Kusto Query Language Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 289 327 466
Rank change year-on-year +38 +139 +147
Contract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 15 18 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.12% 0.043%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.35% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 4
10th Percentile £324 £425 £281
25th Percentile £414 £519 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £623 £659
90th Percentile £543 £657 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £585 £569
% change year-on-year -10.26% +2.86% -5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,699 5,133 9,659
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 37.34% 33.45% 37.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,627 3,702 7,073
10th Percentile £363 £350 £393
25th Percentile £421 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £656
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 147 213
10th Percentile £24.60 £27.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.73% +26.95%
75th Percentile £68.25 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.50 £79.20
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

Kusto Query Language
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Kusto Query Language trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Kusto Query Language.

Kusto Query Language daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kusto Query Language
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Kusto Query Language daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Kusto Query Language
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Kusto Query Language.

Kusto Query Language hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Kusto Query Language
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 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (20.00%) Azure AKS
4 3 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) DNS
1 3 (20.00%) HTTP
1 3 (20.00%) SMTP
1 3 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) FTP
2 2 (13.33%) SSL
3 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (6.67%) Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.67%) Big Data
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (6.67%) Parquet
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Security Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Responder
3 6 (40.00%) Operations Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Security Incident Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Security Operations Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Site Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
6 1 (6.67%) SIEM Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (6.67%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) JSON
2 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (13.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
1 11 (73.33%) SIEM
2 10 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 10 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 3 (20.00%) Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 3 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
6 2 (13.33%) Agile
6 2 (13.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Dynamic Code Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Log Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Observability
6 2 (13.33%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Static Code Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) Bicep
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) Bash
4 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) SC Cleared
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) GCIH
4 1 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) CEH
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) GCFA
4 1 (6.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Grafana
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) CSIRT
2 1 (6.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (6.67%) Darktrace
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Okta
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow