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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 600 832
Rank change year-on-year -61 +232 -13
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 67 58 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.072% 0.13% 0.058%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.42% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 52 51 51
10th Percentile £45,000 - £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.59% -5.83% -13.60%
75th Percentile £91,563 £68,750 £83,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £106,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -10.05%

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 16,440 13,774 33,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 31.48% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 11,471 9,240 25,152
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -46 65 £80,000 +39.13% 25
London +6 47 £82,500 +26.92% 8
Work from Home +36 22 £60,000 +9.09% 10
UK excluding London -77 18 £52,500 +5.00% 20
Midlands -35 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -30 6 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North of England -44 4 £85,000 +70.00% 3
North West -6 3 £85,000 +54.55% 1
West Midlands - 3 £75,000 - 1
South East -18 2 £74,250 +18.80% 9
South West - 2 £45,000 - 1
East of England -18 1 £80,000 +166.67% 8
Yorkshire -42 1 - - 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (67.16%) Azure
2 22 (32.84%) Azure Monitor
3 19 (28.36%) Power Platform
4 16 (23.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 14 (20.90%) Azure Functions
5 14 (20.90%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (20.90%) Serverless
6 13 (19.40%) Entra ID
7 12 (17.91%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (17.91%) SaaS
8 11 (16.42%) Azure Key Vault
9 10 (14.93%) Datadog
9 10 (14.93%) GitHub
10 9 (13.43%) Azure AKS
10 9 (13.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (13.43%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (11.94%) AWS
12 7 (10.45%) Azure Storage
13 4 (5.97%) GCP
13 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (28.36%) Firewall
2 12 (17.91%) VPN
3 9 (13.43%) WAN
4 7 (10.45%) Network Security
5 2 (2.99%) BGP
5 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.49%) DNS
6 1 (1.49%) HTTP
6 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (28.36%) Power BI
2 13 (19.40%) SQL Server
3 9 (13.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) Power Query
5 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.49%) Git
General
1 22 (32.84%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (23.88%) Finance
3 10 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.48%) Legal
6 2 (2.99%) Games
6 2 (2.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (34.33%) Azure Engineer
2 22 (32.84%) Analyst
3 16 (23.88%) Senior
4 13 (19.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 13 (19.40%) Security Analyst
5 12 (17.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (14.93%) Support Engineer
7 9 (13.43%) Senior Support Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) IT Analyst
8 8 (11.94%) IT Security Analyst
8 8 (11.94%) Reliability Engineer
8 8 (11.94%) Senior Reliability Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) Security Engineer
9 6 (8.96%) SOC Analyst
10 4 (5.97%) Architect
10 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Engineer
11 3 (4.48%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (4.48%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.91%) .NET
1 12 (17.91%) .NET Core
2 11 (16.42%) OAuth
3 9 (13.43%) ADO
3 9 (13.43%) SAML
3 9 (13.43%) YAML
4 4 (5.97%) PySpark
5 2 (2.99%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.99%) OpenID
5 2 (2.99%) REST
6 1 (1.49%) Blazor
6 1 (1.49%) JSON
6 1 (1.49%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.40%) Security Posture
2 8 (11.94%) CSOC
3 7 (10.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (7.46%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (5.97%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
7 3 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.48%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (4.48%) Cyberattack
7 3 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.99%) PKI
9 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.49%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 21 (31.34%) VMS
2 4 (5.97%) Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Windows
3 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (49.25%) Analytics
2 29 (43.28%) SIEM
3 27 (40.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (37.31%) Incident Response
5 24 (35.82%) Security Operations
6 23 (34.33%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (34.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 22 (32.84%) Log Analytics
8 18 (26.87%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (26.87%) DevOps
9 16 (23.88%) Capacity Planning
10 14 (20.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (20.90%) RBAC
11 13 (19.40%) CI/CD
11 13 (19.40%) Zero Trust
12 12 (17.91%) AI
12 12 (17.91%) Cloud Operations
12 12 (17.91%) Cloud Security
12 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (17.91%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (53.73%) SQL
2 30 (44.78%) PowerShell
3 23 (34.33%) Python
4 13 (19.40%) C#
5 6 (8.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (4.48%) Bicep
7 2 (2.99%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (1.49%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.40%) Degree
3 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.96%) SANS
5 5 (7.46%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (5.97%) CEH
6 4 (5.97%) CISSP
6 4 (5.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.97%) GIAC
7 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.48%) ISACA
8 2 (2.99%) CISM
8 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.99%) GCIA
9 1 (1.49%) CCSP
9 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.49%) GCIH
9 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (16.42%) SOC 2
3 9 (13.43%) GDPR
4 4 (5.97%) SLA
5 3 (4.48%) NIST
6 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 11 (16.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.43%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (23.88%) Terraform
2 10 (14.93%) Ansible
3 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.49%) Grafana
5 1 (1.49%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (59.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.42%) Zscaler
3 9 (13.43%) CrowdStrike
3 9 (13.43%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.48%) Splunk
4 3 (4.48%) Tenable
5 2 (2.99%) Cribl.io
6 1 (1.49%) Carbon Black
6 1 (1.49%) Google
6 1 (1.49%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow