Sparx Contracts in the UK excluding London

Sparx
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 June 2024, 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 370 400 425
Rank change year-on-year +30 +25 -16
Contract jobs citing Sparx 31 30 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.29% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 55
10th Percentile £450 £515 £505
25th Percentile £531 £562 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -17.24%
75th Percentile £699 £640 £688
90th Percentile £800 £719 £714
UK median daily rate £644 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -0.96% -3.70% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £56.49 £54.64 £51.78
25th Percentile £56.91 £56.96 £54.88
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £56.90
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +23.03% +42.24%
75th Percentile £57.41 - £65.00
90th Percentile £60.90 - £65.90
UK median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £58.98
% change year-on-year -18.10% +18.69% +47.44%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,987 10,207 12,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.14% 44.98% 40.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,356 6,960 8,400
10th Percentile £211 £205 £189
25th Percentile £375 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,004 428 636
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.41 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.95 £59.41 £41.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Sparx as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sparx in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sparx in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
South West +9 17 £620 -4.62% 2
South East +13 11 £650 +11.40% 2
North of England +20 5 £525 -41.67%
North West +17 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +15 2 £800 -11.11%
East of England - 1 £625 -
Sparx
UK

Sparx
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 23 (74.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
1 3 (9.68%) Lucidchart
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) 4G
2 1 (3.23%) 5G
2 1 (3.23%) LAN
2 1 (3.23%) Network Security
2 1 (3.23%) VoIP
2 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (9.68%) Metadata
1 3 (9.68%) Star Schema
2 2 (6.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.23%) Data Vault
3 1 (3.23%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (9.68%) ClearCase
2 3 (9.68%) ClearQuest
2 3 (9.68%) ERwin
General
1 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Military
2 6 (19.35%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Architect
2 9 (29.03%) Systems Engineer
3 8 (25.81%) Data Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Systems Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Lead
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Administrator
7 1 (3.23%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Network Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Power Platform Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Senior IT Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
1 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.68%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.23%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.23%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) ArchiMate
2 14 (45.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 12 (38.71%) TOGAF
4 11 (35.48%) MODAF
4 11 (35.48%) SysML
5 8 (25.81%) Data Governance
5 8 (25.81%) Data Modelling
5 8 (25.81%) UML
6 7 (22.58%) Agile
6 7 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (19.35%) Data Architecture
7 6 (19.35%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (16.13%) Data Strategy
9 4 (12.90%) Conceptual Models
9 4 (12.90%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (12.90%) DevOps
9 4 (12.90%) Information Engineering
9 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (12.90%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) C
1 3 (9.68%) C++
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) SC Cleared
1 20 (64.52%) Security Cleared
2 9 (29.03%) DV Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (19.35%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) COBIT
2 1 (3.23%) ISO 22301
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (12.90%) BiZZdesign
2 3 (9.68%) Databricks
2 3 (9.68%) HP
3 2 (6.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft