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 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 848 821
Rank change year-on-year +191 -27 +417
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 57 60 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.17% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 51 52 74
10th Percentile - £39,125 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,938 £53,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £68,474
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -12.37% -2.87%
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £85,000 £82,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £57,810
% change year-on-year -4.76% -9.19% -20.54%

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 16,657 34,502 39,091
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.86% 31.52% 42.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10,565 25,607 26,295
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +150 48 £59,000 -1.67% 47
UK excluding London +194 37 £50,000 -4.76% 39
London +96 14 £65,000 -18.75% 18
South East +99 13 £62,500 +38.89% 20
Scotland +114 8 £45,000 -32.33% 4
Midlands +93 8 £45,000 -13.46% 2
East Midlands - 8 £45,000 - 1
North of England +62 7 £50,000 -31.03% 8
North West +25 5 £52,500 -27.59% 5
Work from Home +103 4 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Yorkshire +54 2 £50,000 -34.21% 3
East of England +41 1 £30,000 - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 39 (68.42%) Azure
2 28 (49.12%) Azure Sentinel
3 15 (26.32%) Azure Monitor
4 12 (21.05%) AWS
5 9 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (15.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (14.04%) SaaS
7 6 (10.53%) Azure App Service
7 6 (10.53%) Azure Functions
7 6 (10.53%) Serverless
8 5 (8.77%) GitHub
8 5 (8.77%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (7.02%) GCP
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.75%) Azure AKS
11 1 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
11 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Firewall
2 6 (10.53%) VPN
3 3 (5.26%) Network Security
4 1 (1.75%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.51%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) GitLab
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) Maven
2 1 (1.75%) MSBuild
General
1 31 (54.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.02%) Finance
4 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.51%) Law
4 2 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (50.88%) Analyst
2 14 (24.56%) SOC Analyst
3 13 (22.81%) Senior
4 10 (17.54%) Senior Analyst
5 9 (15.79%) Security Analyst
6 8 (14.04%) SOC Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (12.28%) Incident Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Incident Responder
7 7 (12.28%) Security Engineer
8 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 6 (10.53%) Data Analyst
8 6 (10.53%) Monitoring Analyst
9 5 (8.77%) Lead
10 4 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
11 3 (5.26%) Architect
11 3 (5.26%) Team Leader
12 2 (3.51%) Data Architect
12 2 (3.51%) Senior Security Analyst
12 2 (3.51%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (14.04%) Security Posture
3 7 (12.28%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.51%) YARA
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Linux
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (73.68%) SIEM
2 27 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (47.37%) Incident Response
3 16 (28.07%) Incident Management
4 15 (26.32%) DevOps
5 14 (24.56%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (22.81%) Analytics
6 13 (22.81%) Threat Detection
7 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (17.54%) Mentoring
8 10 (17.54%) Security Operations
9 9 (15.79%) Kalman Filter
9 9 (15.79%) Log Analytics
9 9 (15.79%) OSINT
9 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.04%) CI/CD
10 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (14.04%) Open Source
10 8 (14.04%) Threat Analysis
10 8 (14.04%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) PowerShell
2 13 (22.81%) Python
3 9 (15.79%) SQL
4 5 (8.77%) Bash
5 2 (3.51%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.75%) C#
6 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (43.86%) Security Cleared
2 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (26.32%) Degree
4 9 (15.79%) CISSP
4 9 (15.79%) DV Cleared
5 8 (14.04%) CISM
6 7 (12.28%) Azure Certification
6 7 (12.28%) CEH
6 7 (12.28%) CompTIA CySA+
6 7 (12.28%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (7.02%) OSCP
8 2 (3.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (3.51%) CISA
8 2 (3.51%) CRISC
8 2 (3.51%) GCIH
8 2 (3.51%) GIAC
8 2 (3.51%) GISF
8 2 (3.51%) ISACA
8 2 (3.51%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (12.28%) SLA
3 6 (10.53%) NIST
4 5 (8.77%) GDPR
4 5 (8.77%) HIPAA
4 5 (8.77%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) QRadar
2 8 (14.04%) Terraform
3 6 (10.53%) Kubernetes
4 5 (8.77%) Ansible
4 5 (8.77%) Grafana
4 5 (8.77%) Progress Chef
4 5 (8.77%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (71.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.05%) Splunk
3 7 (12.28%) AlienVault
3 7 (12.28%) ArcSight
4 4 (7.02%) Cisco
4 4 (7.02%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.51%) Google
5 2 (3.51%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.75%) Intel
6 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
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