Kusto Query Language Job Trends

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 624 681
Rank change year-on-year +34 +57 +231
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 52 81 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.15% 0.080%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.45% 0.45% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 33 61 44
10th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,713 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £50,309 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -28.13% +12.90%
75th Percentile £78,500 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £85,000 £84,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,192 £50,309 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.60% -28.13% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,472 18,099 21,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.34% 33.70% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,401 10,572 17,634
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,576
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Kusto Query Language job vacancy trend in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Kusto Query Language

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 11 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +54 49 £60,000 +19.26% 41
UK excluding London +27 26 £64,192 +27.60% 42
London +39 25 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Work from Home +65 20 £55,000 +9.33% 36
South East +44 16 £78,500 - 14
West Midlands +36 4 - - 2
Midlands +9 4 - - 3
North West +23 3 £52,500 +4.36% 3
North of England +7 3 £52,500 +1.64% 9
Scotland +1 2 £58,250 +12.77% 3
South West - 2 £45,000 - 5

Kusto Query Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 42 (80.77%) Azure
2 14 (26.92%) AWS
2 14 (26.92%) Azure Monitor
2 14 (26.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 10 (19.23%) Azure AKS
4 10 (19.23%) Azure Key Vault
4 10 (19.23%) Datadog
5 9 (17.31%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (17.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (17.31%) GitHub
5 9 (17.31%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (11.54%) Azure Functions
6 6 (11.54%) Power Platform
6 6 (11.54%) SaaS
6 6 (11.54%) Serverless
7 5 (9.62%) Azure Storage
8 4 (7.69%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (3.85%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) Firewall
1 14 (26.92%) Network Security
2 12 (23.08%) VPN
3 9 (17.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (11.54%) Power BI
3 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Analyst
2 12 (23.08%) Azure Engineer
3 11 (21.15%) Security Engineer
4 9 (17.31%) Senior
5 6 (11.54%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (9.62%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Support Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Operations Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Platform Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Software Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.23%) OAuth
2 9 (17.31%) ADO
2 9 (17.31%) SAML
2 9 (17.31%) YAML
3 4 (7.69%) ARM Templates
4 2 (3.85%) Django
5 1 (1.92%) .NET
5 1 (1.92%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.92%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.69%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (7.69%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.77%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.23%) VMS
2 3 (5.77%) Linux
2 3 (5.77%) Windows
3 1 (1.92%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 23 (44.23%) Analytics
2 23 (44.23%) SIEM
3 21 (40.38%) Incident Response
4 18 (34.62%) Security Operations
5 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (26.92%) Log Analytics
7 13 (25.00%) DevOps
7 13 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (23.08%) Observability
8 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (23.08%) Threat Detection
9 10 (19.23%) Incident Management
9 10 (19.23%) RBAC
9 10 (19.23%) Zero Trust
10 9 (17.31%) Business Continuity
10 9 (17.31%) CI/CD
10 9 (17.31%) Cost Management
10 9 (17.31%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (17.31%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (67.31%) SQL
2 20 (38.46%) PowerShell
3 17 (32.69%) Python
4 6 (11.54%) C#
5 5 (9.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (17.31%) Degree
2 8 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (11.54%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) CREST Certified
5 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.77%) CISSP
7 2 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (3.85%) CCSP
7 2 (3.85%) CEH
7 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.85%) CISM
7 2 (3.85%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.92%) GCIA
8 1 (1.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (19.23%) GDPR
3 9 (17.31%) SOC 2
4 8 (15.38%) NIST
5 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.31%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (25.00%) Terraform
2 9 (17.31%) Ansible
3 5 (9.62%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.92%) Autotask
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) Palo Alto
2 9 (17.31%) Zscaler
3 5 (9.62%) Splunk
4 4 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.77%) Cisco
6 2 (3.85%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.92%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.92%) Meraki
7 1 (1.92%) Ubiquiti