Sparx Job Trends in the North of England

Sparx
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 252 276 281
Rank change year-on-year +24 +5 +128
Permanent jobs citing Sparx 4 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.038% 0.011% 0.067%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.032% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £65,875 - £53,250
25th Percentile £66,438 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £75,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +2.74% -8.75%
75th Percentile £82,375 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,200 - £78,000
England median annual salary £77,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% -1.96%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,292 3,112 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.29% 32.87% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,877 1,538 2,305
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,325
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,047 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,403 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% -3.17% -0.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Sparx job vacancy trend in the North of England

Sparx
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sparx.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sparx

Sparx
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the North of 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
Yorkshire +7 4 £74,250 -1.00% 2
Sparx
England

Sparx
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) ArchiMate
2 3 (75.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 3 (75.00%) BPMN
2 3 (75.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Information Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Line Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Business Case
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (25.00%) Workday