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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 599 859
Rank change year-on-year -119 +260 -128
Permanent jobs citing Azure Sentinel 188 425 380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.53% 0.96% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 164 337 287
10th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £39,135 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £74,063 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £95,931 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 35,382 44,396 75,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.88% 42.78% 48.26%
Number of salaries quoted 26,757 29,121 41,951
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,788 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 3 May 2024.

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 3 May 2024. 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 -76 168 £55,000 -9.84% 46
UK excluding London -91 119 £50,000 -9.09% 40
Work from Home -76 63 £57,500 -11.54% 28
London +31 55 £75,000 +11.11% 18
North of England -17 37 £56,500 -5.83% 9
South East -20 33 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Yorkshire +45 32 £56,500 -5.08% 5
Midlands +12 28 £30,000 -36.84% 5
West Midlands +28 25 £30,000 -58.62% 4
Scotland -62 10 £60,000 -13.60% 6
South West -20 9 £57,500 -17.20% 10
North West -26 5 £79,932 +27.89% 4
East Midlands -18 3 £75,000 +57.89% 1
East of England +10 2 £67,500 +38.46% 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 19 (10.11%) SharePoint
2 18 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.60%) CMS
4 2 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 188 (100.00%) Azure
2 124 (65.96%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (20.21%) Entra ID
4 34 (18.09%) AWS
5 31 (16.49%) Microsoft Purview
6 22 (11.70%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (9.04%) Power Platform
8 16 (8.51%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (8.51%) SaaS
9 14 (7.45%) IaaS
10 12 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (5.85%) GCP
11 11 (5.85%) OneDrive
12 8 (4.26%) PaaS
13 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (2.66%) Google Workspace
14 4 (2.13%) Azure AKS
14 4 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (2.13%) Power Automate
14 4 (2.13%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 66 (35.11%) Firewall
2 30 (15.96%) WAN
3 24 (12.77%) TCP/IP
4 23 (12.23%) LAN
5 19 (10.11%) Network Security
6 16 (8.51%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (7.45%) VPN
7 14 (7.45%) Wireshark
8 12 (6.38%) DHCP
8 12 (6.38%) DNS
9 10 (5.32%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.26%) VLAN
11 7 (3.72%) Internet
12 6 (3.19%) iSCSI
12 6 (3.19%) SAN
12 6 (3.19%) Wireless
13 5 (2.66%) Ethernet
13 5 (2.66%) MPLS
13 5 (2.66%) SMTP
13 5 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.26%) Power BI
3 4 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.60%) Redis
5 2 (1.06%) Power Query
5 2 (1.06%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.53%) Big Data
6 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (18.09%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.96%) Finance
4 8 (4.26%) Law
4 8 (4.26%) Marketing
4 8 (4.26%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.72%) Police
6 6 (3.19%) Legal
7 5 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.13%) Banking
9 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.06%) Games
11 1 (0.53%) Military
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 48 (25.53%) Analyst
2 32 (17.02%) Senior
3 29 (15.43%) Security Engineer
4 28 (14.89%) Lead
4 28 (14.89%) SOC Analyst
5 17 (9.04%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (7.45%) Consultant
7 12 (6.38%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (6.38%) Architect
7 12 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.85%) Information Security Engineer
8 11 (5.85%) Security Analyst
8 11 (5.85%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.32%) 2nd Line Support
9 10 (5.32%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 9 (4.79%) Infrastructure Support
10 9 (4.79%) Team Leader
11 8 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (4.26%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
11 8 (4.26%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.85%) Microsoft Graph
2 5 (2.66%) REST
3 4 (2.13%) Kafka
4 3 (1.60%) .NET
4 3 (1.60%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.60%) Middleware
4 3 (1.60%) Next.js
4 3 (1.60%) Node.js
4 3 (1.60%) React
4 3 (1.60%) RESTful
5 2 (1.06%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.06%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.94%) Security Operations Centre
2 32 (17.02%) Management Information System
3 17 (9.04%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (6.91%) Client/Server
5 9 (4.79%) Driving Licence
6 8 (4.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.19%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.19%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (2.66%) NHS
9 4 (2.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.13%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.60%) Clustering
10 3 (1.60%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 76 (40.43%) Windows
2 29 (15.43%) Windows Server
3 21 (11.17%) Windows 10
4 17 (9.04%) Apple iOS
4 17 (9.04%) Linux
5 15 (7.98%) Android
6 11 (5.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (4.26%) CentOS
7 8 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.13%) Mac OS X
8 4 (2.13%) Solaris
8 4 (2.13%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.13%) Unix
8 4 (2.13%) zOS
9 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.06%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (45.74%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (44.15%) SIEM
3 53 (28.19%) Security Operations
4 47 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 42 (22.34%) Incident Response
6 34 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (17.55%) Roadmaps
8 29 (15.43%) DevOps
8 29 (15.43%) Vulnerability Management
9 25 (13.30%) Information Security
10 24 (12.77%) Identity Access Management
11 22 (11.70%) Data Loss Prevention
12 21 (11.17%) Service Delivery
13 20 (10.64%) Ethical Hacking
14 19 (10.11%) Agile
14 19 (10.11%) ITIL
15 18 (9.57%) Key Management
15 18 (9.57%) Zero Trust
16 17 (9.04%) Analytics
17 16 (8.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 62 (32.98%) PowerShell
2 32 (17.02%) Python
3 18 (9.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 13 (6.91%) SQL
5 9 (4.79%) Bash
6 3 (1.60%) C#
6 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.06%) Bicep
7 2 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 43 (22.87%) CISSP
2 39 (20.74%) Degree
3 30 (15.96%) Security Cleared
4 29 (15.43%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (8.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 16 (8.51%) SSCP
7 15 (7.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (7.98%) Azure Certification
7 15 (7.98%) CCSP
7 15 (7.98%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (7.45%) CEH
8 14 (7.45%) SANS
9 13 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (6.38%) CISM
11 8 (4.26%) PMI Certification
11 8 (4.26%) PMP
12 6 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (3.19%) MCP
13 3 (1.60%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (18.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (16.49%) NIST
3 19 (10.11%) PCI DSS
4 8 (4.26%) GDPR
5 5 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (2.66%) QA
6 3 (1.60%) ISO 9000
7 2 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.06%) Def Stans
7 2 (1.06%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.53%) NCSC
8 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (26.60%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (6.91%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (5.85%) Hyper-V
5 9 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.06%) Docker
7 1 (0.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 53 (28.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.45%) Nmap
3 12 (6.38%) SCCM
4 9 (4.79%) Kubernetes
4 9 (4.79%) Nessus
5 8 (4.26%) Terraform
6 7 (3.72%) Ansible
6 7 (3.72%) SysTrack
7 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (3.19%) SCDPM
8 4 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.60%) Autotask
9 3 (1.60%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.60%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.53%) CASB
10 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.53%) QRadar
10 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 156 (82.98%) Microsoft
2 37 (19.68%) Splunk
3 21 (11.17%) Rapid7
4 20 (10.64%) Qualys
5 14 (7.45%) Thycotic
6 11 (5.85%) Datto
7 10 (5.32%) Dell
7 10 (5.32%) ServiceNow
7 10 (5.32%) VMware
8 9 (4.79%) Snow
9 8 (4.26%) Cisco
9 8 (4.26%) Sophos
9 8 (4.26%) Veeam
10 7 (3.72%) Draytek
10 7 (3.72%) Webroot
11 6 (3.19%) AlienVault
11 6 (3.19%) Darktrace
11 6 (3.19%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (3.19%) McAfee
11 6 (3.19%) SolarWinds