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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 570 814
Rank change year-on-year -79 +244 +41
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 64 62 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.15% 0.066%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.43% 0.46% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 46 52 56
10th Percentile £47,500 - £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £96,875 £71,563 £79,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £87,375 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +70.56% -5.26% -23.39%

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 14,882 13,499 31,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.86% 32.99% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10,286 10,249 24,975
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,750 £55,565 £54,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% +2.90% -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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -66 62 £80,000 +45.45% 21
London +9 40 £80,000 +18.52% 9
UK excluding London -103 22 £76,750 +70.56% 15
Work from Home +13 16 £55,000 - 14
South East -28 10 £78,500 +16.30% 7
Midlands -60 8 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -67 4 £50,000 +11.11% 1
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 - 1
North West -35 2 £85,000 +54.55% 2
North of England -74 2 £85,000 +70.00% 2
South West - 2 £45,000 - 1

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 47 (73.44%) Azure
2 25 (39.06%) Azure Monitor
3 20 (31.25%) Power Platform
4 17 (26.56%) Entra ID
5 16 (25.00%) Azure Functions
5 16 (25.00%) Serverless
6 14 (21.88%) Azure Key Vault
6 14 (21.88%) Azure Sentinel
7 13 (20.31%) Azure AKS
7 13 (20.31%) Azure Logic Apps
7 13 (20.31%) Datadog
7 13 (20.31%) SaaS
8 12 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (18.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 12 (18.75%) GitHub
8 12 (18.75%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (15.63%) AWS
9 10 (15.63%) Azure Storage
10 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (6.25%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 19 (29.69%) Firewall
2 14 (21.88%) VPN
3 12 (18.75%) WAN
4 8 (12.50%) Network Security
5 2 (3.13%) BGP
5 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (31.25%) Power BI
2 12 (18.75%) SQL Server
3 10 (15.63%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 24 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 18 (28.13%) Finance
3 15 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.13%) Games
5 2 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (40.63%) Azure Engineer
2 18 (28.13%) Analyst
3 14 (21.88%) Senior
4 13 (20.31%) Support Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) Cloud Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) Senior Support Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Reliability Engineer
7 8 (12.50%) Senior Reliability Engineer
8 7 (10.94%) Security Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (9.38%) IT Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) IT Security Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) Security Analyst
10 5 (7.81%) Architect
10 5 (7.81%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (7.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (23.44%) OAuth
2 12 (18.75%) .NET
2 12 (18.75%) .NET Core
2 12 (18.75%) ADO
2 12 (18.75%) SAML
2 12 (18.75%) YAML
3 4 (6.25%) ARM Templates
4 2 (3.13%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.13%) OpenID
4 2 (3.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.94%) Onboarding
4 6 (9.38%) CSOC
4 6 (9.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (6.25%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (37.50%) VMS
2 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 3 (4.69%) Windows
3 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (56.25%) Analytics
2 34 (53.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (39.06%) Log Analytics
4 23 (35.94%) SIEM
5 22 (34.38%) Incident Response
6 20 (31.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (29.69%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (28.13%) Root Cause Analysis
8 18 (28.13%) Security Operations
9 16 (25.00%) RBAC
9 16 (25.00%) Zero Trust
10 15 (23.44%) DevOps
11 14 (21.88%) Capacity Planning
12 13 (20.31%) CI/CD
12 13 (20.31%) Runbook
13 12 (18.75%) Cloud Operations
13 12 (18.75%) Cost Management
13 12 (18.75%) Observability
13 12 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (62.50%) SQL
2 31 (48.44%) PowerShell
3 21 (32.81%) Python
4 17 (26.56%) C#
5 7 (10.94%) Bicep
5 7 (10.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 12 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) Degree
4 4 (6.25%) SANS
5 3 (4.69%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.13%) CEH
7 1 (1.56%) CISSP
7 1 (1.56%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.56%) GCIA
7 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (26.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (21.88%) SOC 2
3 12 (18.75%) GDPR
4 4 (6.25%) SLA
5 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.56%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 12 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (31.25%) Terraform
2 12 (18.75%) Ansible
3 6 (9.38%) Kubernetes
4 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 37 (57.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (21.88%) Zscaler
3 12 (18.75%) Palo Alto
4 9 (14.06%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.25%) Splunk
6 2 (3.13%) Cribl.io
6 2 (3.13%) Tenable