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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 615 839
Rank change year-on-year -52 +224 -26
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 87 61 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.13% 0.058%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.50% 0.43% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 58 56 50
10th Percentile £41,600 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.76% -0.85% -16.07%
75th Percentile £87,500 £70,313 £83,438
90th Percentile £120,000 £96,875 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -9.19%

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 17,279 14,059 33,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.28% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,288 9,309 25,217
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,329 £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 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 30 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 30 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 -39 83 £80,000 +25.49% 24
UK excluding London -60 42 £52,500 - 19
London -7 41 £82,500 +26.92% 6
Work from Home +18 32 £66,000 +20.00% 12
South West - 15 £50,125 - 1
Midlands -32 10 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -25 7 £50,000 +11.11% 1
South East -32 7 £52,500 -22.22% 12
North of England -58 6 £85,000 +70.00% 3
North West -2 4 £85,000 +61.90%
East of England -15 4 £80,000 +166.67% 4
West Midlands -21 3 £75,000 +30.43% 1
Yorkshire -32 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 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 54 (62.07%) Azure
2 30 (34.48%) Azure Monitor
3 24 (27.59%) Azure Functions
3 24 (27.59%) Serverless
4 21 (24.14%) Azure DevOps
5 20 (22.99%) Azure Key Vault
5 20 (22.99%) Power Platform
6 19 (21.84%) GitHub
7 18 (20.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 18 (20.69%) Azure Sentinel
8 17 (19.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 13 (14.94%) Entra ID
10 12 (13.79%) IaaS
10 12 (13.79%) PaaS
11 11 (12.64%) SaaS
12 9 (10.34%) AWS
13 8 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (5.75%) Azure AKS
15 5 (5.75%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.29%) VPN
2 16 (18.39%) Firewall
3 7 (8.05%) Network Security
4 5 (5.75%) WAN
5 3 (3.45%) DNS
5 3 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.45%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.30%) BGP
6 2 (2.30%) HTTP
6 2 (2.30%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (22.99%) Azure SQL Database
1 20 (22.99%) Power BI
2 12 (13.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.60%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.30%) OLAP
4 2 (2.30%) Power Query
4 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.15%) Big Data
5 1 (1.15%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.15%) Parquet
5 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Git
2 5 (5.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.45%) Burp Suite
General
1 32 (36.78%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Law
5 10 (11.49%) Finance
6 3 (3.45%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.45%) Banking
7 2 (2.30%) Games
7 2 (2.30%) Military
8 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Legal
8 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (45.98%) Analyst
2 23 (26.44%) Senior
3 19 (21.84%) Security Analyst
4 18 (20.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 16 (18.39%) Azure Engineer
6 12 (13.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 10 (11.49%) IT Analyst
7 10 (11.49%) IT Security Analyst
8 9 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Reliability Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (9.20%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Senior Support Engineer
9 8 (9.20%) Support Engineer
10 7 (8.05%) Security Engineer
11 6 (6.90%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
11 6 (6.90%) SOC Analyst
12 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 5 (5.75%) Data Engineer
12 5 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) .NET
1 11 (12.64%) .NET Core
2 7 (8.05%) OAuth
2 7 (8.05%) PySpark
3 5 (5.75%) ADO
3 5 (5.75%) SAML
3 5 (5.75%) YAML
4 2 (2.30%) JSON
4 2 (2.30%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.30%) OpenID
4 2 (2.30%) REST
4 2 (2.30%) RESTful
5 1 (1.15%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) Security Posture
2 14 (16.09%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (13.79%) Podcast
3 12 (13.79%) Public Cloud
4 11 (12.64%) CSOC
5 9 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (8.05%) Onboarding
7 6 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (5.75%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
9 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
9 3 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (3.45%) Clustering
9 3 (3.45%) Cyberattack
9 3 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (2.30%) Driving Licence
10 2 (2.30%) PKI
11 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.15%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.18%) VMS
2 21 (24.14%) Windows
3 9 (10.34%) Linux
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) Analytics
2 43 (49.43%) SIEM
3 35 (40.23%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (39.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 33 (37.93%) Incident Response
6 31 (35.63%) Security Operations
7 30 (34.48%) Log Analytics
8 28 (32.18%) DevOps
9 27 (31.03%) AI
9 27 (31.03%) Cloud Security
10 26 (29.89%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (28.74%) CI/CD
11 25 (28.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (24.14%) Mentoring
14 19 (21.84%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (21.84%) Runbook
15 18 (20.69%) Capacity Planning
15 18 (20.69%) Computer Science
15 18 (20.69%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 43 (49.43%) PowerShell
2 42 (48.28%) SQL
3 25 (28.74%) Python
4 16 (18.39%) Bash
4 16 (18.39%) Bicep
5 14 (16.09%) C#
6 7 (8.05%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (6.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 26 (29.89%) Security Cleared
2 19 (21.84%) SC Cleared
3 17 (19.54%) Azure Certification
4 14 (16.09%) Degree
4 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (10.34%) SANS
6 8 (9.20%) CompTIA CySA+
7 7 (8.05%) GIAC
8 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (6.90%) GCIA
8 6 (6.90%) GCIH
9 5 (5.75%) CEH
9 5 (5.75%) CISSP
9 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.60%) GCFA
11 3 (3.45%) ISACA
12 2 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.30%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.05%) SOC 2
3 5 (5.75%) GDPR
4 4 (4.60%) SLA
5 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.45%) NIST
6 2 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 19 (21.84%) Active Directory
2 12 (13.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (13.79%) vSphere
3 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (32.18%) Terraform
2 9 (10.34%) Ansible
3 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.30%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.30%) Kibana
4 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.15%) Grafana
5 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 58 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.24%) VMware
3 12 (13.79%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (11.49%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (9.20%) Splunk
6 7 (8.05%) Zscaler
7 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.45%) Tenable
9 2 (2.30%) Cribl.io
9 2 (2.30%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.15%) Carbon Black
10 1 (1.15%) Cisco
10 1 (1.15%) Databricks
10 1 (1.15%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.15%) Google
10 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow