Sparx Enterprise Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Sparx Enterprise Architect skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 157 179
Rank change year-on-year -65 +22 +14
Contract jobs citing Sparx Enterprise Architect 5 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.076% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.08% 1.39% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £773 - £495
25th Percentile £778 £513 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.88% +13.84%
75th Percentile £825 £719 £693
90th Percentile £833 £730 £704
England median daily rate £650 £613 £610
% change year-on-year +6.12% +0.41% -3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
England median hourly rate - - £66.00
% change year-on-year - - +16.83%

All Business Application Skills
South East

Sparx Enterprise Architect falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 464 288 255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 7.04% 8.12% 5.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 176 133
10th Percentile £419 £356 £314
25th Percentile £475 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £539 £570
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -5.48% +8.57%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £700 £720 £737
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 22
10th Percentile £23.89 £34.92 £23.52
25th Percentile £30.94 £38.83 £35.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.24 £53.24
Median % change year-on-year +24.33% -16.91% -14.82%
75th Percentile £97.61 £55.91 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.20 £68.86 £65.90
England median hourly rate £40.00 £41.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year -2.44% +1.67% -28.62%

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Sparx Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sparx Enterprise Architect

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sparx Enterprise Architect

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx Enterprise Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Hampshire -26 4 £806 +15.18% 2
Berkshire -25 1 £800 +52.38%
Thames Valley -35 1 £800 +52.38%
Sparx Enterprise Architect
England

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) ATM
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) LDAP
1 2 (40.00%) OAuth
1 2 (40.00%) OpenID
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) OWASP
1 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) CISSP
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (20.00%) CEH
4 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Sparx
2 1 (20.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft