Sparx Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Sparx
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 21 December 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
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 74 89
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +25
Contract jobs citing Sparx 26 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.98% 0.11% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 4.75% 0.22% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 0 5
10th Percentile £513 - £454
25th Percentile £675 - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.67%
75th Percentile £788 - £560
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £750 £590 £560
% change year-on-year +27.12% +5.36% -1.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Vendors
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 547 451 668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 41.76% 50.11% 52.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 320 314
10th Percentile £357 £360 £274
25th Percentile £463 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £541
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.62% +3.10%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £510
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 18 48
10th Percentile £17.40 £28.35 £16.09
25th Percentile £19.00 £36.75 £24.94
Median hourly rate £22.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.80% +13.64% +138.95%
75th Percentile £27.50 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £72.38 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £40.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.34% -26.82% +129.17%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Sparx job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Sparx
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Sparx.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Sparx

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in Hampshire

Sparx
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Sparx.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Sparx

Sparx
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Andover - 21 £750 - 1
Basingstoke - 3 £700 - 2
Sparx
South East

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 26 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Metadata
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Military
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Architect
2 9 (34.62%) Enterprise Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Business Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) ArchiMate
1 14 (53.85%) TOGAF
2 10 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 9 (34.62%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (23.08%) Security Architecture
6 4 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.54%) OWASP
7 3 (11.54%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (7.69%) Agile
8 2 (7.69%) Cryptography
8 2 (7.69%) Data Security
8 2 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (7.69%) Security Operations
8 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
9 1 (3.85%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 24 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 21 (80.77%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) NCSC
2 2 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) BiZZdesign