Kusto Query Language (KQL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Kusto Query Language skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Kusto Query Language over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 852 1216
Rank change year-on-year +17 +364 -318
Permanent jobs citing Kusto Query Language 55 125 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.13% 0.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% 0.29% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 49 78 26
10th Percentile £38,750 - £53,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,970 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,474 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% -2.18% +33.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,625 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £62,000 £67,750
% change year-on-year -27.42% -8.49% +35.50%

All Programming Languages
UK

Kusto Query Language is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Kusto Query Language in the UK

Kusto Query Language
Top 13 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 May 2024. 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 +34 52 £60,000 -11.11% 17
Work from Home +21 36 £60,000 -14.29% 10
UK excluding London -60 26 £45,000 -27.42% 12
London +78 23 £80,000 +16.36% 3
South East +14 13 £45,000 -36.84% 4
North of England +24 6 £58,750 +1.63% 4
Yorkshire +63 4 £56,250 -2.70% 4
East of England +6 4 - - 2
North West -1 2 £66,250 +14.60%
West Midlands +6 1 £52,000 -25.71% 1
Midlands -15 1 £52,000 -25.71% 1
Scotland -68 1 £53,000 -8.32%
Wales - 1 £45,000 -

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 2 (3.64%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 41 (74.55%) Azure
2 17 (30.91%) Azure Sentinel
3 13 (23.64%) Power Platform
4 9 (16.36%) Azure AKS
5 7 (12.73%) AWS
5 7 (12.73%) GCP
5 7 (12.73%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (9.09%) Entra ID
7 4 (7.27%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (7.27%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (7.27%) SaaS
8 3 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (5.45%) Azure Storage
8 3 (5.45%) IaaS
8 3 (5.45%) PaaS
9 2 (3.64%) Azure API Management
9 2 (3.64%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 2 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (3.64%) Cloudflare
9 2 (3.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) Firewall
2 3 (5.45%) Network Security
3 2 (3.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.64%) LAN
3 2 (3.64%) MPLS
3 2 (3.64%) VPN
3 2 (3.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (23.64%) Power BI
2 4 (7.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (5.45%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.64%) Redis
5 1 (1.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Git
General
1 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.36%) Health Technology
3 9 (16.36%) Tech for Good
4 6 (10.91%) Electronics
5 4 (7.27%) Finance
6 2 (3.64%) Legal
6 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.64%) Marketing
6 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.82%) Billing
7 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Security Engineer
2 7 (12.73%) Analyst
2 7 (12.73%) Azure Engineer
2 7 (12.73%) Data Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Senior
3 6 (10.91%) Senior Security Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) Data Analyst
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 2 (3.64%) Architect
6 2 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Security Consultant
6 2 (3.64%) Security Manager
6 2 (3.64%) SIEM Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Technical Architect
6 2 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) RESTful
2 3 (5.45%) Middleware
3 2 (3.64%) .NET
3 2 (3.64%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.64%) Hugging Face
3 2 (3.64%) LangChain
3 2 (3.64%) Next.js
3 2 (3.64%) Node.js
3 2 (3.64%) PyTorch
3 2 (3.64%) React
3 2 (3.64%) REST
4 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.82%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.82%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (10.91%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (9.09%) Cybercrime
3 5 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (7.27%) NHS
5 2 (3.64%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.64%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.82%) Blog
6 1 (1.82%) IoT
6 1 (1.82%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
1 3 (5.45%) Windows
2 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) SIEM
2 12 (21.82%) DevOps
2 12 (21.82%) DevSecOps
2 12 (21.82%) Security Operations
3 9 (16.36%) Application Security
3 9 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (16.36%) Data Engineering
3 9 (16.36%) Visualisation
4 8 (14.55%) Cloud Security
5 7 (12.73%) Data Visualisation
5 7 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.91%) Computer Science
6 6 (10.91%) Process Improvement
6 6 (10.91%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (9.09%) Analytics
7 5 (9.09%) API Integration
7 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (9.09%) Data Analysis
7 5 (9.09%) Data Management
7 5 (9.09%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (47.27%) PowerShell
2 20 (36.36%) Python
3 15 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (5.45%) C#
5 2 (3.64%) Bash
5 2 (3.64%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.82%) Bicep
6 1 (1.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (16.36%) Degree
3 4 (7.27%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.64%) CISA
4 2 (3.64%) CISM
4 2 (3.64%) CISSP
4 2 (3.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.64%) GIAC
4 2 (3.64%) SANS
4 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.64%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.27%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.64%) GRC
3 2 (3.64%) ISO 9000
4 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (23.64%) Kubernetes
2 11 (20.00%) Terraform
3 1 (1.82%) FTK
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (61.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) McAfee
2 6 (10.91%) Rapid7
2 6 (10.91%) Splunk
3 4 (7.27%) Google
4 3 (5.45%) SAP
5 2 (3.64%) AlienVault
5 2 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (3.64%) Sophos
5 2 (3.64%) Sun
6 1 (1.82%) Carbon Black
6 1 (1.82%) Netskope
6 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.82%) Zscaler