Kusto Query Language Jobs

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 696 902
Rank change year-on-year +5 +206 +113
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 74 45 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.076% 0.100%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 68
10th Percentile - £44,750 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,688 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,309 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +12.90% -11.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,625 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,309 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -28.13% +16.67% -7.69%

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 19,723 22,801 48,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.29% 38.70% 45.48%
Number of salaries quoted 11,351 17,698 32,346
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,500 £82,548 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kusto Query Language.

Salary trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 15 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 16 January 2025. 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 -9 64 £50,309 -28.13% 17
UK excluding London -9 42 £50,309 -28.13% 10
London +22 31 £65,000 -16.13% 8
Work from Home +41 29 £50,309 -28.13% 12
Midlands -9 16 £45,000 -38.98% 4
North of England -19 14 £50,309 -28.13% 2
East Midlands - 14 £45,000 -
North West -35 6 £48,654 -30.49% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £66,500 - 1
Scotland +20 5 £53,000 -33.75%
South East -28 3 - - 2
North East -10 2 £50,309 -28.13%
West Midlands -33 2 £50,309 -31.79% 4
Wales - 2 £50,309 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £50,309 -

Kusto Query Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 68 (91.89%) Azure
2 49 (66.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 42 (56.76%) Azure Logic Apps
4 16 (21.62%) AWS
4 16 (21.62%) Entra ID
5 14 (18.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 14 (18.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 14 (18.92%) AWS CloudTrail
5 14 (18.92%) dbt
6 12 (16.22%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (16.22%) Azure Event Grid
7 11 (14.86%) Azure Storage
8 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (5.41%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
10 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) Network Security
2 4 (5.41%) DNS
2 4 (5.41%) Firewall
3 2 (2.70%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (14.86%) Git
General
1 43 (58.11%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (16.22%) Finance
4 4 (5.41%) Banking
4 4 (5.41%) Retail Banking
5 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.05%) Retail
6 2 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Analyst
1 29 (39.19%) Senior
2 24 (32.43%) Senior Analyst
3 23 (31.08%) Security Engineer
4 21 (28.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 17 (22.97%) SOC Analyst
6 11 (14.86%) Automation Engineer
7 9 (12.16%) Azure Engineer
7 9 (12.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (10.81%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (10.81%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (9.46%) Security Analyst
10 6 (8.11%) Senior Security Analyst
11 4 (5.41%) Financial Analyst
11 4 (5.41%) Incident Engineer
11 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 4 (5.41%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 4 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
11 4 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
11 4 (5.41%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (18.92%) Django
2 12 (16.22%) ARM Templates
2 12 (16.22%) YAML
3 2 (2.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (13.51%) Security Posture
3 6 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.05%) CSOC
5 3 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.05%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.35%) CMDB
7 1 (1.35%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.46%) Windows
2 6 (8.11%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.11%) Incident Response
1 43 (58.11%) SIEM
2 38 (51.35%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (44.59%) Security Operations
4 19 (25.68%) Threat Intelligence
5 18 (24.32%) DevOps
5 18 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (22.97%) Roadmaps
6 17 (22.97%) Task Automation
7 15 (20.27%) Information Security
8 14 (18.92%) DevSecOps
8 14 (18.92%) Target Operating Model
8 14 (18.92%) Threat Detection
8 14 (18.92%) Time Management
9 12 (16.22%) CI/CD
10 10 (13.51%) SOAR
11 9 (12.16%) Mentoring
12 8 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
12 8 (10.81%) Security Monitoring
12 8 (10.81%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (29.73%) PowerShell
2 16 (21.62%) SQL
3 15 (20.27%) Python
4 12 (16.22%) Bicep
5 1 (1.35%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 21 (28.38%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.68%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.22%) CISSP
4 11 (14.86%) Degree
5 10 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (6.76%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.05%) CISMP
8 3 (4.05%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) Active Directory
2 15 (20.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (18.92%) Docker
4 12 (16.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (17.57%) Terraform
2 4 (5.41%) Packer
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.05%) QRadar
Vendors
1 56 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.27%) Splunk
3 7 (9.46%) LogRhythm
4 4 (5.41%) CheckPoint
4 4 (5.41%) Qualys
4 4 (5.41%) VMware
5 3 (4.05%) IBM
6 1 (1.35%) Google