Sparx Job Trends in England

Sparx
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Sparx products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Sparx over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sparx Systems.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 659 623
Rank change year-on-year +88 -36 +299
Permanent jobs citing Sparx 38 16 44
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.073% 0.032% 0.097%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.086% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 37
10th Percentile £66,000 £61,300 £51,350
25th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £81,813 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,600 £81,500 £81,500
UK median annual salary £77,000 £75,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year +2.67% +18.58% -2.69%

All Vendors
England

Sparx falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,516 18,545 18,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.69% 37.40% 40.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,803 9,695 14,266
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sparx job vacancy trend in England

Sparx
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sparx.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sparx

Sparx
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sparx in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Sparx in England

Sparx
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +49 23 £78,000 +62.50% 6
Midlands +32 7 £77,000 -9.41%
West Midlands - 7 £77,000 -
North of England +24 4 £74,250 -1.00% 5
Yorkshire +7 4 £74,250 -1.00% 2
London +55 3 £82,250 +9.67% 3
South West +12 1 - - 7
Sparx
UK

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 26 (68.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Azure
2 11 (28.95%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.89%) AWS
3 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.26%) GCP
4 2 (5.26%) IaaS
4 2 (5.26%) PaaS
4 2 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.63%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) Data Vault
2 1 (2.63%) Metadata
2 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) ER Studio
1 1 (2.63%) ERwin
1 1 (2.63%) MagicDraw
General
1 22 (57.89%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Military
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (57.89%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Data Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Lead
3 7 (18.42%) Lead Architect
3 7 (18.42%) Lead Data Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.63%) Data Modeller
6 1 (2.63%) Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Power Platform Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (2.63%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.42%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (55.26%) e-Learning
2 4 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.63%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 23 (60.53%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (57.89%) SysML
2 22 (57.89%) Trade-off Analysis
2 22 (57.89%) UML
3 21 (55.26%) DoDAF
3 21 (55.26%) Innovative Thinking
3 21 (55.26%) Scenario Testing
4 11 (28.95%) Data Modelling
5 8 (21.05%) Data Architecture
5 8 (21.05%) Data Management
6 7 (18.42%) Architectural Patterns
6 7 (18.42%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (18.42%) Information Management
6 7 (18.42%) TOGAF
7 6 (15.79%) ArchiMate
7 6 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (10.53%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 23 (60.53%) SC Cleared
1 23 (60.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Degree
3 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.63%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.63%) RMADS
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (2.63%) Teradata
3 1 (2.63%) Workday