Sparx Contracts

Sparx
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 498 617 695
Rank change year-on-year +119 +78 -74
Contract jobs citing Sparx 104 78 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Vendors category 0.56% 0.32% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 55 121
10th Percentile £450 £515 £513
25th Percentile £500 £563 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -3.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £800 £763 £738
90th Percentile £925 £813 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -17.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 10
10th Percentile £56.49 £54.64 £51.93
25th Percentile £56.70 £56.96 £55.21
Median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £58.98
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +18.69% +47.44%
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile £57.41 - £65.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.33 £70.00 £56.90
% change year-on-year -18.10% +23.03% +42.24%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,423 24,197 35,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 43.55% 40.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,421 16,129 23,703
10th Percentile £268 £269 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,152 641 857
10th Percentile £12.25 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +7.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £48.59
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sparx over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Sparx in the UK

Sparx
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England +124 97 £623 -4.23% 12
London +114 69 £725 -2.03%
Work from Home +117 30 £625 -3.85% 9
UK excluding London +40 27 £620 +3.33% 14
South West +19 17 £620 -4.62% 4
South East +9 7 £600 +2.83% 5
North of England +28 5 £525 -41.67% 2
North West +15 3 £450 - 2
Yorkshire +13 2 £800 -11.11%
East of England - 1 £625 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (14.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.96%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 72 (69.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 17 (16.35%) Azure
3 15 (14.42%) AWS
4 8 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 5 (4.81%) OCI
6 3 (2.88%) Lucidchart
7 1 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.85%) Network Security
2 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.96%) 4G
3 1 (0.96%) 5G
3 1 (0.96%) LAN
3 1 (0.96%) VoIP
3 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (29.81%) Metadata
2 24 (23.08%) Data Vault
2 24 (23.08%) NoSQL
3 19 (18.27%) SQL Server
4 18 (17.31%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (16.35%) Power BI
6 11 (10.58%) Metadata Repository
7 9 (8.65%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (8.65%) Tableau
8 8 (7.69%) Pentaho
8 8 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
8 8 (7.69%) QlikView
8 8 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (5.77%) RDBMS
9 6 (5.77%) Relational Database
10 4 (3.85%) Geospatial Data
11 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects XI
11 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.96%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 15 (14.42%) ERwin
2 11 (10.58%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (7.69%) ER Studio
4 4 (3.85%) ClearCase
4 4 (3.85%) ClearQuest
4 4 (3.85%) JIRA
5 2 (1.92%) PowerDesigner
General
1 31 (29.81%) Public Sector
2 26 (25.00%) Finance
3 19 (18.27%) Social Skills
4 13 (12.50%) Publishing
5 12 (11.54%) Electronics
5 12 (11.54%) Manufacturing
5 12 (11.54%) Marketing
5 12 (11.54%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Local Government
7 6 (5.77%) Military
8 5 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.85%) Retail
10 2 (1.92%) Banking
10 2 (1.92%) Legal
11 1 (0.96%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (68.27%) Architect
2 46 (44.23%) Data Architect
3 15 (14.42%) Enterprise Architect
4 11 (10.58%) Data Modeller
5 10 (9.62%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 8 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (6.73%) Chief Architect
7 7 (6.73%) Chief Data Architect
7 7 (6.73%) Developer
7 7 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.77%) Lead
8 6 (5.77%) SQL Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Systems Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Lead Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Lead Security Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Security Architect
10 3 (2.88%) Senior
10 3 (2.88%) Technical Architect
11 2 (1.92%) Consultant
11 2 (1.92%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.88%) PyTorch
1 3 (2.88%) scikit-learn
1 3 (2.88%) TensorFlow
2 1 (0.96%) JSON
2 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (16.35%) Reference Data
2 12 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 11 (10.58%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.77%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.85%) Wiki
6 3 (2.88%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.96%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.96%) Robotics
7 1 (0.96%) Tandem
7 1 (0.96%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Linux
2 2 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 41 (39.42%) Data Architecture
3 35 (33.65%) UML
4 27 (25.96%) ArchiMate
5 23 (22.12%) Data Governance
6 21 (20.19%) Physical Data Model
6 21 (20.19%) TOGAF
7 20 (19.23%) Data Lineage
7 20 (19.23%) Data Strategy
8 19 (18.27%) Data Integration
9 17 (16.35%) Enterprise Architecture
10 15 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (13.46%) Programme Management
12 13 (12.50%) Logical Data Model
12 13 (12.50%) MODAF
12 13 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
12 13 (12.50%) Project Delivery
13 12 (11.54%) Data Management
13 12 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
13 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.35%) SQL
2 8 (7.69%) PL/SQL
2 8 (7.69%) T-SQL
3 4 (3.85%) C
3 4 (3.85%) C++
4 2 (1.92%) Java
4 2 (1.92%) Python
5 1 (0.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 50 (48.08%) SC Cleared
1 50 (48.08%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.54%) Degree
2 12 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 7 (6.73%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.92%) CITP
6 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 5 (4.81%) COBIT
3 5 (4.81%) ISO 22301
3 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 4 (3.85%) GDPR
5 3 (2.88%) NCSC
6 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (21.15%) Oracle
2 19 (18.27%) Microsoft
3 12 (11.54%) SAP
4 8 (7.69%) Informatica
4 8 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 6 (5.77%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (3.85%) HP
7 3 (2.88%) Dell
8 1 (0.96%) Cisco
8 1 (0.96%) EMC
8 1 (0.96%) IBM
8 1 (0.96%) Mercator
8 1 (0.96%) VMware