Sparx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 15 May 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 777 906
Rank change year-on-year +158 +129 +235
Permanent jobs citing Sparx 86 120 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.12% 0.071%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.33% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 60 59 39
10th Percentile - £55,500 -
25th Percentile £56,176 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £65,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.45% +16.07% -26.32%
75th Percentile £58,943 £77,500 £62,000
90th Percentile £77,550 £101,250 £79,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,560 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.90% +13.64% -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,822 36,228 42,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.75% 36.58% 41.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,859 24,854 24,035
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,924 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sparx as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sparx.

Salary trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sparx over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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
England +137 82 £57,560 -11.45% 52
UK excluding London +165 80 £57,560 -7.90% 39
North of England +111 70 £57,560 - 6
North West +56 67 £57,560 - 1
Work from Home +89 15 £78,500 +7.90% 35
South East +97 6 - - 16
South West +74 3 £87,500 +40.00% 15
Yorkshire +63 3 £76,000 - 5
London +86 2 £63,000 -33.68% 10
Midlands +61 1 £65,000 +4.00% 1
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1

Sparx
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 84 (97.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 65 (75.58%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.49%) Azure
1 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.33%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) GCP
2 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
2 2 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Metadata
2 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.16%) Data Mart
2 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (77.91%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (4.65%) ERwin
3 1 (1.16%) ER Studio
3 1 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 12 (13.95%) Finance
2 3 (3.49%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.33%) Marketing
3 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Automotive
4 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 75 (87.21%) Systems Engineer
2 65 (75.58%) Platform Engineer
3 7 (8.14%) Architect
4 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.33%) Applications Specialist
6 2 (2.33%) Power Apps Specialist
6 2 (2.33%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (1.16%) Architecture Manager
7 1 (1.16%) Data Modeller
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Architecture Manager
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Solution Manager
7 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.16%) Lead
7 1 (1.16%) Supply Chain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 65 (75.58%) Product Ownership
2 10 (11.63%) e-Learning
3 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.33%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.16%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.16%) FMCG
4 1 (1.16%) IoT
4 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (89.53%) SysML
2 75 (87.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 73 (84.88%) TOGAF
4 69 (80.23%) Agile
5 68 (79.07%) ArchiMate
6 65 (75.58%) MODAF
6 65 (75.58%) Platform Engineering
6 65 (75.58%) Programme Delivery
6 65 (75.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (15.12%) UML
8 12 (13.95%) Innovative Thinking
9 10 (11.63%) DoDAF
9 10 (11.63%) Scenario Testing
9 10 (11.63%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (11.63%) Trade-off Analysis
10 5 (5.81%) Roadmaps
11 4 (4.65%) Data Architecture
12 3 (3.49%) Computer Science
12 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Architecture
12 3 (3.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (77.91%) Degree
2 66 (76.74%) TOGAF Certification
3 65 (75.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (15.12%) SC Cleared
4 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.16%) CITP
6 1 (1.16%) MBA
6 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (4.65%) BiZZdesign
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.33%) PTC
3 1 (1.16%) Ariba
3 1 (1.16%) Informatica
3 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.16%) SAP