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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 849 841
Rank change year-on-year +197 -8 +371
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 59 61 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.060% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.36% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 52 54 77
10th Percentile - £39,875 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £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 £70,313 £83,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £104,375 £84,625 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £59,905
% change year-on-year -3.85% -13.20% -11.58%

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 16,211 33,459 42,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.65% 32.75% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 10,556 25,024 27,148
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 28 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 28 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 50 £57,500 -4.17% 40
UK excluding London +202 39 £50,000 -3.85% 32
London +110 14 £65,000 -18.75% 11
South East +89 12 £62,500 +38.89% 14
Midlands +68 10 £45,000 -13.46% 1
East Midlands - 10 £45,000 - 1
Scotland +129 8 £45,000 -32.33% 6
North of England +41 8 £50,000 -24.24% 8
North West +5 6 £55,000 -16.98% 3
Work from Home +83 3 £55,000 -8.33% 23
Yorkshire +58 2 £50,000 -22.77% 4
East of England +40 1 £30,000 - 3

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 (1.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 41 (69.49%) Azure
2 30 (50.85%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (22.03%) AWS
4 12 (20.34%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (18.64%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (13.56%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (10.17%) SaaS
8 5 (8.47%) GitHub
8 5 (8.47%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (6.78%) Azure App Service
9 4 (6.78%) Azure Functions
9 4 (6.78%) GCP
9 4 (6.78%) Serverless
10 2 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
10 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (1.69%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.56%) Firewall
2 6 (10.17%) VPN
3 3 (5.08%) Network Security
4 2 (3.39%) 4G
5 1 (1.69%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) GitLab
General
1 35 (59.32%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Finance
4 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.39%) Law
4 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.39%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.69%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (50.85%) Analyst
2 16 (27.12%) Senior
2 16 (27.12%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (23.73%) Senior Analyst
4 9 (15.25%) Security Analyst
4 9 (15.25%) SOC Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) Security Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Incident Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Incident Responder
7 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Lead
9 4 (6.78%) Architect
9 4 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (6.78%) Data Analyst
9 4 (6.78%) Monitoring Analyst
10 3 (5.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (5.08%) Senior Security Analyst
10 3 (5.08%) Team Leader
11 2 (3.39%) Azure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Security Posture
2 10 (16.95%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (13.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.39%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.39%) YARA
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 12 (20.34%) Windows
2 11 (18.64%) Linux
3 3 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (74.58%) SIEM
2 31 (52.54%) Incident Response
3 29 (49.15%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (27.12%) Incident Management
4 16 (27.12%) Threat Intelligence
5 13 (22.03%) Threat Detection
6 12 (20.34%) DevOps
7 11 (18.64%) Analytics
7 11 (18.64%) Security Operations
8 10 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
8 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (16.95%) Time Management
9 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (13.56%) Kalman Filter
9 8 (13.56%) OSINT
9 8 (13.56%) Threat Analysis
10 7 (11.86%) Log Analytics
10 7 (11.86%) Open Source
10 7 (11.86%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 10 (16.95%) Python
3 8 (13.56%) SQL
4 4 (6.78%) Bash
5 2 (3.39%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) SC Cleared
3 17 (28.81%) Degree
4 10 (16.95%) CISSP
5 9 (15.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (13.56%) CISM
6 8 (13.56%) DV Cleared
7 7 (11.86%) CEH
7 7 (11.86%) CompTIA CySA+
8 5 (8.47%) Azure Certification
8 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (6.78%) OSCP
10 2 (3.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (3.39%) CRISC
10 2 (3.39%) GCIH
10 2 (3.39%) GIAC
10 2 (3.39%) GISF
10 2 (3.39%) ISACA
10 2 (3.39%) SANS
10 2 (3.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.86%) SLA
3 6 (10.17%) NIST
4 5 (8.47%) PCI DSS
5 4 (6.78%) GDPR
5 4 (6.78%) HIPAA
5 4 (6.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (25.42%) Docker
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) QRadar
2 8 (13.56%) Terraform
3 5 (8.47%) Ansible
3 5 (8.47%) Grafana
3 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.47%) Progress Chef
3 5 (8.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (72.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.95%) Splunk
3 7 (11.86%) AlienVault
4 6 (10.17%) ArcSight
5 4 (6.78%) Cisco
5 4 (6.78%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.39%) Google
6 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.69%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.69%) Intel
7 1 (1.69%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.69%) Qualys
7 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.69%) Tenable
7 1 (1.69%) VMware