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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 620 757
Rank change year-on-year +11 +137 +148
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 54 63 41
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.12% 0.056%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.44% 0.36% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 35 40 40
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,875 £42,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.77% -25.93% +8.87%
75th Percentile £88,750 £68,125 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £76,000 £83,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,384 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +54.19% -28.00% +0.81%

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 12,250 17,316 27,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.85% 33.93% 37.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8,808 10,184 22,729
10th Percentile £33,338 £37,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -

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 6 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 11 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 6 February 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 +39 52 £69,384 +38.77% 21
London +42 33 £68,442 +1.40% 8
Work from Home +85 21 £55,000 -21.43% 14
UK excluding London +7 20 £69,384 +54.19% 17
South East +22 12 £78,500 +57.00% 7
North West +10 3 £52,500 - 1
Midlands +1 3 - - 3
North of England -16 3 £52,500 +1.94% 3
West Midlands - 3 - - 2
South West - 2 £45,000 - 1
Scotland -5 1 £57,500 -28.13% 2

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 44 (81.48%) Azure
2 20 (37.04%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (27.78%) Entra ID
4 13 (24.07%) Azure AKS
4 13 (24.07%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (24.07%) Datadog
5 12 (22.22%) AWS
5 12 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (22.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 12 (22.22%) Azure Key Vault
5 12 (22.22%) GitHub
5 12 (22.22%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (20.37%) Power Platform
7 9 (16.67%) Azure Functions
7 9 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (16.67%) SaaS
7 9 (16.67%) Serverless
8 8 (14.81%) Azure Storage
9 6 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (7.41%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 17 (31.48%) Firewall
2 13 (24.07%) VPN
3 12 (22.22%) Network Security
3 12 (22.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) Power BI
2 8 (14.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (14.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 17 (31.48%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Azure Engineer
2 12 (22.22%) Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Security Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior
4 8 (14.81%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Support Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Operations Support Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Platform Support Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (24.07%) OAuth
2 12 (22.22%) ADO
2 12 (22.22%) SAML
2 12 (22.22%) YAML
3 5 (9.26%) .NET
3 5 (9.26%) .NET Core
4 4 (7.41%) ARM Templates
5 2 (3.70%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (24.07%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 4 (7.41%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (31.48%) VMS
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
2 2 (3.70%) Windows
3 1 (1.85%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.85%) Unix
3 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (53.70%) Analytics
3 21 (38.89%) Incident Response
4 20 (37.04%) Log Analytics
5 19 (35.19%) SIEM
6 18 (33.33%) Security Operations
7 16 (29.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (27.78%) Observability
9 14 (25.93%) DevOps
10 13 (24.07%) RBAC
10 13 (24.07%) Zero Trust
11 12 (22.22%) Business Continuity
11 12 (22.22%) CI/CD
11 12 (22.22%) Cost Management
11 12 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (22.22%) Identity Management
11 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (20.37%) Incident Management
13 10 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (72.22%) SQL
2 22 (40.74%) PowerShell
3 15 (27.78%) Python
4 10 (18.52%) C#
5 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) Degree
2 6 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (7.41%) CREST Certified
3 4 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (3.70%) CEH
4 2 (3.70%) CISSP
4 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.85%) CCSP
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.85%) CISM
5 1 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (1.85%) GCIA
5 1 (1.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (40.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (22.22%) GDPR
2 12 (22.22%) SOC 2
3 8 (14.81%) NIST
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.70%) NCSC
4 2 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 12 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (29.63%) Terraform
2 12 (22.22%) Ansible
3 5 (9.26%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.22%) Palo Alto
2 12 (22.22%) Zscaler
3 5 (9.26%) Splunk
4 4 (7.41%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (7.41%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco