Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Search Processing Language skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Search Processing Language over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 702 | 911 | 938 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +209 | +27 | +296 |
| Permanent jobs citing Search Processing Language | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.011% | 0.003% | 0.015% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.037% | 0.009% | 0.036% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,750 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £70,625 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £92,500 | £80,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.63% | +14.29% | +12.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £96,250 | - | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | £80,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +14.29% | +84.21% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 16,314 | 33,562 | 41,867 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 29.74% | 32.71% | 43.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,612 | 25,071 | 26,942 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £45,000 | £49,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £106,250 | £100,000 | £107,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £53,772 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.28% | -2.23% | +4.76% |
Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Search Processing Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Search Processing Language.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Search Processing Language over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
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Top 4 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 29 May 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +179 | 6 | £92,500 | +15.63% | 4 |
| London | - | 4 | £92,500 | - | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +194 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| South East | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: