Search Processing Language Contract Job Trends in the South West

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.035% - 0.095%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.14% - 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £510
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 - £550
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - £590
England median daily rate £481 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -19.79% +9.09% +4.76%

All Programming Languages
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 701 497 678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 24.42% 29.01% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 306 458
10th Percentile £350 £363 £325
25th Percentile £415 £443 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £594 £625 £675
90th Percentile £714 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 51 79
10th Percentile £57.10 £61.25 £40.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £62.00 £48.39
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £69.81
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in the South West

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Search Processing Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Search Processing Language

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
Wiltshire - 1 £315 - 3
Search Processing Language
England

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) Netcool
1 1 (100.00%) OpenView
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk