Sparx Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Sparx
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 17 June 2026, 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
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sparx 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.27% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £395 - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - -
75th Percentile £404 - -
90th Percentile £404 - -
England median daily rate £650 £600 £638
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.88% -1.92%

All Vendors
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 487 285 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 44.35% 42.66% 40.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 194 221
10th Percentile £196 £250 £188
25th Percentile £373 £325 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% -7.47% -
75th Percentile £575 £548 £600
90th Percentile £639 £635 £645
England median daily rate £505 £513 £516
% change year-on-year -1.46% -0.70% -1.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 23 28
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.81 £10.90
25th Percentile £13.54 £14.45 £12.60
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +34.79% -35.39%
75th Percentile £22.00 £25.11 £14.54
90th Percentile £74.00 £25.15 £26.50
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.75 £24.00
% change year-on-year +27.07% +11.46% -39.70%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Sparx job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Sparx
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Sparx.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Sparx

Sparx
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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
Northamptonshire - 3 £402 -
Sparx
England

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Business Design Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Business Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 3 (100.00%) BPMN
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) BiZZdesign