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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 683 631 728
Rank change year-on-year -52 +97 +20
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 102 61 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.55% 0.44% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 66 55 76
10th Percentile £45,723 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,625 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.22% -27.24%
75th Percentile £84,875 £73,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £100,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £50,309
% change year-on-year -11.02% +17.28% -25.47%

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 18,579 13,866 25,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.43% 27.81% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,144 9,096 17,696
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -34 97 £62,750 -3.46% 47
UK excluding London -65 59 £52,500 -11.02% 27
Work from Home -2 38 £59,500 -14.24% 30
London -36 37 £80,000 +23.08% 25
South West - 20 £51,375 - 1
South East -29 18 £52,500 -25.00% 12
Midlands -27 8 £50,000 -2.44% 3
East Midlands -17 7 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East of England - 7 £80,000 - 3
North of England -37 6 £85,000 +47.83% 5
North West -5 4 £85,000 +36.67% 5
Yorkshire -28 2 - -
West Midlands -29 1 £75,000 +30.43% 1

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 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 49 (48.04%) Azure
2 21 (20.59%) Azure Monitor
2 21 (20.59%) Azure Sentinel
3 19 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 18 (17.65%) Azure Functions
4 18 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (17.65%) Serverless
5 17 (16.67%) AWS
6 16 (15.69%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (15.69%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (15.69%) Power Platform
7 15 (14.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 14 (13.73%) GitHub
9 12 (11.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (11.76%) IaaS
9 12 (11.76%) PaaS
10 7 (6.86%) SaaS
11 5 (4.90%) GCP
12 4 (3.92%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.65%) VPN
2 17 (16.67%) Firewall
3 10 (9.80%) DNS
4 9 (8.82%) TCP/IP
5 8 (7.84%) Network Security
6 4 (3.92%) HTTP
6 4 (3.92%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.96%) BGP
7 2 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.98%) DHCP
8 1 (0.98%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (17.65%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (15.69%) Power BI
3 7 (6.86%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.92%) OLAP
5 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.96%) Power Query
7 1 (0.98%) Big Data
7 1 (0.98%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.98%) Parquet
7 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Git
2 4 (3.92%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.96%) Postman
4 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 36 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.69%) Law
5 10 (9.80%) Finance
6 6 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Legal
7 4 (3.92%) Banking
7 4 (3.92%) Military
8 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.96%) Games
10 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (46.08%) Analyst
2 28 (27.45%) Security Analyst
3 25 (24.51%) Senior
4 21 (20.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (10.78%) Security Engineer
7 10 (9.80%) IT Analyst
7 10 (9.80%) IT Security Analyst
7 10 (9.80%) SOC Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Data Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Splunk Engineer
9 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Engineer
9 6 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (4.90%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (4.90%) Senior Security Analyst
11 4 (3.92%) Information Analyst
11 4 (3.92%) Senior Support Engineer
11 4 (3.92%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.82%) PySpark
2 5 (4.90%) .NET
2 5 (4.90%) .NET Core
3 4 (3.92%) REST
4 2 (1.96%) JSON
4 2 (1.96%) OAuth
4 2 (1.96%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.96%) OpenID
4 2 (1.96%) RESTful
5 1 (0.98%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 34 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 15 (14.71%) CSOC
3 14 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (11.76%) Podcast
4 12 (11.76%) Public Cloud
5 11 (10.78%) Onboarding
5 11 (10.78%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (6.86%) Management Information System
8 6 (5.88%) Clustering
8 6 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
9 4 (3.92%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
9 4 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.92%) PKI
10 3 (2.94%) Blog
10 3 (2.94%) Cyberattack
11 2 (1.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.96%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.41%) Windows
2 17 (16.67%) Linux
2 17 (16.67%) VMS
3 3 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (58.82%) SIEM
2 46 (45.10%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 40 (39.22%) Security Operations
5 36 (35.29%) Analytics
6 33 (32.35%) Cloud Security
7 32 (31.37%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 32 (31.37%) Root Cause Analysis
8 29 (28.43%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (27.45%) SOAR
10 27 (26.47%) AI
10 27 (26.47%) Runbook
11 25 (24.51%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (23.53%) CI/CD
13 23 (22.55%) DevOps
13 23 (22.55%) Performance Tuning
13 23 (22.55%) Threat Intelligence
14 22 (21.57%) Mentoring
15 20 (19.61%) Computer Science
16 19 (18.63%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 51 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 34 (33.33%) SQL
3 31 (30.39%) Python
4 20 (19.61%) Bash
5 16 (15.69%) Bicep
6 10 (9.80%) C#
6 10 (9.80%) Search Processing Language
7 6 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.94%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 37 (36.27%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.43%) SC Cleared
3 19 (18.63%) CompTIA Security+
4 17 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 16 (15.69%) CISSP
6 15 (14.71%) GCIA
7 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (12.75%) Degree
9 11 (10.78%) CompTIA CySA+
9 11 (10.78%) GCIH
9 11 (10.78%) GIAC
10 10 (9.80%) CEH
11 9 (8.82%) SANS
12 8 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (7.84%) DV Cleared
13 5 (4.90%) CASP
13 5 (4.90%) CCNA CyberOps
13 5 (4.90%) CISM
13 5 (4.90%) GCFA
14 4 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 6 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (5.88%) NIST
2 3 (2.94%) NCSC
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) SLA
3 2 (1.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 12 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (1.96%) Firmware
4 1 (0.98%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 26 (25.49%) Terraform
2 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (6.86%) Ansible
4 4 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.96%) Kibana
6 1 (0.98%) Grafana
6 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 70 (68.63%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.69%) VMware
3 12 (11.76%) ScienceLogic
4 11 (10.78%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (10.78%) Splunk
5 5 (4.90%) Cisco
5 5 (4.90%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.92%) Tenable
7 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.94%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.96%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.96%) Cribl.io
8 2 (1.96%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.96%) Google
8 2 (1.96%) Intel
8 2 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.98%) Citrix
9 1 (0.98%) Databricks
9 1 (0.98%) ServiceNow