Search Processing Language Contracts in England

Search Processing Language (Splunk SPL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Search Processing Language skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Search Processing Language over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 596 757
Rank change year-on-year +81 +161 -144
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 16 44 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.091% 0.017%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.15% 0.26% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 23 3
10th Percentile - £508 £370
25th Percentile £550 £513 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £463
90th Percentile - £698 £478
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £397
% change year-on-year +6.82% +38.63% -20.65%

All Programming Languages
England

Search Processing Language is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,885 16,811 25,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.88% 34.89% 36.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,901 12,297 19,045
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% +2.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 401 450
10th Percentile £37.59 £25.75 £20.23
25th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year - +23.10% +19.46%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.60 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.46% +23.20% +17.65%

Search Processing Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Search Processing Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Search Processing Language in England.

Daily rate trend for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Search Processing Language in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Search Processing Language in England

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
South West - 7 £550 -
North of England +26 5 £588 +3.30% 3
North West - 5 £588 - 3
London +77 3 - -
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (50.00%) Banking
2 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Splunk Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 7 (43.75%) Onboarding
3 6 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (18.75%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Change Management
1 8 (50.00%) Threat Detection
1 8 (50.00%) Use Case
2 7 (43.75%) Analytics
2 7 (43.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (43.75%) Data Analytics
2 7 (43.75%) Data Mapping
2 7 (43.75%) DevOps
2 7 (43.75%) ETL
2 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
2 7 (43.75%) Threat Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 6 (37.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (31.25%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (25.00%) Escalation Management
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (43.75%) Python
2 7 (43.75%) Shell Script
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CEH
2 1 (6.25%) CREST Certified
2 1 (6.25%) SANS
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
1 4 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Splunk
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft