Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kusto Query Language skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 836 1184
Rank change year-on-year -6 +348 -304
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 54 134 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.13% 0.031%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 0.29% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 48 86 25
10th Percentile £38,750 - £52,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,970 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +33.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,857 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £62,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -27.42% -4.62% +30.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

Kusto Query Language is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,106 45,516 82,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.77% 43.49% 53.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,929 28,962 44,133
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -2.48% +2.80% +7.00%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 10 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 27 April 2024. 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 +51 52 £60,000 -11.11% 19
Work from Home +33 34 £60,000 -13.60% 19
London +99 25 £80,000 +18.52% 5
UK excluding London -25 23 £45,000 -27.42% 13
South East +42 13 £45,000 -36.84% 3
North of England +20 5 £57,500 -0.54% 2
East of England +15 4 - - 3
Yorkshire +72 3 £55,000 -4.86% 1
North West +4 2 £66,250 +14.60% 1
Wales - 1 £45,000 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.56%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 40 (74.07%) Azure
2 17 (31.48%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (24.07%) Power Platform
4 10 (18.52%) Azure AKS
5 9 (16.67%) AWS
5 9 (16.67%) GCP
6 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (9.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (7.41%) SaaS
9 3 (5.56%) Azure API Management
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (5.56%) Cloudflare
9 3 (5.56%) IaaS
9 3 (5.56%) PaaS
10 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
10 2 (3.70%) GitHub
11 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (5.56%) Network Security
3 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.70%) LAN
3 2 (3.70%) MPLS
3 2 (3.70%) VPN
3 2 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (24.07%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.56%) Redis
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Health Technology
2 10 (18.52%) Tech for Good
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.96%) Electronics
5 3 (5.56%) Finance
5 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.56%) Marketing
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.85%) Billing
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (40.74%) Security Engineer
2 9 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Analyst
4 6 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) Senior
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Security Engineer
4 6 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
5 4 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Consultant
6 3 (5.56%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.56%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.70%) Azure Data Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (3.70%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.70%) SIEM Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) RESTful
2 3 (5.56%) .NET
2 3 (5.56%) .NET Framework
2 3 (5.56%) Middleware
2 3 (5.56%) Next.js
2 3 (5.56%) Node.js
2 3 (5.56%) React
2 3 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.85%) Hugging Face
3 1 (1.85%) LangChain
3 1 (1.85%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (9.26%) Cybercrime
3 5 (9.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.56%) NHS
5 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Blog
6 1 (1.85%) IoT
6 1 (1.85%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.93%) DevSecOps
1 14 (25.93%) SIEM
2 12 (22.22%) Security Operations
3 11 (20.37%) DevOps
4 10 (18.52%) Application Security
4 10 (18.52%) Visualisation
5 9 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 8 (14.81%) Cloud Security
6 8 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.81%) Process Improvement
7 6 (11.11%) Analytics
7 6 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (9.26%) API Integration
8 5 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis
8 5 (9.26%) Data Management
8 5 (9.26%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 27 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 22 (40.74%) Python
3 15 (27.78%) SQL
4 4 (7.41%) C#
5 3 (5.56%) Bash
5 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Degree
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (9.26%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.70%) CISA
5 2 (3.70%) CISM
5 2 (3.70%) CISSP
5 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.70%) GIAC
5 2 (3.70%) SANS
5 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.41%) PCI DSS
3 3 (5.56%) ISO 9000
4 2 (3.70%) GRC
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.85%) Docker
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (27.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (20.37%) Terraform
3 1 (1.85%) FTK
Vendors
1 35 (64.81%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) McAfee
2 6 (11.11%) Rapid7
2 6 (11.11%) Splunk
3 4 (7.41%) Google
3 4 (7.41%) SAP
4 2 (3.70%) AlienVault
4 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (3.70%) Sophos
4 2 (3.70%) Sun
5 1 (1.85%) Carbon Black
5 1 (1.85%) Netskope
5 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.85%) Zscaler