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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.51% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.77% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £520 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £550 - £588

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 52 16 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 26.13% 20.00% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 5 6
10th Percentile £421 £569 £565
25th Percentile £511 £635 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £643
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +5.06% +38.92%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £722
90th Percentile £722 £733 £744
Cheshire median daily rate £506 £402 £445
% change year-on-year +25.93% -9.66% -10.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.58 - -
25th Percentile £79.81 - -
Median hourly rate £83.25 - -
75th Percentile £85.31 - -
90th Percentile £85.73 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £83.25 £66.50 -
% change year-on-year +25.19% - -

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Search Processing Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in Chester

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 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) SNMP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 3 (100.00%) Observability
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk