Kusto Query Language Contract Job Trends in Reading

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 77 98
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 -
Contract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.52% 0.49% 0.090%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.86% 1.68% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £358 -
25th Percentile £420 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.74% -11.36% -
75th Percentile £675 £506 -
90th Percentile - £518 -
Berkshire median daily rate £430 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -16.10% -6.82% -

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 140 238 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 18.21% 29.17% 24.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 148 196
10th Percentile £363 £397 £381
25th Percentile £413 £455 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +11.63%
75th Percentile £610 £651 £660
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £71.50 £72.18 £52.32
25th Percentile £73.75 £73.01 £56.65
Median hourly rate £78.50 £75.22 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% +29.02% -22.78%
75th Percentile £83.00 £76.61 £61.60
90th Percentile £84.80 £76.96 £67.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £63.75 £58.30
% change year-on-year +17.66% +9.34% -19.86%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in Reading

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Kusto Query Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in Reading over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Kusto Query Language in Reading

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) FireEye
1 2 (50.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (50.00%) Tanium