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 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 420 427
Rank change year-on-year +49 +7 -21
Contract jobs citing Sparx 27 27 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 0.31% 0.26% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 56
10th Percentile £519 £515 £513
25th Percentile £584 £562 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £611
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -1.84% -15.69%
75th Percentile £738 £652 £688
90th Percentile £800 £728 £731
UK median daily rate £675 £650 £675
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 8
10th Percentile £56.49 £60.92 £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% +42.24%
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% +47.44%

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 8,822 10,291 12,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.32% 44.91% 40.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,309 7,034 8,437
10th Percentile £208 £205 £190
25th Percentile £365 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 435 639
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.29
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.60 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.50 £60.00 £38.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.16 £56.25
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

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 2 June 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 2 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
South West +18 17 £620 -4.62% 4
South East +3 6 £625 +7.11% 3
North of England +33 5 £700 -22.22% 2
North West - 3 £525 - 2
Yorkshire +22 2 £800 -11.11%
East of England - 1 £625 -
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 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (66.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Lucidchart
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) 4G
1 2 (7.41%) 5G
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
1 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.41%) VoIP
2 1 (3.70%) LAN
2 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (11.11%) ClearCase
2 3 (11.11%) ClearQuest
3 1 (3.70%) ERwin
General
1 6 (22.22%) Military
1 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Local Government
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Architect
2 8 (29.63%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Data Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Systems Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Network Communications Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Network Systems Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Administrator
6 1 (3.70%) Architecture Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Business Solution Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Data Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Requirements Architect
6 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Senior IT Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
2 3 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.70%) Tandem
3 1 (3.70%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) ArchiMate
2 13 (48.15%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 13 (48.15%) TOGAF
3 12 (44.44%) SysML
4 11 (40.74%) MODAF
5 7 (25.93%) Agile
5 7 (25.93%) Mentoring
5 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (25.93%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (25.93%) UML
6 5 (18.52%) Data Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) Data Governance
6 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
7 4 (14.81%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (14.81%) DevOps
7 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Modelling
7 4 (14.81%) Information Engineering
7 4 (14.81%) Programme Delivery
7 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) C
1 3 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (74.07%) SC Cleared
1 20 (74.07%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) TOGAF Certification
4 6 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) COBIT
1 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) ISO 22301
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) BiZZdesign
2 3 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) SAP