Search Processing Language Contracts in England

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Search Processing Language skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Search Processing Language over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 611 764
Rank change year-on-year +90 +153 -160
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 15 43 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.086% 0.025%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% 0.24% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 22 4
10th Percentile £515 £508 £375
25th Percentile £550 £513 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £544
90th Percentile £613 £695 £647
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £425
% change year-on-year +6.82% +29.41% -15.00%

All Programming Languages
England

Search Processing Language is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,914 17,692 26,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.42% 35.24% 36.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,931 12,915 19,320
10th Percentile £350 £388 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +2.66% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £670
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 440 426 455
10th Percentile £35.52 £26.10 £20.00
25th Percentile £48.32 £49.36 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £69.62
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +13.64%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Search Processing Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Search Processing Language in England.

Daily rate trend for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Search Processing Language in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Search Processing Language within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +24 5 £588 +6.82% 3
North West - 5 £588 - 3
South West - 5 £550 -
London +87 4 - -
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (46.67%) Banking
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Splunk Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Development Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Onboarding
1 7 (46.67%) Security Posture
2 4 (26.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (26.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (20.00%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Analytics
1 7 (46.67%) Data Analytics
1 7 (46.67%) Data Mapping
1 7 (46.67%) DevOps
1 7 (46.67%) ETL
1 7 (46.67%) Machine Learning
2 6 (40.00%) Change Management
2 6 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (40.00%) Threat Detection
2 6 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 6 (40.00%) Use Case
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (26.67%) Escalation Management
4 4 (26.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) RBAC
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 7 (46.67%) Shell Script
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 6 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CEH
3 1 (6.67%) CREST Certified
3 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) GDPR
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
1 4 (26.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Splunk
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft