Kusto Query Language Contracts in the UK excluding London

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 377 449
Rank change year-on-year +55 +72 +60
Contract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 14 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.45% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £563 £626 £611
90th Percentile £575 £638 £648
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £569
% change year-on-year -10.26% +2.86% -5.21%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK excluding London

Kusto Query Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Kusto Query Language in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK excluding London

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK excluding London

Kusto Query Language
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +49 6 £525 -8.70% 9
South West +45 3 £550 - 5
North of England +13 3 £525 +16.67% 2
Midlands +18 2 £525 -14.98% 9
North West +10 2 £525 +16.67% 2
West Midlands +10 2 £525 -14.98% 9
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Kusto Query Language
UK

Kusto Query Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.14%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) Wireless Security
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Security Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Incident Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Incident Responder
3 6 (42.86%) Operations Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Security Incident Analyst
3 6 (42.86%) Security Operations Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) SIEM Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) SIEM
3 11 (78.57%) Incident Response
4 8 (57.14%) Security Operations
5 7 (50.00%) Incident Management
6 6 (42.86%) Threat Detection
7 5 (35.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (35.71%) Threat Analysis
7 5 (35.71%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (28.57%) Event Correlation
9 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
9 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
9 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (21.43%) SOAR
10 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Analysis
10 2 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 2 (14.29%) OSINT
10 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
10 2 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) GCFA
4 1 (7.14%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) ArcSight
3 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) Splunk