The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within Sage Group PLC.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 199 216 236
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +20
Contract jobs citing Sage 4 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.063% 0.025% 0.092%
As % of the Vendors category 0.138% 0.060% 0.218%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
Average daily rate £325 £275 £203
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +35.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £275 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -13.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-37.77% -9.54%
All Vendors
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2893 3319 4124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 45.35% 42.20% 42.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2051 2268 2847
Average daily rate £431 £425 £489
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £285 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 101 131
Average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £21.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -6.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.70 £12.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £93.00 £39.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
London

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Sage
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) JD Edwards
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) .NET
4 3 (33.33%) MS Office
4 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) LANDesk
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Financial Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Line 50
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (22.22%) SAP
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) MCSE
6 1 (11.11%) ERP
6 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
6 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (11.11%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) Active Directory

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Line 50
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Support
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM Developer
1 3 (33.33%) CRM Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) ICT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Mac OS X
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) CRM
1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) JD Edwards
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) LANDesk
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec