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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 831 854
Rank change year-on-year +214 +23 +319
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 67 54 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.055% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.43% 0.16% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 57 48 85
10th Percentile £41,700 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -27.42% -8.49%

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 15,664 33,221 45,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 33.78% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,561 25,021 28,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 +197 60 £55,000 -8.33% 33
UK excluding London +225 41 £45,000 - 29
London +98 19 £65,000 -18.75% 13
East Midlands - 16 £45,000 -
Midlands - 16 £45,000 - 5
South East +111 11 £62,500 +38.89% 9
North of England +87 8 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Work from Home +154 7 £40,000 -33.33% 19
North West +37 6 £55,000 -16.98% 2
Scotland - 5 £44,500 - 7
Yorkshire +69 2 £50,000 -9.09%
East of England +55 1 £30,000 - 2

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
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 49 (73.13%) Azure
2 36 (53.73%) Azure Sentinel
3 19 (28.36%) Azure Logic Apps
4 13 (19.40%) AWS
5 10 (14.93%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (8.96%) Entra ID
8 5 (7.46%) GitHub
8 5 (7.46%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (5.97%) SaaS
10 3 (4.48%) GCP
11 2 (2.99%) Azure App Service
11 2 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (2.99%) Azure Functions
11 2 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (2.99%) Serverless
12 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Firewall
2 4 (5.97%) DNS
2 4 (5.97%) VPN
3 3 (4.48%) Network Security
4 2 (2.99%) 4G
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%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (7.46%) GitLab
General
1 45 (67.16%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.94%) Finance
4 4 (5.97%) Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Retail
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.99%) Law
6 2 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (52.24%) Analyst
2 25 (37.31%) Senior
3 23 (34.33%) Senior Analyst
4 20 (29.85%) SOC Analyst
5 9 (13.43%) SOC Engineer
6 8 (11.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (11.94%) Security Analyst
7 7 (10.45%) Incident Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Incident Responder
7 7 (10.45%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Architect
8 5 (7.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Lead
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.88%) Security Posture
2 11 (16.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (11.94%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (4.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.99%) YARA
7 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.49%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.91%) Windows
2 8 (11.94%) Linux
3 6 (8.96%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.97%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (71.64%) SIEM
2 38 (56.72%) Incident Response
3 30 (44.78%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (34.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 16 (23.88%) Incident Management
5 16 (23.88%) Time Management
6 15 (22.39%) Security Operations
7 13 (19.40%) DevOps
8 10 (14.93%) Analytics
8 10 (14.93%) Information Security
8 10 (14.93%) Mentoring
8 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.93%) Threat Detection
9 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (10.45%) CI/CD
10 7 (10.45%) Security Monitoring
10 7 (10.45%) Use Case
11 6 (8.96%) Containerisation
11 6 (8.96%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.90%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.94%) Python
3 7 (10.45%) SQL
4 3 (4.48%) Bash
5 2 (2.99%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 22 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.85%) Degree
3 18 (26.87%) SC Cleared
4 13 (19.40%) CompTIA Security+
5 12 (17.91%) CISSP
6 7 (10.45%) CEH
6 7 (10.45%) CompTIA CySA+
6 7 (10.45%) DV Cleared
7 6 (8.96%) CISM
8 5 (7.46%) Azure Certification
8 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.48%) OSCP
11 2 (2.99%) CISA
11 2 (2.99%) CRISC
11 2 (2.99%) GCIH
11 2 (2.99%) GIAC
11 2 (2.99%) ISACA
11 2 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.99%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (10.45%) SLA
3 6 (8.96%) NIST
4 5 (7.46%) PCI DSS
5 4 (5.97%) GDPR
5 4 (5.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (4.48%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (31.34%) Docker
2 7 (10.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) QRadar
2 8 (11.94%) Terraform
3 5 (7.46%) Ansible
3 5 (7.46%) Grafana
3 5 (7.46%) Kubernetes
3 5 (7.46%) Progress Chef
3 5 (7.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 52 (77.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.45%) AlienVault
2 7 (10.45%) Splunk
3 4 (5.97%) CheckPoint
3 4 (5.97%) LogRhythm
3 4 (5.97%) Qualys
3 4 (5.97%) Tenable
3 4 (5.97%) VMware
4 3 (4.48%) ArcSight
4 3 (4.48%) Cisco
4 3 (4.48%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.99%) Google
5 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.49%) Intel
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow