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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 638 620 754
Rank change year-on-year -18 +134 +137
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 55 61 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.079% 0.13% 0.068%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.43% 0.37% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 36 41 50
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £50,000 £65,260
Median % change year-on-year +57.00% -23.38% +5.26%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £81,563
90th Percentile £120,000 £75,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +51.11% -21.74% -7.26%

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 12,867 16,317 27,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.59% 34.48% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,132 9,986 22,891
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,500 £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 £83,750 £85,253 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 24 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 12 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 24 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 +8 53 £78,500 +57.00% 17
London +33 35 £80,000 +18.52% 5
UK excluding London -14 19 £68,000 +51.11% 16
Work from Home +55 18 £55,000 - 13
South East 0 12 £78,500 +57.00% 6
Midlands -18 4 £50,000 +11.11% 3
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
South West - 2 £45,000 -
North West 0 1 £40,000 -23.81% 2
North of England -25 1 £40,000 -20.00% 3
East Midlands -40 1 £50,000 +11.11% 2
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 44 (80.00%) Azure
2 24 (43.64%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 14 (25.45%) Entra ID
5 13 (23.64%) Azure AKS
5 13 (23.64%) Azure Functions
5 13 (23.64%) Datadog
5 13 (23.64%) SaaS
5 13 (23.64%) Serverless
6 12 (21.82%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (21.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (21.82%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (21.82%) GitHub
6 12 (21.82%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 10 (18.18%) Azure Storage
8 9 (16.36%) AWS
9 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (7.27%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Firewall
2 12 (21.82%) VPN
2 12 (21.82%) WAN
3 8 (14.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (27.27%) Power BI
2 12 (21.82%) SQL Server
3 10 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 6 (10.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.91%) Finance
3 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.82%) Games
6 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (41.82%) Azure Engineer
2 13 (23.64%) Analyst
3 11 (20.00%) Senior
4 10 (18.18%) Support Engineer
5 8 (14.55%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 8 (14.55%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (14.55%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Security Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) Applications Support
8 5 (9.09%) Reliability Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) Senior Reliability Engineer
8 5 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
8 5 (9.09%) Support Analyst
9 4 (7.27%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (7.27%) Operations Support Engineer
9 4 (7.27%) Platform Engineer
9 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.64%) OAuth
2 12 (21.82%) ADO
2 12 (21.82%) SAML
2 12 (21.82%) YAML
3 9 (16.36%) .NET
3 9 (16.36%) .NET Core
4 4 (7.27%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.82%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (10.91%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (10.91%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.27%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.82%) CSOC
6 1 (1.82%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (38.18%) VMS
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.82%) Unix
2 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (60.00%) Analytics
2 29 (52.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (43.64%) Log Analytics
4 20 (36.36%) Incident Response
5 17 (30.91%) SIEM
6 16 (29.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (29.09%) Security Operations
7 15 (27.27%) Observability
8 14 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (23.64%) RBAC
9 13 (23.64%) Zero Trust
10 12 (21.82%) Business Continuity
10 12 (21.82%) CI/CD
10 12 (21.82%) Cost Management
10 12 (21.82%) DevOps
10 12 (21.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (21.82%) Identity Management
10 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (21.82%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 41 (74.55%) SQL
2 24 (43.64%) PowerShell
3 14 (25.45%) C#
4 13 (23.64%) Python
5 5 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.27%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Degree
2 6 (10.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.27%) CREST Certified
4 4 (7.27%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.64%) CEH
5 2 (3.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.82%) CISSP
6 1 (1.82%) GCIA
6 1 (1.82%) OSCP
6 1 (1.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (34.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (21.82%) GDPR
2 12 (21.82%) SOC 2
3 5 (9.09%) NIST
4 3 (5.45%) SLA
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.82%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (29.09%) Terraform
2 12 (21.82%) Ansible
3 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (49.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) Palo Alto
2 12 (21.82%) Zscaler
3 5 (9.09%) Splunk
4 4 (7.27%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow