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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 655 673
Rank change year-on-year +59 +18 +363
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 54 83 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.093%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.46% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 37 61 46
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £53,500 £46,713 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,309 £66,510
Median % change year-on-year +29.20% -24.36% +2.32%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,900 - £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,942 £50,309 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.07% -16.15% -7.69%

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 11,860 21,726 21,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.33% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,585 12,992 17,368
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,645
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +89 51 £65,000 +27.69% 26
UK excluding London +75 34 £65,942 +31.07% 21
South East - 24 £70,000 - 12
London +48 19 £65,000 - 14
Work from Home +68 17 £57,500 +14.29% 15
West Midlands +55 4 £57,500 +14.29%
Midlands +50 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
North of England +25 4 £55,000 +3.77% 2
North West +50 3 £52,500 +4.36% 1
Scotland +2 2 £58,250 +9.91% 2
Yorkshire +6 1 £57,500 -28.13% 1
South West - 1 - - 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:

Cloud Services
1 46 (85.19%) Azure
2 23 (42.59%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (33.33%) AWS
4 16 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
5 13 (24.07%) SaaS
6 11 (20.37%) Azure Functions
6 11 (20.37%) Serverless
7 10 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (16.67%) Azure App Service
9 6 (11.11%) Entra ID
10 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
11 4 (7.41%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (5.56%) Azure AKS
12 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (5.56%) GCP
13 2 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 2 (3.70%) Azure Storage
13 2 (3.70%) Datadog
13 2 (3.70%) GitHub
13 2 (3.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.78%) Network Security
2 11 (20.37%) Firewall
2 11 (20.37%) VPN
3 2 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (9.26%) Power BI
2 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.85%) Maven
1 1 (1.85%) MSBuild
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.37%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Analyst
2 13 (24.07%) Security Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior
4 9 (16.67%) Data Analyst
4 9 (16.67%) Monitoring Analyst
5 7 (12.96%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Specialist
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) SOC Manager
8 3 (5.56%) Software Support Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) ARM Templates
1 3 (5.56%) OAuth
2 2 (3.70%) ADO
2 2 (3.70%) Django
2 2 (3.70%) SAML
2 2 (3.70%) YAML
3 1 (1.85%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.78%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (12.96%) Security Posture
4 4 (7.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.56%) ARM Cortex
5 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Linux
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) VMS
3 1 (1.85%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (61.11%) SIEM
2 26 (48.15%) Incident Response
3 24 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (42.59%) Analytics
4 23 (42.59%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (31.48%) DevOps
5 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (31.48%) Security Operations
6 14 (25.93%) Log Analytics
6 14 (25.93%) Threat Detection
7 12 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 12 (22.22%) Data Analysis
8 10 (18.52%) Incident Management
9 9 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
10 7 (12.96%) Customer Experience
10 7 (12.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 7 (12.96%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (12.96%) Synthetic Monitoring
10 7 (12.96%) Threat Intelligence
11 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 31 (57.41%) SQL
2 27 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 26 (48.15%) Python
4 6 (11.11%) C#
5 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.41%) Bash
7 3 (5.56%) Bicep
8 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (22.22%) Degree
3 10 (18.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (14.81%) CISM
4 8 (14.81%) CISSP
5 7 (12.96%) Azure Certification
5 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (12.96%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (7.41%) CCSP
7 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.41%) CREST Certified
8 3 (5.56%) CEH
8 3 (5.56%) DV Cleared
8 3 (5.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (31.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (22.22%) NIST
3 8 (14.81%) GDPR
4 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (7.41%) HIPAA
6 3 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (3.70%) NCSC
7 2 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.56%) Docker
3 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Terraform
2 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.41%) QRadar
3 2 (3.70%) Ansible
3 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.85%) Autotask
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (27.78%) Splunk
3 7 (12.96%) Cisco
4 5 (9.26%) Palo Alto
5 3 (5.56%) ArcSight
5 3 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.70%) Exabeam
6 2 (3.70%) Meraki
6 2 (3.70%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.85%) Ubiquiti