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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 643 668
Rank change year-on-year +64 +25 +333
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 55 81 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.48% 0.41% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 36 61 50
10th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £49,125
25th Percentile £53,250 £46,713 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,309 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.20% -26.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £73,877 £75,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £78,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £50,309 £65,000
% change year-on-year +39.14% -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 11,556 19,553 20,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.84% 33.82% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,507 11,785 16,439
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,649
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 £106,250 £110,000 £106,289
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 December 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 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 +61 52 £65,000 +29.20% 20
UK excluding London +57 31 £70,000 +39.14% 18
London +40 23 £65,000 - 8
South East +53 22 £70,000 - 11
Work from Home +64 18 £55,750 +10.82% 6
North of England +19 4 £55,000 +3.77% 3
West Midlands +27 3 - -
North West +26 3 £52,500 +4.36% 3
Midlands +21 3 - -
Scotland +4 2 £58,250 +9.91% 2
Yorkshire -24 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 48 (87.27%) Azure
2 21 (38.18%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (32.73%) AWS
4 16 (29.09%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (20.00%) Azure Functions
5 11 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (20.00%) SaaS
5 11 (20.00%) Serverless
6 10 (18.18%) Entra ID
7 7 (12.73%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (10.91%) Azure AKS
8 6 (10.91%) Azure App Service
8 6 (10.91%) Power Platform
9 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (9.09%) Azure Storage
9 5 (9.09%) Datadog
9 5 (9.09%) GitHub
9 5 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (7.27%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Network Security
2 13 (23.64%) VPN
3 12 (21.82%) Firewall
4 5 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (10.91%) Power BI
3 4 (7.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 27 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Finance
4 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Analyst
2 15 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 10 (18.18%) Senior
4 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 7 (12.73%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Data Analyst
6 6 (10.91%) Monitoring Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Applications Support
7 5 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Support Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) Support Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Operations Support Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Platform Support Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) OAuth
2 5 (9.09%) ADO
2 5 (9.09%) SAML
2 5 (9.09%) YAML
3 4 (7.27%) ARM Templates
4 2 (3.64%) Django
5 1 (1.82%) .NET
5 1 (1.82%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (12.73%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (10.91%) Security Posture
4 5 (9.09%) Onboarding
5 4 (7.27%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (7.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) VMS
2 3 (5.45%) Linux
2 3 (5.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (54.55%) SIEM
2 25 (45.45%) Analytics
2 25 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (45.45%) Incident Response
3 21 (38.18%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (29.09%) DevOps
5 16 (29.09%) Security Operations
6 15 (27.27%) Log Analytics
7 14 (25.45%) Threat Detection
8 12 (21.82%) Incident Management
9 11 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 11 (20.00%) Data Analysis
10 10 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (16.36%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (14.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 8 (14.55%) Observability
12 8 (14.55%) Threat Intelligence
13 7 (12.73%) SOAR
13 7 (12.73%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 34 (61.82%) SQL
2 27 (49.09%) PowerShell
3 23 (41.82%) Python
4 6 (10.91%) C#
5 5 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (7.27%) Bicep
7 3 (5.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (20.00%) Degree
2 10 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.73%) CISM
3 7 (12.73%) CISSP
3 7 (12.73%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.27%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.27%) CREST Certified
5 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (5.45%) CCSP
6 3 (5.45%) CEH
6 3 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.45%) OSCP
7 2 (3.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (38.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (21.82%) NIST
3 10 (18.18%) GDPR
4 6 (10.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (9.09%) SOC 2
6 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (5.45%) HIPAA
8 2 (3.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (16.36%) Terraform
2 5 (9.09%) Ansible
2 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.27%) QRadar
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.82%) Autotask
Vendors
1 31 (56.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (23.64%) Splunk
3 8 (14.55%) Palo Alto
4 7 (12.73%) Cisco
5 5 (9.09%) Zscaler
6 4 (7.27%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.64%) ArcSight
7 2 (3.64%) Exabeam
7 2 (3.64%) Meraki
8 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.82%) Ubiquiti