Search Processing Language Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 372 431 507
Rank change year-on-year +59 +76 -81
Contract jobs citing Search Processing Language 13 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.056% 0.013%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.27% 0.20% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 4
10th Percentile - - £357
25th Percentile £550 £513 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £569 £367
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% +55.08% -26.65%
75th Percentile £606 £644 £393
90th Percentile - £700 £420
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £397
% change year-on-year +6.82% +38.63% -20.65%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,786 6,604 8,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.58% 28.70% 28.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,224 4,664 6,104
10th Percentile £314 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +1.01% +16.47%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 326 332
10th Percentile £37.96 £22.86 £17.03
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £29.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £68.68
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Search Processing Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Search Processing Language in the UK excluding London

Search Processing Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Search Processing Language in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Search Processing Language in the UK excluding London

Search Processing Language
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Search Processing Language in the UK excluding London

Search Processing Language
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
East Midlands - 1 £625 -
Midlands - 1 £625 -
Search Processing Language
UK

Search Processing Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Splunk Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Onboarding
1 6 (46.15%) Security Posture
2 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (15.38%) Insider Threat
3 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Analytics
1 6 (46.15%) Change Management
1 6 (46.15%) Data Analytics
1 6 (46.15%) Data Mapping
1 6 (46.15%) DevOps
1 6 (46.15%) ETL
1 6 (46.15%) Machine Learning
1 6 (46.15%) Threat Detection
1 6 (46.15%) Use Case
2 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 5 (38.46%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Kusto Query Language
1 6 (46.15%) Python
1 6 (46.15%) Shell Script
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CEH
2 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
2 1 (7.69%) SANS
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Splunk
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft