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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 678 675
Rank change year-on-year +85 -3 +355
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 56 81 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.094%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.47% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 38 60 46
10th Percentile £46,875 £45,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £53,563 £46,713 £51,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,309 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.20% -25.47% +3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,692 £50,309 £61,250
% change year-on-year +38.53% -17.86% -5.77%

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 11,828 21,587 20,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.86% 32.58% 40.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,566 12,935 17,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
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% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,418 £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 29 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 29 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 +90 53 £65,000 +29.20% 21
UK excluding London +71 34 £69,692 +38.53% 15
South East +75 24 £70,000 - 8
London +56 21 £65,000 - 13
Work from Home +63 17 £57,500 +14.29% 11
West Midlands +59 4 £57,500 +14.29%
Midlands +50 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
North of England +36 4 £55,000 +3.77% 1
North West +55 3 £52,500 +4.36% 1
Scotland -2 2 £58,250 +9.91% 1
Yorkshire -10 1 £57,500 -28.13%
South West - 1 - - 3

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 49 (87.50%) Azure
2 25 (44.64%) Azure Sentinel
3 19 (33.93%) AWS
4 17 (30.36%) Azure Monitor
5 13 (23.21%) SaaS
6 12 (21.43%) Azure Functions
6 12 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (21.43%) Serverless
7 9 (16.07%) Azure App Service
8 8 (14.29%) Entra ID
9 5 (8.93%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (8.93%) Power Platform
10 4 (7.14%) Azure AKS
10 4 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (5.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (5.36%) Azure Pipelines
11 3 (5.36%) Datadog
11 3 (5.36%) GCP
11 3 (5.36%) GitHub
11 3 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) Network Security
2 11 (19.64%) Firewall
2 11 (19.64%) VPN
3 3 (5.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (8.93%) Power BI
3 4 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.79%) Maven
1 1 (1.79%) MSBuild
General
1 26 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (5.36%) Finance
4 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Analyst
2 15 (26.79%) Security Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) Senior
4 9 (16.07%) Data Analyst
4 9 (16.07%) Monitoring Analyst
5 8 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Applications Support
6 5 (8.93%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (8.93%) Support Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Applications Specialist
8 3 (5.36%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Platform Support Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) SOC Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Software Support Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) ARM Templates
1 4 (7.14%) OAuth
2 3 (5.36%) ADO
2 3 (5.36%) SAML
2 3 (5.36%) YAML
3 2 (3.57%) Django
4 1 (1.79%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
5 4 (7.14%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.79%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Linux
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) VMS
3 1 (1.79%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (60.71%) SIEM
2 26 (46.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 26 (46.43%) Incident Response
3 25 (44.64%) Analytics
4 23 (41.07%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (32.14%) DevOps
5 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (30.36%) Security Operations
7 15 (26.79%) Log Analytics
7 15 (26.79%) Threat Detection
8 13 (23.21%) Cloud Security
9 12 (21.43%) Data Analysis
10 11 (19.64%) Incident Management
11 9 (16.07%) Trend Analysis
12 8 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 8 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
12 8 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
13 7 (12.50%) Customer Experience
13 7 (12.50%) Synthetic Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (57.14%) SQL
2 28 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 27 (48.21%) Python
4 6 (10.71%) C#
5 5 (8.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.14%) Bash
6 4 (7.14%) Bicep
7 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.64%) Degree
3 10 (17.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 7 (12.50%) CISM
4 7 (12.50%) CISSP
4 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 4 (7.14%) CREST Certified
7 3 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.36%) CCSP
7 3 (5.36%) CEH
7 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.36%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (33.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (21.43%) NIST
3 9 (16.07%) GDPR
4 6 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (7.14%) HIPAA
6 3 (5.36%) SOC 2
7 2 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.14%) Docker
3 3 (5.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Terraform
2 5 (8.93%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.14%) QRadar
4 3 (5.36%) Ansible
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.79%) Autotask
Vendors
1 34 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (28.57%) Splunk
3 7 (12.50%) Cisco
4 6 (10.71%) Palo Alto
5 4 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (7.14%) ServiceNow
6 3 (5.36%) ArcSight
6 3 (5.36%) Zscaler
7 2 (3.57%) Exabeam
7 2 (3.57%) Meraki
8 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti