Kusto Query Language Contract Job Trends in the South East

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 171 213
Rank change year-on-year +21 +42 -
Contract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 11 13 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% 0.28% 0.018%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.22% 1.13% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 1
10th Percentile £364 £478 -
25th Percentile £380 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 -
90th Percentile £600 £609 -
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -3.08%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 899 1,149 1,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 25.82% 25.03% 24.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 777 939
10th Percentile £282 £325 £325
25th Percentile £393 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £575 £613 £615
90th Percentile £625 £656 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 56 75
10th Percentile £50.00 £27.00 £32.30
25th Percentile £51.56 £49.94 £49.07
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £68.13
90th Percentile - £76.25 £75.00
England median hourly rate £55.50 £65.00 £64.50
% change year-on-year -14.62% +0.78% +12.80%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Kusto Query Language in the South East

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kusto Query Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in the South East over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kusto Query Language in the South East

Kusto Query Language
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Thames Valley +9 6 £525 +0.48% 5
Berkshire +17 5 £500 -4.31% 2
Hampshire +13 5 £410 -28.70% 3
Buckinghamshire - 1 £550 - 3
Kusto Query Language
England

Kusto Query Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
1 6 (54.55%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Security Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) SIEM
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
3 5 (45.45%) Threat Detection
3 5 (45.45%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) OSINT
5 3 (27.27%) Event Correlation
6 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
6 2 (18.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Situational Awareness
6 2 (18.18%) SOAR
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Migration
7 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) GCIH
3 2 (18.18%) CASP
3 2 (18.18%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CEH
4 1 (9.09%) GCFA
4 1 (9.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kibana
1 1 (9.09%) QRadar
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) ArcSight
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) FireEye
3 1 (9.09%) LogRhythm
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) Tanium