Sparx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sparx products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sparx over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Sparx Systems.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 634 666
Rank change year-on-year +168 +32 -99
Contract jobs citing Sparx 132 85 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.14% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.72% 0.33% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 139
10th Percentile £500 £513 £513
25th Percentile £512 £562 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £665
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.26% -8.28%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £738
90th Percentile £900 £793 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £600 £638
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.88% -12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 11
10th Percentile £56.49 - £52.00
25th Percentile £56.91 - £55.84
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.41 - £62.50
90th Percentile £62.50 - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.10% +16.67% +14.29%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,438 25,649 35,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.58% 42.89% 39.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,419 17,207 23,532
10th Percentile £263 £270 £290
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 699 889
10th Percentile £12.08 £15.25 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.48 £19.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £43.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.71% +108.33% -6.67%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.75 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.50 £18.69
% change year-on-year -44.26% +105.96% -0.44%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sparx.

Daily rate trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sparx.

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sparx over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +173 125 £700 +7.69% 17
London +142 84 £725 - 4
Work from Home +150 46 £650 +4.00% 5
UK excluding London +71 38 £620 +3.33% 13
South West +32 20 £620 -4.62% 7
North of England +39 9 £738 +47.50% 1
South East +17 9 £550 -8.33% 4
North West - 6 £725 -
Yorkshire +20 3 £800 +60.00% 1
East of England +17 1 £625 -3.85%

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 17 (12.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 90 (68.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.70%) Power Platform
2 18 (13.64%) Azure
3 16 (12.12%) AWS
4 14 (10.61%) Snowflake
5 11 (8.33%) OCI
6 4 (3.03%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.79%) Network Security
2 2 (1.52%) 4G
2 2 (1.52%) 5G
2 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.52%) VoIP
3 1 (0.76%) LAN
3 1 (0.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (30.30%) Metadata
2 24 (18.18%) Data Vault
2 24 (18.18%) NoSQL
3 23 (17.42%) Power BI
4 22 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 21 (15.91%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (11.36%) Tableau
7 14 (10.61%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (7.58%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (6.06%) Pentaho
9 8 (6.06%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (6.06%) QlikView
9 8 (6.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (3.03%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (3.03%) RDBMS
10 4 (3.03%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.76%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 28 (21.21%) ERwin
2 14 (10.61%) ER Studio
3 10 (7.58%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (3.79%) JIRA
5 4 (3.03%) ClearCase
5 4 (3.03%) ClearQuest
6 2 (1.52%) PowerDesigner
General
1 43 (32.58%) Public Sector
2 34 (25.76%) Finance
3 21 (15.91%) Social Skills
4 20 (15.15%) Electronics
4 20 (15.15%) Manufacturing
4 20 (15.15%) Marketing
4 20 (15.15%) Telecoms
5 14 (10.61%) Publishing
6 11 (8.33%) Retail
7 7 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.30%) Local Government
8 6 (4.55%) Military
9 5 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.27%) Legal
11 2 (1.52%) Banking
11 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 92 (69.70%) Architect
2 61 (46.21%) Data Architect
3 23 (17.42%) Enterprise Architect
4 17 (12.88%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 12 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (6.82%) Data Modeller
6 9 (6.82%) Developer
7 8 (6.06%) SQL Developer
8 7 (5.30%) Chief Architect
8 7 (5.30%) Chief Data Architect
8 7 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.55%) Lead
10 5 (3.79%) Senior
10 5 (3.79%) Systems Architect
11 4 (3.03%) Security Architect
12 3 (2.27%) Lead Architect
12 3 (2.27%) Lead Security Architect
12 3 (2.27%) Technical Architect
13 2 (1.52%) Architecture Manager
13 2 (1.52%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.27%) PyTorch
1 3 (2.27%) scikit-learn
1 3 (2.27%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.76%) JSON
2 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.88%) Reference Data
2 14 (10.61%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (9.85%) Onboarding
4 11 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 11 (8.33%) Wiki
5 4 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.03%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.52%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.52%) Robotics
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.30%) Linux
2 3 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (62.12%) Data Modelling
2 53 (40.15%) Data Architecture
3 41 (31.06%) UML
4 37 (28.03%) Data Governance
5 35 (26.52%) Data Strategy
6 32 (24.24%) ArchiMate
7 28 (21.21%) Physical Data Model
8 25 (18.94%) Data Integration
8 25 (18.94%) TOGAF
9 24 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
9 24 (18.18%) Programme Management
10 23 (17.42%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (15.15%) Digital Marketing
12 19 (14.39%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (14.39%) Data Lineage
12 19 (14.39%) Data Management
13 17 (12.88%) Machine Learning
13 17 (12.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 16 (12.12%) Project Delivery
15 14 (10.61%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.15%) SQL
2 8 (6.06%) PL/SQL
2 8 (6.06%) T-SQL
3 4 (3.03%) C
3 4 (3.03%) C++
4 2 (1.52%) Java
4 2 (1.52%) Python
5 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (47.73%) Security Cleared
2 60 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.85%) Degree
4 12 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 8 (6.06%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.52%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.52%) CITP
8 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.76%) CISA
9 1 (0.76%) CISM
9 1 (0.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.85%) Data Quality
2 11 (8.33%) GDPR
3 9 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.79%) COBIT
4 5 (3.79%) ISO 22301
4 5 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 4 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (2.27%) NCSC
7 2 (1.52%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.03%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (23.48%) Oracle
2 21 (15.91%) Microsoft
3 20 (15.15%) SAP
4 9 (6.82%) ServiceNow
5 8 (6.06%) Informatica
6 7 (5.30%) BiZZdesign
7 4 (3.03%) HP
8 3 (2.27%) Dell
9 1 (0.76%) Cisco
9 1 (0.76%) EMC
9 1 (0.76%) Mercator
9 1 (0.76%) VMware