Sparx Contracts in the South West

Sparx
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 159 161
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -34
Contract jobs citing Sparx 18 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.57% 0.28% 0.35%
As % of the Vendors category 1.41% 0.71% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £482 £353 £519
25th Percentile £515 £625 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £618
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +5.26% -14.83%
75th Percentile £630 £684 £651
90th Percentile - £694 £697
England median daily rate £713 £650 £675
% change year-on-year +9.62% -3.70% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £56.49 - £51.48
25th Percentile £56.70 - £51.81
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £54.17
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +29.22% +0.31%
75th Percentile - - £58.88
90th Percentile £57.41 - £64.35
England median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -18.10% +16.67% +29.73%

All Vendors
South West

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 advertised in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,274 1,413 1,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 40.39% 39.83% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,058 982
10th Percentile £195 £250 £216
25th Percentile £400 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £614 £637 £588
90th Percentile £725 £713 £656
England median daily rate £520 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -2.80% +1.90% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 80 53
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.40 £15.05
25th Percentile £36.25 £46.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% +30.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £56.70
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £22.40 £38.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -41.82% +83.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Sparx as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Sparx in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Dorset - 12 £620 -
Bristol +19 3 £504 +530.00% 7
Wiltshire - 3 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (72.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) 4G
1 2 (11.11%) 5G
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.11%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (33.33%) Military
2 4 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Architect
2 8 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Data Architect
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Communications Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Architecture Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Business Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Business Solution Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Architect
5 1 (5.56%) IT Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Requirements Architect
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) ArchiMate
2 12 (66.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 12 (66.67%) SysML
3 11 (61.11%) MODAF
4 8 (44.44%) TOGAF
5 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (38.89%) UML
6 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 6 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (22.22%) Agile
7 4 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (22.22%) DevOps
7 4 (22.22%) Information Engineering
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Modelling
8 3 (16.67%) Systems Thinking
9 2 (11.11%) Conceptual Models
9 2 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 15 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
4 6 (33.33%) Degree
4 6 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) BiZZdesign