Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 120 | 141 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +21 | +45 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Search Processing Language | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | 0.20% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 0.97% | 0.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £453 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £569 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £588 | £790 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -25.63% | +50.48% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £606 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £796 |
| England median daily rate | £638 | £569 | £633 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.09% | -10.08% | +20.48% |
All Programming Languages
North West
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 North West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 572 | 517 | 788 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 25.74% | 21.15% | 27.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 435 | 355 | 580 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £350 | £334 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £453 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.97% | -9.50% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £520 | £539 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £613 | £663 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.36% | - | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 21 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £28.56 | £37.55 | £37.59 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.75 | £46.18 | £45.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £55.00 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.27% | +19.10% | -8.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £84.50 | £74.50 | £50.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £97.50 | £62.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £62.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +3.59% | +12.05% |
Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Search Processing Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Search Processing Language.
