Kusto Query Language Jobs

Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Kusto Query Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 853 842
Rank change year-on-year +202 -11 +369
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 58 59 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.057% 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.35% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 51 51 74
10th Percentile - £38,750 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,625 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -13.60% -0.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £85,000 £82,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £57,810
% change year-on-year -3.85% -10.05% -14.67%

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 16,594 33,687 41,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.95% 32.62% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10,785 25,114 26,852
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Kusto Query Language.

Salary trend for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 30 May 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 30 May 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 +153 49 £57,500 -4.17% 315
UK excluding London +201 38 £50,000 -3.85% 324
London +106 14 £65,000 -18.75% 24
South East +87 12 £62,500 +38.89% 91
Midlands +93 9 £45,000 -13.46% 61
East Midlands - 9 £45,000 - 25
Scotland +123 8 £45,000 -32.33% 13
North of England +52 8 £50,000 -30.55% 71
North West +13 6 £55,000 -24.14% 30
Work from Home +82 3 £55,000 -8.33% 304
Yorkshire +56 2 £50,000 -22.77% 32
East of England +44 1 £30,000 - 53

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (68.97%) Azure
2 29 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (22.41%) AWS
3 13 (22.41%) Azure Monitor
4 10 (17.24%) Azure Logic Apps
5 8 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (12.07%) SaaS
7 5 (8.62%) Azure App Service
7 5 (8.62%) Azure Functions
7 5 (8.62%) GitHub
7 5 (8.62%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (8.62%) Serverless
8 4 (6.90%) GCP
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.72%) Azure AKS
10 1 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) VPN
3 3 (5.17%) Network Security
4 2 (3.45%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) GitLab
General
1 34 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Finance
4 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.45%) Law
4 2 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (50.00%) Analyst
2 15 (25.86%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (24.14%) Senior
4 12 (20.69%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (15.52%) Security Analyst
5 9 (15.52%) SOC Engineer
6 8 (13.79%) Security Engineer
7 7 (12.07%) Incident Engineer
7 7 (12.07%) Incident Responder
8 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (8.62%) Data Analyst
9 5 (8.62%) Lead
9 5 (8.62%) Monitoring Analyst
10 4 (6.90%) Architect
10 4 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
11 3 (5.17%) Senior Security Analyst
11 3 (5.17%) Team Leader
12 2 (3.45%) Data Architect
12 2 (3.45%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Cyber Threat
1 10 (17.24%) Security Posture
2 8 (13.79%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (5.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.45%) YARA
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.97%) Linux
1 11 (18.97%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (74.14%) SIEM
2 29 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 28 (48.28%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (27.59%) Incident Management
5 15 (25.86%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (22.41%) DevOps
6 13 (22.41%) Threat Detection
7 12 (20.69%) Analytics
8 11 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (18.97%) Security Operations
9 10 (17.24%) Mentoring
9 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (15.52%) Time Management
11 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
11 8 (13.79%) Log Analytics
11 8 (13.79%) OSINT
11 8 (13.79%) Threat Analysis
12 7 (12.07%) CI/CD
12 7 (12.07%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.86%) PowerShell
2 11 (18.97%) Python
3 9 (15.52%) SQL
4 4 (6.90%) Bash
5 2 (3.45%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 25 (43.10%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 16 (27.59%) Degree
4 9 (15.52%) CISSP
5 8 (13.79%) CISM
5 8 (13.79%) CompTIA Security+
5 8 (13.79%) DV Cleared
6 7 (12.07%) CEH
6 7 (12.07%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (10.34%) Azure Certification
7 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (6.90%) OSCP
9 2 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (3.45%) CISA
9 2 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (3.45%) CRISC
9 2 (3.45%) GCIH
9 2 (3.45%) GIAC
9 2 (3.45%) GISF
9 2 (3.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (12.07%) SLA
3 6 (10.34%) NIST
4 5 (8.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (6.90%) GDPR
5 4 (6.90%) HIPAA
5 4 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (24.14%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) QRadar
2 8 (13.79%) Terraform
3 5 (8.62%) Ansible
3 5 (8.62%) Grafana
3 5 (8.62%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.62%) Progress Chef
3 5 (8.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (72.41%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) Splunk
3 7 (12.07%) AlienVault
4 6 (10.34%) ArcSight
5 4 (6.90%) Cisco
5 4 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.45%) Google
6 2 (3.45%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.72%) Intel
7 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow