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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank220195
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads64
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.159 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£280£220
Average daily rate£301£220
% change on same period last year+36.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£220
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£363
% change on same period last year+3.88 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£20.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.33£27.25
% change on same period last year-25.38 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads37703382
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.975 %3.368 %
Daily rates quoted20141369
Average minimum daily rate£412£429
Average daily rate£445£456
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted176119
Average minimum hourly rate£22.63£21.19
Average hourly rate£24.44£22.54
% change on same period last year+8.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.25£23.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Sage LondonSage
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sage Group PLC.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Sage Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sage across the City of London region.

City of London Sage Daily Rate Trend

Sage
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sage across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

City of London Sage Daily Rate Histogram

Sage
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the City of London region.

City of London Sage Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Sage also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sage.

15 (55.56 %)Finance
23 (33.33 %)SQL
23 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
32 (22.22 %)MS Office
41 (11.11 %)UML
41 (11.11 %)OO
41 (11.11 %)MS Excel
41 (11.11 %)MS Access
41 (11.11 %)CRM
41 (11.11 %)MS Visio
41 (11.11 %)Data Mining
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)WebTrends
41 (11.11 %)ACCA
41 (11.11 %)MS Project
41 (11.11 %)Publishing
41 (11.11 %)Validation
41 (11.11 %)CIMA
41 (11.11 %)Banking
41 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
41 (11.11 %)Omniture
41 (11.11 %)Google

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Sage also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Office
21 (11.11 %)MS Excel
21 (11.11 %)MS Visio
21 (11.11 %)MS Project
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)WebTrends
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)Crystal Reports
21 (11.11 %)MS Access
21 (11.11 %)Data Mining
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Publishing
21 (11.11 %)Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (66.67 %)Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Business Analyst
23 (33.33 %)Systems Accountant
23 (33.33 %)Report Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Access Developer
32 (22.22 %)Developer
41 (11.11 %)Systems Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Financial Business Analyst
41 (11.11 %)CRM Business Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Financial Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (11.11 %)UML
11 (11.11 %)OO
11 (11.11 %)CRM
11 (11.11 %)Validation
11 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)ACCA
11 (11.11 %)CIMA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
11 (11.11 %)Omniture
11 (11.11 %)Google