Sparx Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Sparx
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of Sparx products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sparx over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 124 149
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 +48
Contract jobs citing Sparx 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% 0.047% 0.036%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.11% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £383 - -
25th Percentile £469 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -30.77% +3.17%
75th Percentile £722 - £675
90th Percentile £772 - -
Central London median daily rate £625 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +38.89% -30.77% +18.18%

All Vendors
City of London

Sparx falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 846 932 1,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.16% 44.19% 41.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 600 586 800
10th Percentile £325 £323 £318
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £680
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 9
10th Percentile £18.43 £18.70 £16.05
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £71.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +216.67% +9.76%
75th Percentile £56.75 £118.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £64.11 £137.50 £57.90
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £50.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -49.06% +140.96% +1.22%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sparx relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Sparx job vacancy trend in the City of London

Sparx
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Sparx.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Sparx

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the City of London

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
2 1 (33.33%) Apache Hive
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ERwin
1 1 (33.33%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modeller
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Reference Data
1 1 (33.33%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Conceptual Models
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Ontologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) DAMA
2 1 (33.33%) Data Design
2 1 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lineage
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Reference Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality