Search Processing Language Contracts in Scotland

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Search Processing Language 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.49% - 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £396 - -
25th Percentile £418 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £790
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £796
UK median daily rate £454 £588 £613
% change year-on-year -22.72% -4.08% +8.89%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 613 460 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 37.75% 24.82% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 304 519
10th Percentile £343 £344 £393
25th Percentile £419 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.25% -1.54%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £538
90th Percentile £588 £611 £601
UK median daily rate £501 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.57% -3.64% -0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 15
10th Percentile £41.28 £18.79 £43.84
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.40 £50.63
Median hourly rate £58.75 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £59.79
90th Percentile £67.25 £66.25 £64.94
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +13.64%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Search Processing Language in Scotland

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Search Processing Language
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 3 £454 -
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Elasticsearch
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) STIX
2 1 (33.33%) TAXII
2 1 (33.33%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Content Development
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft