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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 599 825
Rank change year-on-year -67 +226 -29
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 83 58 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.13% 0.057%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% 0.41% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 54 53 51
10th Percentile £41,400 £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 £87,875 £67,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £102,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -22.22%

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 17,046 14,003 34,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.96% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,082 9,257 25,783
10th Percentile £37,025 £35,000 £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 £111,250 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 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 24 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 -48 79 £80,000 +28.00% 21
London +2 40 £85,000 +30.77% 6
UK excluding London -49 39 £52,500 +5.00% 18
Work from Home +37 31 £75,500 +37.27% 8
South West - 14 £48,875 - 2
Midlands -19 10 £50,000 +11.11% 1
East Midlands -26 7 £50,000 +11.11% 1
South East -30 6 £52,500 -16.00% 10
North of England -38 6 £85,000 +70.00% 5
North West -4 4 £85,000 +61.90% 1
West Midlands -10 3 £75,000 +30.43%
East of England -17 3 £80,000 +166.67% 4
Yorkshire -43 2 - - 4

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 (14.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 55 (66.27%) Azure
2 31 (37.35%) Azure Monitor
3 24 (28.92%) Azure Functions
3 24 (28.92%) Serverless
4 22 (26.51%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (25.30%) Azure Key Vault
6 20 (24.10%) GitHub
7 19 (22.89%) Power Platform
8 18 (21.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 18 (21.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 18 (21.69%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (15.66%) Entra ID
10 12 (14.46%) IaaS
10 12 (14.46%) PaaS
11 11 (13.25%) SaaS
12 9 (10.84%) AWS
13 7 (8.43%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (7.23%) Azure AKS
14 6 (7.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.71%) VPN
2 17 (20.48%) Firewall
3 7 (8.43%) Network Security
4 6 (7.23%) WAN
5 3 (3.61%) DNS
5 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.41%) BGP
6 2 (2.41%) HTTP
6 2 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (24.10%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (22.89%) Power BI
3 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.41%) Power Query
6 1 (1.20%) Big Data
6 1 (1.20%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.20%) OLAP
6 1 (1.20%) Parquet
6 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (15.66%) Git
2 5 (6.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.20%) Burp Suite
General
1 32 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.87%) Law
5 11 (13.25%) Finance
6 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.41%) Games
7 1 (1.20%) Banking
7 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Legal
7 1 (1.20%) Military
7 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (44.58%) Analyst
2 23 (27.71%) Senior
3 17 (20.48%) Azure Engineer
3 17 (20.48%) Security Analyst
4 16 (19.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 12 (14.46%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 10 (12.05%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (12.05%) IT Analyst
6 10 (12.05%) IT Security Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) Reliability Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Reliability Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Support Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Support Engineer
8 7 (8.43%) Security Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (6.02%) SOC Analyst
11 4 (4.82%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.25%) .NET
1 11 (13.25%) .NET Core
2 8 (9.64%) OAuth
3 6 (7.23%) ADO
3 6 (7.23%) PySpark
3 6 (7.23%) SAML
3 6 (7.23%) YAML
4 2 (2.41%) JSON
4 2 (2.41%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.41%) OpenID
4 2 (2.41%) REST
4 2 (2.41%) RESTful
5 1 (1.20%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 27 (32.53%) Security Posture
2 14 (16.87%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (14.46%) Podcast
3 12 (14.46%) Public Cloud
4 11 (13.25%) CSOC
5 9 (10.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (7.23%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
7 5 (6.02%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.61%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (3.61%) Cyberattack
8 3 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.41%) Clustering
9 2 (2.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (2.41%) PKI
10 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.20%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 29 (34.94%) VMS
2 19 (22.89%) Windows
3 7 (8.43%) Linux
4 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (53.01%) Analytics
2 39 (46.99%) SIEM
3 34 (40.96%) Root Cause Analysis
4 32 (38.55%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (37.35%) Log Analytics
6 30 (36.14%) Incident Response
6 30 (36.14%) Security Operations
7 29 (34.94%) DevOps
8 27 (32.53%) AI
8 27 (32.53%) Cloud Security
9 26 (31.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (31.33%) Infrastructure as Code
10 25 (30.12%) CI/CD
11 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
12 21 (25.30%) Mentoring
13 19 (22.89%) Observability
14 18 (21.69%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (21.69%) Computer Science
14 18 (21.69%) Runbook
15 17 (20.48%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 42 (50.60%) PowerShell
1 42 (50.60%) SQL
2 25 (30.12%) Python
3 16 (19.28%) Bash
3 16 (19.28%) Bicep
4 13 (15.66%) C#
5 6 (7.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (7.23%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 24 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 17 (20.48%) Azure Certification
4 14 (16.87%) Degree
4 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (10.84%) SANS
6 8 (9.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (9.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (8.43%) GIAC
8 6 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.02%) CEH
9 5 (6.02%) CISSP
10 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.82%) GCIA
10 4 (4.82%) GCIH
11 3 (3.61%) ISACA
12 2 (2.41%) CCSP
12 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.41%) CISM
12 2 (2.41%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.64%) SOC 2
3 6 (7.23%) GDPR
4 4 (4.82%) SLA
5 3 (3.61%) NIST
6 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.46%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (14.46%) vSphere
3 6 (7.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (33.73%) Terraform
2 9 (10.84%) Ansible
3 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.41%) Kibana
4 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.20%) Grafana
5 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 57 (68.67%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.66%) VMware
3 12 (14.46%) ScienceLogic
4 10 (12.05%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (9.64%) Zscaler
6 7 (8.43%) Splunk
7 6 (7.23%) Palo Alto
8 3 (3.61%) Tenable
9 2 (2.41%) Cribl.io
9 2 (2.41%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.20%) Carbon Black
10 1 (1.20%) Cisco
10 1 (1.20%) Databricks
10 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
10 1 (1.20%) Google
10 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow