Sparx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sparx products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sparx over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sparx Systems.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 797 880 1136
Rank change year-on-year +83 +256 -275
Permanent jobs citing Sparx 117 72 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.074% 0.060%
As % of the Vendors category 0.32% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57 37 66
10th Percentile £55,500 £51,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -26.32% +16.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -8.33%

All Vendors
UK

Sparx is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sparx as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sparx.

Salary trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sparx over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +106 91 £63,750 +15.91% 15
UK excluding London +28 91 £62,500 +13.64% 16
Work from Home +100 60 £72,500 +27.19% 7
South West +14 45 £62,500 +13.64% 7
London +149 20 £90,050 +60.80% 1
North of England +61 15 - - 3
North West +14 10 - - 3
Scotland - 10 - - 1
Midlands -4 6 £62,500 -
East Midlands - 6 £62,500 -
South East -7 5 - - 3
Wales - 5 - - 2
Yorkshire - 5 - -
Northern Ireland - 5 - -

Sparx
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (39.32%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.42%) ArcGIS
3 2 (1.71%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (4.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 112 (95.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 87 (74.36%) Azure
2 64 (54.70%) AWS
3 46 (39.32%) Amazon EKS
3 46 (39.32%) Amazon SQS
4 31 (26.50%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (10.26%) IaaS
6 12 (10.26%) PaaS
7 8 (6.84%) SaaS
8 4 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.56%) Lucidchart
9 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.56%) Serverless
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.85%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (39.32%) BGP
1 46 (39.32%) DNS
1 46 (39.32%) SSL
1 46 (39.32%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.56%) Internet
3 2 (1.71%) 4G
3 2 (1.71%) 5G
3 2 (1.71%) Network Security
3 2 (1.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (39.32%) Amazon RDS
1 46 (39.32%) Oracle Database
1 46 (39.32%) RDBMS
1 46 (39.32%) Relational Database
2 7 (5.98%) Big Data
3 4 (3.42%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (3.42%) GIS
3 4 (3.42%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.56%) Metadata
5 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.71%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.71%) MySQL
5 2 (1.71%) Power BI
5 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.71%) PowerDesigner
General
1 50 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
3 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
3 4 (3.42%) Finance
4 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.71%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.71%) Military
5 2 (1.71%) Public Speaking
6 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (91.45%) Architect
2 100 (85.47%) Solutions Architect
3 46 (39.32%) Lead
3 46 (39.32%) Lead Architect
3 46 (39.32%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 9 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (4.27%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (4.27%) IT Architect
6 4 (3.42%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 4 (3.42%) Senior
6 4 (3.42%) Technical Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Data Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Senior Architect
7 3 (2.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.71%) Data Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) IT Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) Network Communications Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) Network Systems Engineer
8 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (1.71%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (39.32%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (39.32%) Spring Boot
2 30 (25.64%) .NET
3 2 (1.71%) Middleware
3 2 (1.71%) REST
3 2 (1.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (41.88%) Public Cloud
2 46 (39.32%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.56%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.71%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.71%) CMDB
5 2 (1.71%) DataPower
5 2 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.85%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.85%) SCADA
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 48 (41.03%) Linux
2 46 (39.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (4.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (92.31%) ArchiMate
2 100 (85.47%) TOGAF
3 78 (66.67%) Agile
4 58 (49.57%) Actionable Insight
5 51 (43.59%) Migration
6 49 (41.88%) Project Management
6 49 (41.88%) Scrum
6 49 (41.88%) Systems Engineering
7 48 (41.03%) SDLC
8 46 (39.32%) Cloud Operations
8 46 (39.32%) Collaborative Working
8 46 (39.32%) Data Migration
8 46 (39.32%) Kanban
8 46 (39.32%) Load Balancing
8 46 (39.32%) Open Source
8 46 (39.32%) Re-Platforming
9 45 (38.46%) Business Case
10 37 (31.62%) Analytics
10 37 (31.62%) Enterprise Architecture
11 35 (29.91%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.27%) SQL
2 2 (1.71%) Go
2 2 (1.71%) Java
2 2 (1.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 101 (86.32%) Security Cleared
2 86 (73.50%) SC Cleared
3 50 (42.74%) AWS Certification
4 49 (41.88%) Azure Certification
5 48 (41.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 38 (32.48%) TOGAF Certification
7 32 (27.35%) Degree
8 26 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.56%) PMO
2 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.71%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.85%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (41.03%) Oracle
2 36 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.27%) BiZZdesign
3 5 (4.27%) SAP
4 4 (3.42%) ESRI
5 3 (2.56%) VMware
6 2 (1.71%) Databricks
6 2 (1.71%) IBM
6 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.85%) EMC