Search Processing Language Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.051% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £350 £600 £588
% change year-on-year -41.67% +2.13% -25.63%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 584 267 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 29.66% 26.78% 28.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 190 260
10th Percentile £363 £318 £356
25th Percentile £416 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £550
90th Percentile £675 £626 £638
North West median daily rate £498 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +13.92% -7.89% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 14
10th Percentile £29.96 £45.16 £52.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £68.13 £55.00
Median hourly rate £72.00 £74.50 £70.94
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +5.03% +11.27%
75th Percentile £77.50 £87.69 £80.88
90th Percentile £91.00 £91.88 £99.25
North West median hourly rate £73.13 £70.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.47% +27.27% +19.10%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in Manchester

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Search Processing Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Search Processing Language

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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%) SNMP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Monitoring Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (100.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk