Search Processing Language Job Trends in England

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 677 671
Rank change year-on-year +67 -6 +287
Permanent jobs citing Search Processing Language 1 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.002% 0.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.010% 0.006% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £92,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £92,500 -
% change year-on-year -2.70% - -

All Programming Languages
England

Search Processing Language falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,233 16,533 18,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.58% 33.95% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7,718 9,727 15,146
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £39,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,250 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in England

Search Processing Language
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Search Processing Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Search Processing Language

Search Processing Language
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Search Processing Language within the England region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +52 1 £90,000 -2.70%
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk