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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 634 742
Rank change year-on-year +26 +108 +161
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 52 61 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.12% 0.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.36% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 33 39 43
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -25.93% +8.87%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £75,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,000 £45,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +51.11% -26.53% -1.21%

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 12,545 17,025 27,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.81% 34.21% 37.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,968 10,143 22,774
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,443 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.25% +4.44% -

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 +30 50 £73,000 +46.00% 23
London +47 32 £67,500 +3.85% 6
Work from Home +64 19 £55,000 - 18
UK excluding London -6 19 £68,000 +51.11% 21
South East +33 12 £78,500 +57.00% 8
Midlands -4 3 - - 5
West Midlands - 3 - - 3
North West +7 2 £46,250 -11.90% 2
North of England -5 2 £46,250 -7.50% 4
South West - 2 £45,000 -
Scotland - 1 £57,500 - 2

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 21 (40.38%) Azure Monitor
3 14 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 13 (25.00%) Azure AKS
4 13 (25.00%) Datadog
5 12 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (23.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 12 (23.08%) Azure Key Vault
5 12 (23.08%) GitHub
5 12 (23.08%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (23.08%) Power Platform
6 10 (19.23%) Azure Functions
6 10 (19.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (19.23%) SaaS
6 10 (19.23%) Serverless
7 9 (17.31%) AWS
8 8 (15.38%) Azure Storage
8 8 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (13.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (7.69%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 16 (30.77%) Firewall
2 13 (25.00%) VPN
3 12 (23.08%) WAN
4 9 (17.31%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.08%) Power BI
2 9 (17.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (17.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Finance
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 20 (38.46%) Azure Engineer
2 12 (23.08%) Analyst
3 10 (19.23%) Senior
4 9 (17.31%) Support Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (15.38%) Security Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) Applications Support
7 5 (9.62%) Senior Support Engineer
7 5 (9.62%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Operations Support Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Reliability Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Senior Reliability Engineer
8 4 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.00%) OAuth
2 12 (23.08%) ADO
2 12 (23.08%) SAML
2 12 (23.08%) YAML
3 6 (11.54%) .NET
3 6 (11.54%) .NET Core
4 4 (7.69%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (11.54%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.69%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (34.62%) VMS
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.92%) Unix
2 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (57.69%) Analytics
2 28 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (40.38%) Log Analytics
4 19 (36.54%) Incident Response
5 16 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 16 (30.77%) SIEM
6 15 (28.85%) Observability
6 15 (28.85%) Security Operations
7 13 (25.00%) RBAC
7 13 (25.00%) Zero Trust
8 12 (23.08%) Business Continuity
8 12 (23.08%) CI/CD
8 12 (23.08%) Cost Management
8 12 (23.08%) DevOps
8 12 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (23.08%) Identity Management
8 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (21.15%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (19.23%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (73.08%) SQL
2 22 (42.31%) PowerShell
3 14 (26.92%) Python
4 11 (21.15%) C#
5 5 (9.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (15.38%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (7.69%) CREST Certified
3 4 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.85%) CEH
4 2 (3.85%) CISSP
4 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.92%) CCSP
5 1 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.92%) CISM
5 1 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.92%) GCIA
5 1 (1.92%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (36.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (23.08%) GDPR
2 12 (23.08%) SOC 2
3 5 (9.62%) NIST
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.08%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (30.77%) Terraform
2 12 (23.08%) Ansible
3 5 (9.62%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (51.92%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.08%) Palo Alto
2 12 (23.08%) Zscaler
3 5 (9.62%) Splunk
4 4 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow