentile £77,375 £68,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,250 £95,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,332 5,818 14,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.81% 38.75% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 5,039 4,234 12,103
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,020
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.73% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

Azure Sentinel
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Sentinel and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Sentinel job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Sentinel
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Sentinel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Sentinel

Azure Sentinel
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Azure Sentinel salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Sentinel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 57 (100.00%) Azure
2 24 (42.11%) Entra ID
3 22 (38.60%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (36.84%) AWS
5 8 (14.04%) GCP
5 8 (14.04%) IaaS
6 6 (10.53%) Cloudflare
7 5 (8.77%) Azure AKS
7 5 (8.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (8.77%) Azure Functions
7 5 (8.77%) Serverless
8 4 (7.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (5.26%) PaaS
9 3 (5.26%) SaaS
10 2 (3.51%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (3.51%) Datadog
10 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
11 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.84%) Firewall
2 12 (21.05%) DNS
3 11 (19.30%) VLAN
3 11 (19.30%) VPN
4 9 (15.79%) DHCP
5 6 (10.53%) WAN
6 5 (8.77%) SD-WAN
7 4 (7.02%) Network Security
8 3 (5.26%) SAN
8 3 (5.26%) SSL
8 3 (5.26%) Wireless
9 1 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.75%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.75%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.75%) LAN
9 1 (1.75%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
General
1 33 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Retail
4 7 (12.28%) Finance
4 7 (12.28%) Public Sector
5 6 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (10.53%) Law
5 6 (10.53%) Legal
5 6 (10.53%) Police
6 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Local Government
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.58%) Security Engineer
2 14 (24.56%) Senior
3 8 (14.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) IT Engineer
3 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Analyst
4 7 (12.28%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) IT Support
4 7 (12.28%) IT Support Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Security Analyst
6 5 (8.77%) Azure Consultant
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (7.02%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Regular Expression
2 3 (5.26%) JSON
3 2 (3.51%) RESTful
4 1 (1.75%) Kafka
4 1 (1.75%) OAuth
4 1 (1.75%) OpenID
4 1 (1.75%) SAML
4 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 8 (14.04%) Onboarding
3 8 (14.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (14.04%) Security Posture
4 7 (12.28%) Driving Licence
5 6 (10.53%) Cyberattack
5 6 (10.53%) Low-Code
6 5 (8.77%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (7.02%) PKI
8 3 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (3.51%) Replication
9 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (1.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (29.82%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Linux
3 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (56.14%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (52.63%) SIEM
3 25 (43.86%) Security Operations
4 19 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 19 (33.33%) Threat Detection
5 17 (29.82%) Incident Response
6 16 (28.07%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (19.30%) Kalman Filter
9 11 (19.30%) Service Delivery
10 10 (17.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (15.79%) ITIL
11 9 (15.79%) Process Improvement
11 9 (15.79%) Zero Trust
12 7 (12.28%) Customer Service
12 7 (12.28%) Information Security
12 7 (12.28%) Migration
12 7 (12.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) PowerShell
2 16 (28.07%) Python
3 7 (12.28%) Bicep
4 6 (10.53%) Bash
5 5 (8.77%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (3.51%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 16 (28.07%) SC Cleared
3 13 (22.81%) Azure Certification
4 7 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (12.28%) CISSP
4 7 (12.28%) Degree
4 7 (12.28%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (8.77%) CCSP
6 5 (8.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (7.02%) AWS Certification
7 4 (7.02%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (3.51%) CASP
8 2 (3.51%) CEH
8 2 (3.51%) GCIA
8 2 (3.51%) GIAC
8 2 (3.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (3.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.26%) GRC
3 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (5.26%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.26%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.51%) NIST
5 1 (1.75%) GDPR
5 1 (1.75%) SLA
5 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.02%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.02%) KVM
4 2 (3.51%) vSphere
5 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.53%) Graylog
3 4 (7.02%) Proxmox
3 4 (7.02%) Terraform
3 4 (7.02%) ZABBIX
4 3 (5.26%) QRadar
4 3 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (3.51%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.75%) Grafana
6 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 45 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) VMware
3 6 (10.53%) Cisco
3 6 (10.53%) Splunk
3 6 (10.53%) Veeam
4 3 (5.26%) Avaya
4 3 (5.26%) Meraki
4 3 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 3 (5.26%) Zscaler
5 2 (3.51%) Broadcom
5 2 (3.51%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.51%) EMC
5 2 (3.51%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.51%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.51%) Sophos
5 2 (3.51%) Tenable
5 2 (3.51%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (1.75%) ArcSight
6 1 (1.75%) LogRhythm