Sparx Contracts in England

Sparx
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sparx products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sparx over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 566 620
Rank change year-on-year +141 +54 -62
Contract jobs citing Sparx 106 74 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 0.37% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 58 118
10th Percentile £463 £514 £513
25th Percentile £501 £564 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £800 £759 £738
90th Percentile £925 £794 £766
UK median daily rate £700 £650 £675
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 8
10th Percentile £56.49 - £51.78
25th Percentile £56.70 - £54.25
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £58.98
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +18.69% +27.51%
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile £57.41 - £65.90
UK median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £58.98
% change year-on-year -18.10% +18.69% +27.51%

All Vendors
England

Sparx is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,330 20,219 27,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.09% 41.96% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,758 13,926 19,092
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,022 571 784
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £11.93
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +63.78% +1.76%
75th Percentile £57.12 £63.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.18
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in England

Sparx
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sparx in England.

Daily rate trend for Sparx in England

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in England

Sparx
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sparx in England.

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in England

Sparx
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
London +132 76 £725 +0.87% 2
South West +15 18 £620 -4.62% 8
North of England +38 7 £713 +33.18% 3
South East +24 5 £600 +2.83% 2
North West - 5 £613 - 3
Yorkshire +15 2 £800 +49.53%
East of England +4 1 £625 -3.85%
Sparx
UK

Sparx
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (15.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 71 (66.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.87%) Power Platform
2 14 (13.21%) Azure
3 12 (11.32%) AWS
4 11 (10.38%) Snowflake
5 8 (7.55%) OCI
6 3 (2.83%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) 4G
1 2 (1.89%) 5G
1 2 (1.89%) Network Security
1 2 (1.89%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.89%) VoIP
2 1 (0.94%) LAN
2 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (34.91%) Metadata
2 24 (22.64%) Data Vault
2 24 (22.64%) NoSQL
3 20 (18.87%) Power BI
4 18 (16.98%) SQL Server
5 17 (16.04%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (11.32%) Tableau
7 11 (10.38%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (9.43%) Metadata Repository
9 8 (7.55%) Pentaho
9 8 (7.55%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (7.55%) QlikView
9 8 (7.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (4.72%) RDBMS
10 5 (4.72%) Relational Database
11 4 (3.77%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.94%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 24 (22.64%) ERwin
2 11 (10.38%) ER Studio
3 10 (9.43%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (3.77%) ClearCase
4 4 (3.77%) ClearQuest
5 3 (2.83%) JIRA
6 2 (1.89%) PowerDesigner
General
1 34 (32.08%) Public Sector
2 31 (29.25%) Finance
3 18 (16.98%) Electronics
3 18 (16.98%) Manufacturing
3 18 (16.98%) Marketing
3 18 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 18 (16.98%) Telecoms
4 14 (13.21%) Publishing
5 10 (9.43%) Retail
6 7 (6.60%) Local Government
7 6 (5.66%) Military
8 5 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.83%) Legal
11 2 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.89%) Banking
12 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 77 (72.64%) Architect
2 54 (50.94%) Data Architect
3 21 (19.81%) Enterprise Architect
4 16 (15.09%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 9 (8.49%) Data Modeller
6 8 (7.55%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) Chief Architect
7 7 (6.60%) Chief Data Architect
7 7 (6.60%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.66%) Developer
9 5 (4.72%) SQL Developer
9 5 (4.72%) Systems Architect
10 2 (1.89%) Consultant
10 2 (1.89%) Data Consultant
10 2 (1.89%) IT Architect
10 2 (1.89%) IT Engineer
10 2 (1.89%) Network Communications Engineer
10 2 (1.89%) Network Systems Engineer
10 2 (1.89%) Senior
10 2 (1.89%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.04%) Reference Data
2 13 (12.26%) Data Protection Act
3 12 (11.32%) Onboarding
4 10 (9.43%) Wiki
5 7 (6.60%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.77%) Data Structures
6 4 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.89%) Robotics
8 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.60%) Linux
2 3 (2.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (66.04%) Data Modelling
2 47 (44.34%) Data Architecture
3 34 (32.08%) UML
4 31 (29.25%) Data Governance
5 29 (27.36%) Data Strategy
6 26 (24.53%) ArchiMate
7 25 (23.58%) Physical Data Model
8 22 (20.75%) Data Integration
8 22 (20.75%) TOGAF
9 21 (19.81%) Business Intelligence
9 21 (19.81%) Programme Management
10 19 (17.92%) Data Lineage
10 19 (17.92%) Enterprise Architecture
11 18 (16.98%) Digital Marketing
12 15 (14.15%) Data Management
12 15 (14.15%) Project Delivery
13 14 (13.21%) MODAF
14 13 (12.26%) Artificial Intelligence
14 13 (12.26%) Data Protection
14 13 (12.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.09%) SQL
2 8 (7.55%) T-SQL
3 7 (6.60%) PL/SQL
4 4 (3.77%) C
4 4 (3.77%) C++
5 2 (1.89%) Java
5 2 (1.89%) Python
6 1 (0.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 51 (48.11%) Security Cleared
2 50 (47.17%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.32%) Degree
4 8 (7.55%) DV Cleared
4 8 (7.55%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.89%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.89%) CITP
7 2 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.32%) Data Quality
2 10 (9.43%) GDPR
3 8 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (4.72%) COBIT
4 5 (4.72%) ISO 22301
4 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (20.75%) Oracle
2 18 (16.98%) SAP
3 15 (14.15%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.55%) Informatica
4 8 (7.55%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.66%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (3.77%) HP
7 3 (2.83%) Dell
8 1 (0.94%) Cisco
8 1 (0.94%) EMC
8 1 (0.94%) VMware