Search Processing Language Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.060% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 348 274 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.85% 24.82% 26.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 125 224
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £425 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £638 £538 £575
90th Percentile £709 £648 £675
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 48 128
10th Percentile £53.53 £47.13 £52.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £61.44 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £66.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +1.54% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £84.36
90th Percentile £77.00 £95.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in the East of England

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £600 - 1
Search Processing Language
England

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk