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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 312 403
Rank change year-on-year +28 +91 +192
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Kusto Query Language 24 21 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.16% 0.075%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.67% 0.46% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 5
10th Percentile £280 £470 -
25th Percentile £363 £525 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £220
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +145.45% -61.74%
75th Percentile £631 £550 £230
90th Percentile £800 £668 £256
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £250
% change year-on-year -9.05% +120.00% -56.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £46.45 - -
25th Percentile £47.50 £68.75 £65.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £72.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £63.00 £76.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £63.15 - -
UK median hourly rate £56.00 £72.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% +3.57% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,591 4,564 7,365
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.44% 35.22% 34.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,474 3,259 5,420
10th Percentile £336 £331 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £788 £825 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -4.72% -3.64% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 76 178
10th Percentile £31.25 £33.13 £29.66
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.50 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £75.31 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.75 £85.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.17
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.55% +13.04%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kusto Query Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kusto Query Language

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 26 August 2025.

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

Kusto Query Language
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kusto Query Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Kusto Query Language

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Azure
2 13 (54.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 2 (8.33%) Azure AKS
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (8.33%) Collibra
5 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (4.17%) Akamai
6 1 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (4.17%) GitHub
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
1 4 (16.67%) HTTP
1 4 (16.67%) SMTP
1 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (12.50%) Network Security
3 2 (8.33%) FTP
3 2 (8.33%) SSL
4 1 (4.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
2 2 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (8.33%) Delta Lake
2 2 (8.33%) GIS
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle Database
3 1 (4.17%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) Monitoring Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Security Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) SIEM Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Site Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Data Migration Specialist
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
7 1 (4.17%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
1 2 (8.33%) JSON
1 2 (8.33%) Kafka
1 2 (8.33%) OpenTelemetry
1 2 (8.33%) YAML
2 1 (4.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (8.33%) IoT
2 2 (8.33%) SCADA
2 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 11 (45.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 9 (37.50%) SIEM
5 8 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 6 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (20.83%) Analytics
7 5 (20.83%) SOAR
8 4 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (16.67%) Security Architecture
8 4 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (12.50%) Agile
9 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 3 (12.50%) Data Governance
9 3 (12.50%) Data Integration
9 3 (12.50%) DevOps
9 3 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) Bicep
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) Bash
3 2 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) GCIH
2 3 (12.50%) CISSP
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (8.33%) CCNA
3 2 (8.33%) CCSP
3 2 (8.33%) CEH
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (8.33%) OSCP
3 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) GCFA
4 1 (4.17%) GCIA
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) GDPR
2 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.33%) NIST
4 1 (4.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) CSIRT
1 2 (8.33%) Grafana
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (25.00%) Carbon Black
3 6 (25.00%) Qualys
3 6 (25.00%) Splunk
4 3 (12.50%) Databricks
5 2 (8.33%) Darktrace
5 2 (8.33%) Google
5 2 (8.33%) Informatica
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle
5 2 (8.33%) SAP