Search Processing Language Contracts in the Midlands

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Search Processing Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Search Processing Language over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 131 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.040% 0.038% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 -
75th Percentile £638 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £613 £569 £640
% change year-on-year +7.69% -11.13% +21.90%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 660 597 784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.22% 22.50% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 424 563
10th Percentile £270 £314 £313
25th Percentile £363 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £519 £571 £575
90th Percentile £595 £635 £700
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 16
10th Percentile £20.44 £22.50 £18.75
25th Percentile £29.33 £29.34 £23.81
Median hourly rate £36.00 £40.25 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.56% -21.46% +46.43%
75th Percentile £50.00 £56.25 £58.00
90th Percentile - £58.75 £83.75
England median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Search Processing Language in the Midlands

Search Processing Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Search Processing Language in the Midlands

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 2025. 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
West Midlands - 1 £625 - 1
Search Processing Language
England

Search Processing Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk