Sparx Contract Job Trends in Wales

Sparx
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 20 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sparx 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.21% - 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 0.56% - 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £628
25th Percentile £725 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £700
75th Percentile £775 - £750
90th Percentile - - £773
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £672
% change year-on-year +8.33% -10.71% +7.52%

All Vendors
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 178 173 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 37.39% 40.90% 44.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 118 134
10th Percentile £160 £166 £180
25th Percentile £283 £211 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £536 £550 £600
90th Percentile £600 £627 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 5
10th Percentile £13.91 £22.62 £18.43
25th Percentile £17.94 £25.12 £22.06
Median hourly rate £20.75 £28.75 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -27.83% +20.22% +32.86%
75th Percentile £22.51 £43.44 £27.25
90th Percentile £61.63 £53.38 £104.50
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.11
% change year-on-year -17.84% -35.71% +76.74%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Sparx job vacancy trend in Wales

Sparx
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Sparx

Sparx
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Sparx

Sparx
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the Wales region over the 6 months to 20 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 Wales - 1 £750 -
Sparx
UK

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ERwin
1 1 (100.00%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modeller
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Conceptual Models
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lineage
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared