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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 653 596 833
Rank change year-on-year -57 +237 -21
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 84 62 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.14% 0.058%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.44% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 55 57 51
10th Percentile £41,450 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £87,750 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -16.21%

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 17,088 14,028 33,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.94% 30.80% 31.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,120 9,259 25,320
10th Percentile £36,795 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,784
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.39% -0.39%

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 27 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 13 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 June 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 -53 80 £80,000 +28.00% 21
London -6 40 £85,000 +30.77% 6
UK excluding London -50 40 £53,750 +7.50% 17
Work from Home +32 31 £75,500 +37.27% 11
South West - 14 £48,875 - 1
Midlands -28 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
East Midlands -23 7 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North of England -30 6 £85,000 +70.00% 4
South East -36 6 £52,500 -22.22% 10
North West +1 4 £85,000 +61.90% 1
East of England -13 4 £80,000 +166.67% 4
West Midlands -14 3 £75,000 +30.43%
Yorkshire -36 2 - - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 54 (64.29%) Azure
2 30 (35.71%) Azure Monitor
3 24 (28.57%) Azure Functions
3 24 (28.57%) Serverless
4 21 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (23.81%) Azure Key Vault
6 19 (22.62%) GitHub
6 19 (22.62%) Power Platform
7 18 (21.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 18 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (20.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (14.29%) Entra ID
9 12 (14.29%) IaaS
9 12 (14.29%) PaaS
10 11 (13.10%) SaaS
11 9 (10.71%) AWS
12 7 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (5.95%) Azure Storage
14 5 (5.95%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 22 (26.19%) VPN
2 16 (19.05%) Firewall
3 7 (8.33%) Network Security
4 5 (5.95%) WAN
5 3 (3.57%) DNS
5 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.38%) BGP
6 2 (2.38%) HTTP
6 2 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (23.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (22.62%) Power BI
3 12 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.38%) Power Query
6 1 (1.19%) Big Data
6 1 (1.19%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.19%) OLAP
6 1 (1.19%) Parquet
6 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (15.48%) Git
2 5 (5.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (2.38%) Burp Suite
General
1 32 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.67%) Law
5 10 (11.90%) Finance
6 3 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.38%) Banking
7 2 (2.38%) Games
8 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
8 1 (1.19%) Military
8 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (45.24%) Analyst
2 23 (27.38%) Senior
3 18 (21.43%) Security Analyst
4 17 (20.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 16 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 10 (11.90%) IT Analyst
7 10 (11.90%) IT Security Analyst
8 9 (10.71%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (9.52%) Reliability Engineer
9 8 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (9.52%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 8 (9.52%) Senior Support Engineer
9 8 (9.52%) Support Engineer
10 7 (8.33%) Security Engineer
11 6 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (5.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 5 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (5.95%) SOC Analyst
13 4 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.10%) .NET
1 11 (13.10%) .NET Core
2 7 (8.33%) OAuth
3 6 (7.14%) PySpark
4 5 (5.95%) ADO
4 5 (5.95%) SAML
4 5 (5.95%) YAML
5 2 (2.38%) JSON
5 2 (2.38%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.38%) OpenID
5 2 (2.38%) REST
5 2 (2.38%) RESTful
6 1 (1.19%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 28 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 14 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (14.29%) Podcast
3 12 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 11 (13.10%) CSOC
5 9 (10.71%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (8.33%) Onboarding
7 6 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (5.95%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
9 3 (3.57%) Cloud Native
9 3 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (3.57%) Clustering
9 3 (3.57%) Cyberattack
9 3 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (2.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (2.38%) PKI
11 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 1 (1.19%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 28 (33.33%) VMS
2 20 (23.81%) Windows
3 8 (9.52%) Linux
4 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (51.19%) Analytics
2 41 (48.81%) SIEM
3 34 (40.48%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (40.48%) Root Cause Analysis
4 31 (36.90%) Incident Response
4 31 (36.90%) Security Operations
5 30 (35.71%) Log Analytics
6 28 (33.33%) DevOps
7 27 (32.14%) AI
7 27 (32.14%) Cloud Security
8 26 (30.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (29.76%) CI/CD
9 25 (29.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (25.00%) Mentoring
12 18 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (21.43%) Capacity Planning
12 18 (21.43%) Computer Science
12 18 (21.43%) Observability
12 18 (21.43%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 42 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 41 (48.81%) SQL
3 25 (29.76%) Python
4 16 (19.05%) Bash
4 16 (19.05%) Bicep
5 13 (15.48%) C#
6 7 (8.33%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 25 (29.76%) Security Cleared
2 18 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.24%) Azure Certification
4 14 (16.67%) Degree
4 14 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (10.71%) SANS
6 8 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (8.33%) GIAC
8 6 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (5.95%) CEH
9 5 (5.95%) CISSP
9 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
9 5 (5.95%) GCIA
9 5 (5.95%) GCIH
10 3 (3.57%) GCFA
10 3 (3.57%) ISACA
11 2 (2.38%) CCSP
11 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (2.38%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.33%) SOC 2
3 5 (5.95%) GDPR
4 4 (4.76%) SLA
5 3 (3.57%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.57%) NIST
6 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (22.62%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (14.29%) vSphere
3 5 (5.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (33.33%) Terraform
2 9 (10.71%) Ansible
3 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.38%) Kibana
4 2 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.19%) Grafana
5 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) VMware
3 12 (14.29%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (11.90%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (9.52%) Splunk
6 7 (8.33%) Zscaler
7 5 (5.95%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.57%) Tenable
9 2 (2.38%) Cribl.io
9 2 (2.38%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.19%) Carbon Black
10 1 (1.19%) Cisco
10 1 (1.19%) Databricks
10 1 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.19%) Google
10 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow