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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 590 832
Rank change year-on-year -75 +242 -10
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 62 65 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.068% 0.15% 0.057%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.39% 0.46% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50 57 49
10th Percentile £44,675 £41,700 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £96,875 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £95,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -27.42%

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 16,067 13,990 32,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.52% 31.65% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,064 9,733 24,886
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -57 60 £80,000 +45.45% 36
London +9 43 £82,500 +26.92% 14
Work from Home +55 17 £58,500 +46.25% 20
UK excluding London -69 17 £55,000 +22.22% 27
Midlands -34 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -39 6 £50,000 +11.11% 1
South East -22 4 £78,500 +25.60% 13
West Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 1
North West +5 2 £85,000 +54.55% 1
North of England -45 2 £85,000 +70.00% 4
South West - 2 £45,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (72.58%) Azure
2 24 (38.71%) Azure Monitor
3 19 (30.65%) Power Platform
4 16 (25.81%) Entra ID
5 15 (24.19%) Azure Functions
5 15 (24.19%) Serverless
6 13 (20.97%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (20.97%) Azure Key Vault
6 13 (20.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (19.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 12 (19.35%) Datadog
7 12 (19.35%) SaaS
8 11 (17.74%) Azure AKS
8 11 (17.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 11 (17.74%) GitHub
8 11 (17.74%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (14.52%) Azure Storage
10 7 (11.29%) AWS
10 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (6.45%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 19 (30.65%) Firewall
2 14 (22.58%) VPN
3 11 (17.74%) WAN
4 7 (11.29%) Network Security
5 2 (3.23%) BGP
5 2 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.61%) DNS
6 1 (1.61%) HTTP
6 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (30.65%) Power BI
2 12 (19.35%) SQL Server
3 11 (17.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 18 (29.03%) Finance
3 14 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.06%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.84%) Legal
7 2 (3.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 24 (38.71%) Azure Engineer
2 17 (27.42%) Analyst
3 15 (24.19%) Senior
4 12 (19.35%) Support Engineer
5 10 (16.13%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (14.52%) Senior Support Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (12.90%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) IT Analyst
7 8 (12.90%) IT Security Analyst
7 8 (12.90%) Reliability Engineer
7 8 (12.90%) Security Analyst
7 8 (12.90%) Senior Reliability Engineer
8 6 (9.68%) Security Engineer
8 6 (9.68%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.97%) OAuth
2 12 (19.35%) .NET
2 12 (19.35%) .NET Core
3 11 (17.74%) ADO
3 11 (17.74%) SAML
3 11 (17.74%) YAML
4 4 (6.45%) PySpark
5 2 (3.23%) ARM Templates
5 2 (3.23%) OAuth2
5 2 (3.23%) OpenID
6 1 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Security Posture
2 8 (12.90%) CSOC
3 7 (11.29%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (8.06%) Onboarding
6 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.84%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (3.23%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (3.23%) PKI
9 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.61%) Housing Association
9 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.10%) VMS
2 4 (6.45%) Linux
2 4 (6.45%) Windows
3 2 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (58.06%) Analytics
2 29 (46.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (40.32%) SIEM
4 24 (38.71%) Log Analytics
5 23 (37.10%) Incident Response
6 20 (32.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 20 (32.26%) Security Operations
7 18 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (29.03%) DevOps
8 17 (27.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (25.81%) Capacity Planning
9 16 (25.81%) RBAC
10 15 (24.19%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (24.19%) Zero Trust
11 14 (22.58%) CI/CD
12 12 (19.35%) Cloud Operations
12 12 (19.35%) MVC
12 12 (19.35%) Runbook
12 12 (19.35%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 11 (17.74%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (58.06%) SQL
2 30 (48.39%) PowerShell
3 19 (30.65%) Python
4 12 (19.35%) C#
5 6 (9.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 5 (8.06%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.74%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) Degree
4 6 (9.68%) SANS
5 4 (6.45%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.23%) CEH
7 2 (3.23%) GCIA
7 2 (3.23%) GIAC
8 1 (1.61%) CISSP
8 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.61%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.61%) GCIH
8 1 (1.61%) ISACA
8 1 (1.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (20.97%) SOC 2
3 11 (17.74%) GDPR
4 4 (6.45%) SLA
5 3 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 11 (17.74%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (27.42%) Terraform
2 11 (17.74%) Ansible
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (6.45%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.61%) Grafana
6 1 (1.61%) Kibana
Vendors
1 42 (67.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.97%) Zscaler
3 11 (17.74%) Palo Alto
4 9 (14.52%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.84%) Splunk
6 2 (3.23%) Cribl.io
6 2 (3.23%) Tenable
7 1 (1.61%) Carbon Black