Sparx Enterprise Architect Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Sparx Enterprise Architect skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 329 333
Rank change year-on-year -25 +4 +134
Contract jobs citing Sparx Enterprise Architect 38 18 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.12% 0.31%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.85% 2.06% 4.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 32
10th Percentile £515 £475 £487
25th Percentile £625 £564 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £590 £560
Median % change year-on-year +27.12% +5.36% -2.44%
75th Percentile £788 £606 £600
90th Percentile - £650 £672
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £613
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 23
10th Percentile - £67.13 -
25th Percentile - £68.44 -
Median hourly rate - £71.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year - +26.13% -16.00%
75th Percentile - £73.44 £65.54
90th Percentile - £74.38 £80.00
UK median hourly rate - £71.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year - +26.13% -16.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,332 874 1,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.27% 5.89% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 840 506 795
10th Percentile £362 £341 £375
25th Percentile £460 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +1.19% -1.41%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £628
90th Percentile £725 £711 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 38 70
10th Percentile £16.96 £22.33 £30.00
25th Percentile £20.91 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £46.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +16.93% -18.25% +51.45%
75th Percentile £86.00 £61.32 £63.10
90th Percentile £90.09 £70.59 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +0.86% -26.54% +51.45%

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Sparx Enterprise Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sparx Enterprise Architect

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx Enterprise Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx Enterprise Architect in the UK excluding London

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sparx Enterprise Architect.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sparx Enterprise Architect

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
South East -3 32 £750 +27.12% 6
West Midlands -28 5 £638 -1.92%
Midlands -36 5 £638 -1.92%
South West -14 4 £538 +16.22% 4
Scotland +5 1 £750 +23.36%
Wales - 1 £750 -
Sparx Enterprise Architect
UK

Sparx Enterprise Architect
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (5.26%) Collibra
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.63%) AWS
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Metadata
2 1 (2.63%) Data Vault
2 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) MSI
2 1 (2.63%) ERwin
2 1 (2.63%) PowerDesigner
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Military
3 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Architect
2 10 (26.32%) Enterprise Architect
3 6 (15.79%) Security Architect
4 3 (7.89%) Data Modeller
5 2 (5.26%) Business Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Data Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Lead
6 1 (2.63%) Lead Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Senior
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) ArchiMate
2 19 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 12 (31.58%) Roadmaps
4 11 (28.95%) Enterprise Architecture
5 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.53%) Data Modelling
7 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.53%) Zachman Framework
8 3 (7.89%) Agile
8 3 (7.89%) Data Governance
8 3 (7.89%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (7.89%) Knowledge Transfer
8 3 (7.89%) OWASP
8 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.89%) Strategic Roadmap
9 2 (5.26%) Conceptual Models
9 2 (5.26%) Identity Access Management
9 2 (5.26%) Logical Data Model
9 2 (5.26%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 30 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 25 (65.79%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.89%) NCSC
2 2 (5.26%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
Vendors
1 36 (94.74%) Sparx
2 5 (13.16%) BiZZdesign
3 2 (5.26%) Informatica
3 2 (5.26%) OneTrust
3 2 (5.26%) Palantir
3 2 (5.26%) Virgin Media