Sparx Contracts in the UK excluding London

Sparx
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 356 413 427
Rank change year-on-year +57 +14 -25
Contract jobs citing Sparx 29 31 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.13% 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category 0.34% 0.30% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 60
10th Percentile £509 £502 £513
25th Percentile £538 £561 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £648
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -7.34% -10.69%
75th Percentile £725 £663 £700
90th Percentile £800 £690 £750
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 - £54.88
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £56.90
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +23.03% +23.02%
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,635 10,251 12,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.54% 44.55% 40.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,213 7,037 8,307
10th Percentile £208 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.14%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 965 455 642
10th Percentile £11.88 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £33.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.97% +76.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £58.70 £61.63 £36.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.31
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -

Sparx
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Sparx as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sparx in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sparx in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in the UK excluding London

Sparx
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sparx within the UK excluding London 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
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 the UK excluding London 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 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 19 (65.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Lucidchart
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) 4G
1 2 (6.90%) 5G
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
1 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.90%) VoIP
2 1 (3.45%) LAN
2 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Metadata
2 3 (10.34%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (10.34%) ClearCase
2 3 (10.34%) ClearQuest
2 3 (10.34%) ERwin
General
1 8 (27.59%) Public Sector
2 6 (20.69%) Military
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Electronics
5 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.34%) Marketing
5 3 (10.34%) Retail
5 3 (10.34%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.90%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Architect
2 8 (27.59%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Data Architect
4 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (17.24%) Systems Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Lead
6 2 (6.90%) Network Communications Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Network Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Administrator
7 1 (3.45%) Business Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Business Solution Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Requirements Architect
7 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior IT Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
1 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (10.34%) Wiki
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
2 2 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) ArchiMate
2 13 (44.83%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 12 (41.38%) SysML
3 12 (41.38%) TOGAF
4 11 (37.93%) MODAF
5 7 (24.14%) Agile
5 7 (24.14%) Data Architecture
5 7 (24.14%) Data Governance
5 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
5 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (24.14%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (24.14%) UML
6 6 (20.69%) Programme Management
7 5 (17.24%) Data Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (17.24%) Physical Data Model
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) C
1 3 (10.34%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) Java
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) Security Cleared
2 20 (68.97%) SC Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
4 7 (24.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (20.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
1 3 (10.34%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) COBIT
2 1 (3.45%) ISO 22301
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) BiZZdesign
1 3 (10.34%) HP
1 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft