Search Processing Language Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Search Processing Language skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Search Processing Language 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.088% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £77,500 - -

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 932 722 1,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.45% 21.25% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 698 442 1,552
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Search Processing Language
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire - 5 £77,500 - 2
Search Processing Language
South East

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 5 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 5 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 5 (100.00%) Red Team
1 5 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Tradecraft
1 5 (100.00%) Use Case
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) GCED
1 5 (100.00%) GCIA
1 5 (100.00%) GCIH
1 5 (100.00%) GIAC
1 5 (100.00%) OSCP
1 5 (100.00%) SANS
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Carbon Black
1 5 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk