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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 623 718 726
Rank change year-on-year +95 +8 +453
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 53 78 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.100% 0.085%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.40% 0.32% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 47 58 43
10th Percentile £45,000 - £51,250
25th Percentile £53,500 £46,713 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -24.29% +18.80%
75th Percentile £71,875 £85,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £74,555 £86,250 £87,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £53,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.32% -24.29% +5.66%

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 13,110 24,157 24,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.51% 30.93% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,456 15,118 20,186
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,557
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,025 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Kusto Query Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Kusto Query Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Kusto Query Language 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 11 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 18 September 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 +91 42 £65,000 +22.64% 65
UK excluding London +100 35 £59,000 +11.32% 67
South East +67 19 £70,000 -13.04% 17
London +57 16 £65,000 -2.99% 8
Scotland +42 10 £45,000 -15.09% 7
Work from Home +34 9 £69,384 +33.43% 66
Midlands +49 3 £57,500 +14.29% 17
West Midlands +44 3 £57,500 +14.29% 9
North of England +1 3 £57,500 -20.13% 8
North West +6 2 £60,942 +21.14% 4
Yorkshire +12 1 £57,500 -28.13% 4

Kusto Query Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 45 (84.91%) Azure
2 32 (60.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (32.08%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (26.42%) AWS
5 13 (24.53%) Azure App Service
5 13 (24.53%) Azure Functions
5 13 (24.53%) SaaS
5 13 (24.53%) Serverless
6 7 (13.21%) GCP
6 7 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.77%) dbt
9 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 1 (1.89%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.89%) IaaS
9 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.42%) Firewall
2 13 (24.53%) VPN
3 9 (16.98%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Git
1 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.89%) Maven
1 1 (1.89%) MSBuild
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.89%) Finance
4 1 (1.89%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (60.38%) Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Data Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Monitoring Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Security Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) SOC Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (15.09%) Security Analyst
5 7 (13.21%) Senior
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Architect
7 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) IT Security Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Threat Hunter
8 1 (1.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat Hunter
8 1 (1.89%) Senior DevOps
8 1 (1.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Django
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Cyber Threat
1 11 (20.75%) Security Posture
2 8 (15.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.42%) Linux
1 14 (26.42%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (81.13%) SIEM
2 32 (60.38%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (52.83%) Incident Response
4 21 (39.62%) DevOps
5 18 (33.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (32.08%) Threat Detection
7 16 (30.19%) Analytics
8 15 (28.30%) Log Analytics
9 13 (24.53%) Data Analysis
9 13 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (24.53%) Trend Analysis
10 12 (22.64%) Cloud Security
10 12 (22.64%) Security Operations
11 11 (20.75%) Customer Experience
11 11 (20.75%) Kalman Filter
11 11 (20.75%) OSINT
11 11 (20.75%) Synthetic Monitoring
12 10 (18.87%) Open Source
13 9 (16.98%) Event Correlation
14 8 (15.09%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (56.60%) PowerShell
2 26 (49.06%) Python
3 19 (35.85%) SQL
4 8 (15.09%) Bash
5 1 (1.89%) C#
5 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 27 (50.94%) Security Cleared
2 15 (28.30%) SC Cleared
3 12 (22.64%) Azure Certification
3 12 (22.64%) CISM
3 12 (22.64%) CISSP
3 12 (22.64%) Degree
4 11 (20.75%) DV Cleared
4 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (18.87%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (13.21%) CEH
6 7 (13.21%) OSCP
7 4 (7.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (7.55%) CCSP
7 4 (7.55%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.66%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.89%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (26.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (24.53%) NIST
3 10 (18.87%) GDPR
4 8 (15.09%) HIPAA
5 4 (7.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (3.77%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) QRadar
2 2 (3.77%) Terraform
3 1 (1.89%) Autotask
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (67.92%) Microsoft
2 19 (35.85%) Splunk
3 11 (20.75%) Cisco
4 9 (16.98%) ArcSight
5 7 (13.21%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.77%) Exabeam
6 2 (3.77%) Meraki
7 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.89%) Intel
7 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.89%) Ubiquiti