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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 585 | 643 | 641 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | -2 | +310 |
| Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language | 59 | 81 | 50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.100% | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.51% | 0.42% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 60 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,750 | £45,000 | £48,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £46,713 | £51,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £63,750 | £50,309 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.72% | -25.47% | +8.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,877 | £73,125 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,900 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £69,692 | £50,309 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.53% | -22.60% | - |
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 | 11,614 | 19,102 | 19,813 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 19.66% | 33.93% | 40.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,530 | 11,375 | 16,198 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £37,500 | £39,645 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £47,500 | £48,140 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £110,000 | £106,577 |
| 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
Salary Trend
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 21 December 2025.
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 21 December 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 | +74 | 56 | £65,000 | +29.20% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +46 | 32 | £69,692 | +38.53% | 19 |
| London | +53 | 26 | £58,750 | -9.62% | 8 |
| South East | +59 | 22 | £70,000 | - | 10 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 22 | £55,750 | +10.82% | 8 |
| North of England | +6 | 4 | £55,000 | +3.77% | 5 |
| North West | +35 | 3 | £52,500 | +4.36% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +4 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | -1 | 2 | £58,250 | +9.91% | 3 |
| South West | - | 2 | £45,000 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | -11 | 1 | £57,500 | -28.13% | 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: