Search Processing Language Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 575 538 740
Rank change year-on-year -37 +202 -30
Permanent jobs citing Search Processing Language 6 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.058% 0.024% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £71,875 - -
25th Percentile £72,813 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £83,438 - -
90th Percentile £83,625 - -
UK median annual salary £78,750 £92,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -14.86% +15.63% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,257 8,195 22,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.18% 28.01% 30.56%
Number of salaries quoted 7,212 5,250 16,599
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Search Processing Language job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Search Processing Language
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Search Processing Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Search Processing Language

Search Processing Language
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East -13 5 £77,500 - 6
East of England - 1 £80,000 - 6
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) HTTP
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Splunk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Blue Team
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 5 (83.33%) Offensive Security
2 5 (83.33%) Purple Team
2 5 (83.33%) Red Team
2 5 (83.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Threat Detection
2 5 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Tradecraft
2 5 (83.33%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) CREST Certified
2 5 (83.33%) GCED
2 5 (83.33%) GCIA
2 5 (83.33%) GCIH
2 5 (83.33%) GIAC
2 5 (83.33%) OSCP
2 5 (83.33%) SANS
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Kibana
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk
2 5 (83.33%) Carbon Black
2 5 (83.33%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft