Kusto Query Language Job Trends in the South East

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 273 336
Rank change year-on-year -44 +63 -26
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 19 19 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.21% 0.038%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.65% 1.08% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16 16 4
10th Percentile - £52,875 £39,700
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,438 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +55.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £72,813 £55,813
90th Percentile £60,625 £75,000 £70,775
England median annual salary £57,250 £65,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -11.92% +22.64% -24.29%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,916 1,753 3,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.48% 19.62% 28.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,336 1,166 2,641
10th Percentile £37,500 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -3.85%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in the South East

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kusto Query Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language in the South East over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the South East

Kusto Query Language
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Thames Valley +13 15 £52,500 -16.00% 5
Berkshire +29 10 £52,500 -16.00% 5
Buckinghamshire +3 5 £55,000 -26.67%
Kent - 3 - - 1
Surrey -23 1 £105,000 +50.00%
Kusto Query Language
England

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (68.42%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (47.37%) Azure
3 8 (42.11%) Entra ID
4 6 (31.58%) AWS
4 6 (31.58%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (26.32%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (15.79%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (15.79%) SaaS
7 1 (5.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) DNS
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
1 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
2 5 (26.32%) HTTP
3 2 (10.53%) VPN
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Postman
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Security Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Technical Support
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Support Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Specialist
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Support Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Monitoring Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Security Monitoring Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) CSOC
1 5 (26.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.79%) CCTV
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (15.79%) IoT
2 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 15 (78.95%) SIEM
2 13 (68.42%) Runbook
3 10 (52.63%) Incident Response
4 8 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (42.11%) Security Operations
5 7 (36.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (36.84%) Security Monitoring
5 7 (36.84%) SOAR
5 7 (36.84%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security
7 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (15.79%) API Testing
9 3 (15.79%) People Management
9 3 (15.79%) Tech Ops
9 3 (15.79%) Telematics
9 3 (15.79%) Use Case
10 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (10.53%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 14 (73.68%) PowerShell
2 6 (31.58%) Python
3 5 (26.32%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (36.84%) GCIA
2 7 (36.84%) GIAC
2 7 (36.84%) SC Cleared
2 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (26.32%) CCNA CyberOps
4 5 (26.32%) CEH
4 5 (26.32%) CISSP
5 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
5 2 (10.53%) GCIH
6 1 (5.26%) GCED
6 1 (5.26%) SANS
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco
2 5 (26.32%) Fortinet
3 2 (10.53%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk
4 1 (5.26%) Carbon Black
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow