Azure Sentinel Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Sentinel
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Azure Sentinel skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 346 510
Rank change year-on-year +45 +164 -78
Contract jobs citing Azure Sentinel 48 114 116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.47% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.89% 1.20% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 90 98
10th Percentile £475 £375 £450
25th Percentile £500 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +14.89%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £680 £703 £688
UK median daily rate £581 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +5.68% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £97.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +85.71% -

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,369 9,537 18,208
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.66% 39.34% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,890 7,113 13,635
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 134 154
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.10
25th Percentile £17.43 £21.26 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.68 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.56% +26.29% +21.43%
75th Percentile £53.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.59
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +71.59% +0.32%

Azure Sentinel
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Sentinel as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Sentinel trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Sentinel.

Azure Sentinel daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Sentinel
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure Sentinel over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Azure Sentinel daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Sentinel
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.17%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (37.50%) AWS
2 18 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 15 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (20.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 10 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (10.42%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (8.33%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (8.33%) Serverless
8 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (6.25%) Azure Functions
8 3 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (4.17%) Azure Stack
9 2 (4.17%) GitHub
9 2 (4.17%) IaaS
9 2 (4.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Firewall
2 4 (8.33%) Network Security
3 3 (6.25%) VPN
4 2 (4.17%) DNS
5 1 (2.08%) FTP
5 1 (2.08%) HTTP
5 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.08%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.83%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.17%) Big Data
3 2 (4.17%) Tableau
4 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
General
1 4 (8.33%) Finance
2 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Security Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Analyst
2 7 (14.58%) Senior
3 5 (10.42%) Architect
3 5 (10.42%) AWS Specialist
3 5 (10.42%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (10.42%) Azure Specialist
4 4 (8.33%) Cloud Specialist
4 4 (8.33%) Data Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
4 4 (8.33%) Senior Security Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Data Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Security Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Security Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) ARM Templates
1 2 (4.17%) PySpark
1 2 (4.17%) SailPoint
1 2 (4.17%) YAML
2 1 (2.08%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) OAuth
2 1 (2.08%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.08%) SAML
2 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.42%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
4 2 (4.17%) Insider Threat
4 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) CSOC
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) STIX
5 1 (2.08%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
3 4 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (25.00%) Analytics
3 10 (20.83%) Cloud Operations
4 9 (18.75%) Capacity Planning
4 9 (18.75%) Cost Control
5 8 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 8 (16.67%) SIEM
6 5 (10.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 5 (10.42%) Incident Response
6 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.42%) Network Virtualisation
6 5 (10.42%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (10.42%) Service Delivery
6 5 (10.42%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (10.42%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.33%) Information Security
7 4 (8.33%) Log Analytics
7 4 (8.33%) Planning and Forecasting
7 4 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 6 (12.50%) SQL
2 5 (10.42%) Python
3 4 (8.33%) Bicep
4 1 (2.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.75%) AWS Certification
2 9 (18.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 7 (14.58%) Azure Certification
3 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
4 6 (12.50%) CISSP
5 3 (6.25%) CISM
5 3 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.17%) CCNA
6 2 (4.17%) CCSP
6 2 (4.17%) CEH
6 2 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.17%) Degree
7 1 (2.08%) ISSEP
7 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (12.50%) NIST
3 4 (8.33%) GDPR
4 3 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
6 1 (2.08%) COBIT
6 1 (2.08%) COSO
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.08%) GRC
6 1 (2.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.17%) Docker
4 1 (2.08%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) Terraform
2 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) SCOM
3 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (2.08%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.08%) HP SIM
3 1 (2.08%) QRadar
3 1 (2.08%) SCCM
3 1 (2.08%) SCDPM
3 1 (2.08%) SCOrch
3 1 (2.08%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.08%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.92%) Oracle
3 4 (8.33%) Databricks
3 4 (8.33%) Splunk
4 2 (4.17%) CyberArk
4 2 (4.17%) Darktrace
4 2 (4.17%) Rapid7
4 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.08%) BMC
5 1 (2.08%) Citrix
5 1 (2.08%) Commvault
5 1 (2.08%) HP
5 1 (2.08%) Okta
5 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.08%) Remedy
5 1 (2.08%) Symantec
5 1 (2.08%) Veritas