Kusto Query Language Job Trends in England

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 657 590 679
Rank change year-on-year -67 +89 -11
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 107 43 59
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.10% 0.093%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 0.38% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 59 36 41
10th Percentile £47,188 £43,750 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,688 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £65,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +22.64% -24.29%
75th Percentile £78,125 £70,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £74,004 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +17.92% -24.29%

All Programming Languages
England

Kusto Query Language falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,678 11,204 20,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.97% 26.14% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,134 7,469 12,092
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in England

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kusto Query Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in England

Kusto Query Language
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Kusto Query Language within the England region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -42 35 £72,500 +11.54% 34
South East -30 27 £55,000 -21.43% 21
South West -45 22 £51,375 - 1
North of England -55 9 £57,500 +4.55% 6
East of England - 7 £80,000 - 6
North West -27 5 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Midlands -49 5 £35,000 -39.13% 5
East Midlands - 5 £35,000 - 3
Yorkshire -31 4 £71,250 +23.91% 3
Kusto Query Language
UK

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (12.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 55 (51.40%) Azure
2 34 (31.78%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (28.97%) Entra ID
4 28 (26.17%) Azure Sentinel
5 21 (19.63%) AWS
6 20 (18.69%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (14.95%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (14.95%) GitHub
8 15 (14.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (12.15%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 13 (12.15%) Azure Functions
9 13 (12.15%) Azure Key Vault
9 13 (12.15%) Serverless
10 12 (11.21%) IaaS
10 12 (11.21%) PaaS
10 12 (11.21%) Power Platform
11 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (2.80%) GCP
12 3 (2.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.95%) VPN
2 15 (14.02%) Firewall
3 11 (10.28%) DNS
4 10 (9.35%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.67%) HTTP
5 5 (4.67%) Network Security
6 4 (3.74%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.93%) DHCP
7 1 (0.93%) Internet
7 1 (0.93%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.93%) NGFW
7 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (11.21%) Power BI
3 6 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.74%) OLAP
4 4 (3.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.87%) Power Query
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Git
2 4 (3.74%) Burp Suite
3 3 (2.80%) Postman
General
1 37 (34.58%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (15.89%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (15.89%) Law
4 16 (14.95%) Finance
5 10 (9.35%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (6.54%) Legal
6 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
7 6 (5.61%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.74%) Banking
8 4 (3.74%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (54.21%) Analyst
2 36 (33.64%) Security Analyst
3 27 (25.23%) Senior
4 18 (16.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (12.15%) SOC Engineer
7 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 11 (10.28%) Security Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) Data Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (6.54%) Splunk Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (5.61%) SOC Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) IT Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) IT Security Analyst
12 4 (3.74%) Information Analyst
12 4 (3.74%) Information Security Analyst
12 4 (3.74%) Lead
12 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Engineer
12 4 (3.74%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (22.43%) Terraform
2 7 (6.54%) PySpark
3 5 (4.67%) REST
4 3 (2.80%) JSON
5 2 (1.87%) RESTful
6 1 (0.93%) Blazor
6 1 (0.93%) OAuth
6 1 (0.93%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 30 (28.04%) Security Posture
2 13 (12.15%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (12.15%) Management Information System
3 12 (11.21%) Onboarding
3 12 (11.21%) Podcast
3 12 (11.21%) Public Cloud
4 11 (10.28%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (8.41%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (7.48%) CSOC
7 7 (6.54%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (5.61%) Clustering
9 5 (4.67%) IoT
10 4 (3.74%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
11 3 (2.80%) Blog
11 3 (2.80%) CCTV
11 3 (2.80%) Cloud Native
11 3 (2.80%) Cyberattack
11 3 (2.80%) Hedge funds
11 3 (2.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (28.97%) Windows
2 17 (15.89%) Linux
3 12 (11.21%) VMS
4 3 (2.80%) macOS
5 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (55.14%) SIEM
2 54 (50.47%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (44.86%) Incident Response
4 46 (42.99%) Security Operations
5 39 (36.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 35 (32.71%) Cloud Security
7 33 (30.84%) Analytics
7 33 (30.84%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (28.97%) SOAR
9 27 (25.23%) Mentoring
9 27 (25.23%) Root Cause Analysis
9 27 (25.23%) Runbook
10 24 (22.43%) AI
10 24 (22.43%) Threat Intelligence
11 23 (21.50%) CI/CD
11 23 (21.50%) Performance Tuning
12 22 (20.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (20.56%) Security Monitoring
12 22 (20.56%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (19.63%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (47.66%) PowerShell
2 32 (29.91%) Python
3 31 (28.97%) SQL
4 19 (17.76%) Bash
5 14 (13.08%) Bicep
6 10 (9.35%) Search Processing Language
7 5 (4.67%) C#
8 4 (3.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (2.80%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 34 (31.78%) Security Cleared
2 26 (24.30%) SC Cleared
3 25 (23.36%) CISSP
4 21 (19.63%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (15.89%) GCIA
6 16 (14.95%) Azure Certification
6 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (12.15%) GCIH
8 12 (11.21%) CEH
8 12 (11.21%) Degree
8 12 (11.21%) GIAC
9 11 (10.28%) CompTIA CySA+
10 9 (8.41%) SANS
11 8 (7.48%) CISM
11 8 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (6.54%) DV Cleared
13 6 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (4.67%) CASP
14 5 (4.67%) CCNA CyberOps
14 5 (4.67%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (13.08%) NIST
2 8 (7.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (5.61%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (3.74%) NCSC
5 2 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.87%) GDPR
5 2 (1.87%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.21%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (11.21%) vSphere
3 3 (2.80%) Firmware
4 1 (0.93%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.54%) Ansible
3 3 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.87%) Kibana
5 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.93%) SCCM
5 1 (0.93%) WMI
Vendors
1 80 (74.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.95%) VMware
3 14 (13.08%) Splunk
4 12 (11.21%) ScienceLogic
5 11 (10.28%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (4.67%) Cisco
6 5 (4.67%) Darktrace
6 5 (4.67%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.67%) Intel
7 4 (3.74%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.80%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.87%) Carbon Black
9 2 (1.87%) Databricks
9 2 (1.87%) Google
9 2 (1.87%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.87%) Tenable
10 1 (0.93%) Citrix
10 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.93%) Zscaler