Search Processing Language Contract Job Trends in Chester

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.61% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £525 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% -

All Programming Languages
Chester

Search Processing Language falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 36 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 22.09% 21.13% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 3
10th Percentile £493 £548 £557
25th Percentile £513 £581 £565
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £618 £577
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% +7.02% +15.40%
75th Percentile £600 £667 £594
90th Percentile £755 £724 £603
Cheshire median daily rate £525 £402 £451
% change year-on-year +30.60% -10.77% -18.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £79.40 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 - -
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £86.00 £32.00 -
% change year-on-year +168.75% - -

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk