Kusto Query Language Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 161 196
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 +54
Contract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 8 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.074% 0.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £129 - -
25th Percentile £240 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - -
75th Percentile £525 £644 -
90th Percentile £555 £648 -
England median daily rate £550 £548 £425
% change year-on-year +0.46% +28.82% -25.11%

All Programming Languages
North of England

Kusto Query Language falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,245 1,011 1,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.69% 24.80% 25.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 656 957
10th Percentile £315 £333 £325
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £600
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 30 54
10th Percentile £31.20 £35.20 £32.26
25th Percentile £41.94 £37.55 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% - -7.64%
75th Percentile £84.50 £64.69 £51.19
90th Percentile £93.20 £80.00 £71.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Kusto Query Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in the North of England

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Kusto Query Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kusto Query Language in the North of England

Kusto Query Language
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Kusto Query Language within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -9 7 £315 -49.60% 7
Yorkshire -22 1 £450 -29.41% 5
Kusto Query Language
England

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Trainer
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Trainer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) SOC Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (87.50%) SOAR
2 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
3 5 (62.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) SIEM
4 4 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 4 (50.00%) Use Case
5 3 (37.50%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
6 2 (25.00%) Migration
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (25.00%) GCIA
2 2 (25.00%) GCIH
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) LogRhythm