Kusto Query Language Jobs

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 815 829
Rank change year-on-year +147 +14 +424
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 67 71 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.069% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 61 59 54
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,713 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £53,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.92% -29.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.62% -22.22% -7.22%

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 16,797 32,353 34,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.96% 31.36% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10,741 23,717 25,237
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kusto Query Language.

Salary trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 2025. 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 +147 58 £65,000 +18.18% 37
UK excluding London +155 42 £56,500 +7.62% 28
London +109 19 £65,000 +8.33% 15
South East +84 19 £70,000 +55.56% 14
Scotland +91 8 £45,000 -15.09% 2
North of England +46 8 £50,000 -37.50% 8
Midlands +77 6 £45,000 -13.46% 3
Work from Home +60 6 £55,000 -4.35% 21
North West +14 5 £52,500 +4.36% 4
East Midlands - 4 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire +36 3 £50,000 -37.50% 4
West Midlands +68 2 £57,500 +10.58% 1
East of England +36 1 £30,000 -

Kusto Query Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (71.64%) Azure
2 31 (46.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 23 (34.33%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (25.37%) AWS
5 14 (20.90%) SaaS
6 13 (19.40%) Azure App Service
6 13 (19.40%) Azure Functions
6 13 (19.40%) Serverless
7 9 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (10.45%) GCP
9 6 (8.96%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (7.46%) GitHub
10 5 (7.46%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (2.99%) Entra ID
13 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.91%) Firewall
2 11 (16.42%) VPN
3 4 (5.97%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.99%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) GitLab
2 1 (1.49%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) Maven
2 1 (1.49%) MSBuild
General
1 34 (50.75%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.97%) Finance
4 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.49%) Law
4 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (52.24%) Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) Data Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) Monitoring Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (14.93%) Security Engineer
3 10 (14.93%) Senior
4 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 9 (13.43%) Security Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (10.45%) Incident Engineer
6 7 (10.45%) Incident Responder
6 7 (10.45%) SOC Engineer
7 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 4 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Architect
9 3 (4.48%) Site Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Team Leader
10 2 (2.99%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) Security Posture
2 10 (14.93%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (13.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.49%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Linux
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 2 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (73.13%) SIEM
2 35 (52.24%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (43.28%) Incident Response
4 24 (35.82%) DevOps
5 20 (29.85%) Analytics
5 20 (29.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (26.87%) Incident Management
7 16 (23.88%) Log Analytics
7 16 (23.88%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (23.88%) Threat Detection
8 13 (19.40%) Data Analysis
8 13 (19.40%) Trend Analysis
9 12 (17.91%) Security Operations
10 11 (16.42%) Customer Experience
10 11 (16.42%) Mentoring
10 11 (16.42%) Synthetic Monitoring
10 11 (16.42%) Threat Intelligence
11 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
11 9 (13.43%) Cloud Security
11 9 (13.43%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (43.28%) PowerShell
2 25 (37.31%) Python
3 17 (25.37%) SQL
4 8 (11.94%) Bash
5 1 (1.49%) C#
5 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.49%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.85%) Degree
3 19 (28.36%) SC Cleared
4 14 (20.90%) CISSP
5 13 (19.40%) CISM
6 12 (17.91%) Azure Certification
6 12 (17.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (16.42%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (14.93%) CEH
9 9 (13.43%) DV Cleared
10 7 (10.45%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (10.45%) OSCP
11 3 (4.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (4.48%) CCSP
11 3 (4.48%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (2.99%) CISA
12 2 (2.99%) CRISC
12 2 (2.99%) GIAC
12 2 (2.99%) ISACA
12 2 (2.99%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (14.93%) NIST
3 9 (13.43%) GDPR
4 8 (11.94%) HIPAA
5 7 (10.45%) SLA
6 5 (7.46%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Docker
2 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (22.39%) QRadar
2 8 (11.94%) Terraform
3 6 (8.96%) Kubernetes
4 5 (7.46%) Ansible
4 5 (7.46%) Grafana
4 5 (7.46%) Progress Chef
4 5 (7.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (73.13%) Microsoft
2 20 (29.85%) Splunk
3 8 (11.94%) Cisco
4 7 (10.45%) AlienVault
4 7 (10.45%) ArcSight
4 7 (10.45%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.49%) Exabeam
6 1 (1.49%) Google
6 1 (1.49%) Intel
6 1 (1.49%) Meraki
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow