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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 628 663 695
Rank change year-on-year +35 +32 +396
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 48 79 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.095% 0.12% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.39% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 36 59 43
10th Percentile £43,750 - £50,000
25th Percentile £53,500 £46,713 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -21.48% +3.85%
75th Percentile £70,625 £85,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £74,004 £86,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,750 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.83% -13.33% -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 12,398 21,465 22,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.60% 31.57% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,293 12,813 18,307
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,750 £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 1 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 1 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 +73 43 £65,000 +22.64% 21
UK excluding London +38 31 £60,750 +16.83% 19
South East - 19 £70,000 - 17
London +32 16 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Work from Home +6 14 £63,442 +4.00% 7
West Midlands +41 4 £57,500 +14.29%
Midlands +41 4 £57,500 +14.29%
North of England -11 4 £55,000 -23.60%
Scotland -18 4 £57,000 +7.55%
North West +9 3 £52,500 +4.36%
Yorkshire 0 1 £57,500 -28.13%
South West - 1 - - 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:

Cloud Services
1 43 (89.58%) Azure
2 25 (52.08%) Azure Sentinel
3 16 (33.33%) AWS
3 16 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (31.25%) SaaS
5 11 (22.92%) Azure App Service
5 11 (22.92%) Azure Functions
5 11 (22.92%) Serverless
6 7 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
7 4 (8.33%) GCP
8 2 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (4.17%) dbt
8 2 (4.17%) IaaS
8 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.08%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (2.08%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (2.08%) Azure AKS
9 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) Network Security
2 10 (20.83%) Firewall
2 10 (20.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
1 1 (2.08%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.08%) Maven
1 1 (2.08%) MSBuild
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.08%) Finance
4 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 24 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Data Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Monitoring Analyst
2 11 (22.92%) Security Engineer
3 8 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Senior
5 6 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Security Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Applications Support
8 3 (6.25%) Applications Specialist
8 3 (6.25%) Applications Support Specialist
8 3 (6.25%) SOC Manager
8 3 (6.25%) Support Specialist
9 2 (4.17%) Architect
9 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Support Analyst
10 1 (2.08%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Django
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Linux
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Kali Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) SIEM
2 27 (56.25%) Incident Response
3 26 (54.17%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (41.67%) Analytics
5 18 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (35.42%) DevOps
7 14 (29.17%) Log Analytics
7 14 (29.17%) Security Operations
7 14 (29.17%) Threat Detection
8 12 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (22.92%) Data Analysis
9 11 (22.92%) Trend Analysis
10 10 (20.83%) Cloud Security
11 9 (18.75%) Customer Experience
11 9 (18.75%) Incident Management
11 9 (18.75%) Synthetic Monitoring
12 7 (14.58%) Mentoring
13 5 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
13 5 (10.42%) OSINT
13 5 (10.42%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 25 (52.08%) SQL
2 24 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 23 (47.92%) Python
4 5 (10.42%) Bash
5 3 (6.25%) C#
6 2 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.08%) Degree
3 11 (22.92%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (18.75%) Azure Certification
4 9 (18.75%) CISM
4 9 (18.75%) CISSP
4 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (14.58%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (8.33%) CCSP
6 4 (8.33%) CEH
6 4 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.33%) CREST Certified
6 4 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 4 (8.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (27.08%) NIST
3 7 (14.58%) GDPR
4 5 (10.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (10.42%) HIPAA
5 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (4.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) QRadar
2 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.08%) Autotask
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.25%) Splunk
3 8 (16.67%) Cisco
4 5 (10.42%) ArcSight
5 4 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.17%) Exabeam
6 2 (4.17%) Meraki
7 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.08%) Ubiquiti