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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 671 698
Rank change year-on-year +54 +27 +373
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 54 79 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.45% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38 59 42
10th Percentile £46,875 - £50,000
25th Percentile £53,500 £46,713 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -22.96% +3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £75,231 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £50,309 £60,000
% change year-on-year +24.23% -16.15% -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 12,014 21,544 21,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.68% 31.70% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,603 12,806 17,835
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,091
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 £108,750 £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 15 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 15 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 +88 50 £65,000 +22.64% 31
UK excluding London +73 35 £62,500 +24.23% 21
South East - 24 £70,000 - 14
London +46 18 £65,000 -7.14% 15
Work from Home +41 16 £57,000 +9.62% 18
Midlands +48 4 £57,500 +14.29% 1
West Midlands +41 4 £57,500 +14.29%
North of England +24 4 £55,000 -11.99% 1
North West +41 3 £52,500 +4.36% 1
Scotland -2 3 £57,500 +8.49% 2
Yorkshire -3 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 46 (85.19%) Azure
2 25 (46.30%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (33.33%) AWS
4 16 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (25.93%) SaaS
6 11 (20.37%) Azure Functions
6 11 (20.37%) Serverless
7 10 (18.52%) Azure App Service
8 9 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
9 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
10 4 (7.41%) GCP
11 3 (5.56%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (3.70%) Azure AKS
12 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (3.70%) dbt
12 2 (3.70%) IaaS
13 1 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (1.85%) Datadog
13 1 (1.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.93%) Network Security
2 11 (20.37%) Firewall
2 11 (20.37%) VPN
3 1 (1.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Power BI
2 4 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Git
1 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.85%) Maven
1 1 (1.85%) MSBuild
General
1 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.85%) Finance
4 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 25 (46.30%) Analyst
2 13 (24.07%) Security Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Data Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Monitoring Analyst
4 9 (16.67%) Senior
5 8 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Applications Support
6 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Security Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) SOC Analyst
6 5 (9.26%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (5.56%) Applications Support Specialist
7 3 (5.56%) SOC Manager
7 3 (5.56%) Software Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Software Support Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Support Specialist
8 2 (3.70%) IT Security Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) ARM Templates
1 2 (3.70%) Django
1 2 (3.70%) OAuth
2 1 (1.85%) .NET
2 1 (1.85%) ADO
2 1 (1.85%) SAML
2 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.93%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (14.81%) Security Posture
3 3 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.70%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
1 5 (9.26%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.85%) VMS
2 1 (1.85%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (64.81%) SIEM
2 27 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 25 (46.30%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (42.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (40.74%) Analytics
6 17 (31.48%) DevOps
6 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (29.63%) Security Operations
8 15 (27.78%) Threat Detection
9 14 (25.93%) Log Analytics
10 12 (22.22%) Cloud Security
10 12 (22.22%) Data Analysis
11 10 (18.52%) Trend Analysis
12 9 (16.67%) Incident Management
13 8 (14.81%) Customer Experience
13 8 (14.81%) Synthetic Monitoring
14 7 (12.96%) Mentoring
15 6 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 6 (11.11%) ITIL
15 6 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 30 (55.56%) SQL
2 27 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 27 (50.00%) Python
3 6 (11.11%) C#
4 5 (9.26%) Bash
4 5 (9.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.70%) Bicep
6 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.07%) Degree
3 11 (20.37%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (16.67%) CISM
4 9 (16.67%) CISSP
5 8 (14.81%) Azure Certification
5 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (12.96%) Network+ Certification
6 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (7.41%) CCSP
7 4 (7.41%) CEH
7 4 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.41%) CREST Certified
7 4 (7.41%) DV Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (31.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (24.07%) NIST
3 8 (14.81%) GDPR
4 5 (9.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (9.26%) HIPAA
5 3 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.70%) NCSC
7 1 (1.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) QRadar
2 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.56%) Terraform
3 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.85%) Ansible
4 1 (1.85%) Autotask
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (59.26%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) Splunk
3 8 (14.81%) Cisco
4 5 (9.26%) Palo Alto
5 4 (7.41%) ArcSight
6 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.70%) Exabeam
6 2 (3.70%) Meraki
6 2 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.85%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.85%) Zscaler