Kusto Query Language Job Trends in the North of England

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 267 281
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 +112
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 3 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.028% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.55% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £39,750 - £54,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £46,713 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,309 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.36% -28.13% +21.09%
75th Percentile £65,254 £68,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £70,657 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,309 £70,000
% change year-on-year +19.26% -28.13% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,803 2,561 2,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.73% 28.17% 35.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,409 1,386 2,491
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £69,900
90th Percentile £83,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in the North of England

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the North of England

Kusto Query Language
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
North West +17 3 £52,500 +4.36% 2
Kusto Query Language
England

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) dbt
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk