Sage Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 20 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 England 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 449 516 511
Rank change year-on-year
+67 -5
Contract jobs citing Sage 54 50 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.129% 0.094% 0.106%
As % of the Vendors category 0.278% 0.202% 0.231%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 18 19
Average daily rate £343 £263 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.47% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £143 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £547 £388 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -13.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £13.25 £67.50 £24.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-80.37% +171.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £29.50 £20.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £105.50 £28.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-37.77% -9.54%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 19439 24693 25562
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.61% 46.26% 46.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10680 13057 13141
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1124 1220 1495
Average hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.87% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.81 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
UK

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England 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 England region.

England Sage Daily Rate Trend

Sage
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sage across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Sage Daily Rate Histogram

Sage
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sage across the England region.

England Sage Hourly Rate Trend

Sage
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +31 18 £380 +46.15%
London +26 13 £313 +13.63%
North West +22 10 £350 -8.19%
East Midlands -2 5 £406 +225.00%
West Midlands +9 4 £238 -26.92%
Yorkshire +1 3 £335 +11.66%
South West +23 2 £350 -6.66%
East of England +10 1 £320 +46.28%
Sage
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Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 38 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 35 (32.71%) Finance
3 31 (28.97%) SQL Server
4 28 (26.17%) SQL
5 27 (25.23%) ERP
6 23 (21.50%) Windows
7 21 (19.63%) SAP
7 21 (19.63%) SharePoint
8 19 (17.76%) CRM
8 19 (17.76%) Migration
8 19 (17.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 17 (15.89%) C#
10 16 (14.95%) .NET
11 15 (14.02%) MS Office
11 15 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (13.08%) Oracle
12 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (12.15%) ITIL
13 13 (12.15%) JavaScript
13 13 (12.15%) Dynamics CRM
13 13 (12.15%) SQL Server 2008
14 12 (11.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (11.21%) Manufacturing
14 12 (11.21%) MS Exchange
14 12 (11.21%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (10.28%) MCSE
15 11 (10.28%) JD Edwards
15 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (10.28%) Data Migration
16 10 (9.346%) Windows Server 2003

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 16 (14.95%) .NET
2 9 (8.411%) jQuery
3 7 (6.542%) HTML
3 7 (6.542%) Web Services
3 7 (6.542%) XML
4 6 (5.607%) XSD
4 6 (5.607%) XSL
4 6 (5.607%) ASP
4 6 (5.607%) Silverlight
5 4 (3.738%) CSS
6 2 (1.869%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.869%) EDI
7 1 (0.935%) MDX
7 1 (0.935%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 21 (19.63%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.21%) MS Exchange
3 5 (4.673%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (3.738%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.869%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (1.869%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.935%) Apache
6 1 (0.935%) SugarCRM
6 1 (0.935%) Magento
6 1 (0.935%) CMS
6 1 (0.935%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 15 (14.02%) MS Office
2 8 (7.477%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.935%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.935%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (7.477%) Sage 1000
2 8 (7.477%) Sage 200
3 6 (5.607%) SalesLogix
3 6 (5.607%) Agresso
4 5 (4.673%) SAP FI
4 5 (4.673%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (4.673%) SAP CO
4 5 (4.673%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (4.673%) Line 500
5 4 (3.738%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (3.738%) Line 50
6 3 (2.804%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (2.804%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (1.869%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (1.869%) HFM
7 2 (1.869%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.935%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.935%) SAP Retail
8 1 (0.935%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.607%) WAN
2 5 (4.673%) SAN
3 2 (1.869%) Intranet
3 2 (1.869%) Firewall
3 2 (1.869%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.935%) VPN
4 1 (0.935%) DNS
4 1 (0.935%) DHCP
4 1 (0.935%) HTTP
4 1 (0.935%) ATM
4 1 (0.935%) LAN
4 1 (0.935%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (28.97%) SQL Server
2 19 (17.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (12.15%) SQL Server 2008
4 12 (11.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (7.477%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (5.607%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (5.607%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (4.673%) OLAP
8 3 (2.804%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (2.804%) DTS
8 3 (2.804%) RDBMS
8 3 (2.804%) Star Schema
8 3 (2.804%) SAP BW
8 3 (2.804%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (1.869%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 2 (1.869%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.935%) MySQL
10 1 (0.935%) SAP BI
10 1 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.935%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (32.71%) Finance
2 12 (11.21%) Manufacturing
3 5 (4.673%) Retail
4 3 (2.804%) Advertising
4 3 (2.804%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.935%) Front Office
5 1 (0.935%) Law
5 1 (0.935%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (21.50%) Developer
2 16 (14.95%) Consultant
3 15 (14.02%) Project Manager
4 13 (12.15%) Analyst
5 10 (9.346%) Sage Consultant
6 6 (5.607%) Administrator
6 6 (5.607%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (4.673%) Technical Support
7 5 (4.673%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.673%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.673%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.673%) CRM Developer
8 4 (3.738%) Classic ASP Developer
8 4 (3.738%) Architect
8 4 (3.738%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.738%) Support Consultant
8 4 (3.738%) SAP Manager
8 4 (3.738%) ASP Developer
8 4 (3.738%) SQL Developer
8 4 (3.738%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.673%) Firmware
2 3 (2.804%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.804%) Replication
2 3 (2.804%) NHS
3 2 (1.869%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.869%) AS400
3 2 (1.869%) EPoS
4 1 (0.935%) EMV
4 1 (0.935%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (0.935%) EFT
4 1 (0.935%) EFTPOS
4 1 (0.935%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.935%) APACS
4 1 (0.935%) IVR
4 1 (0.935%) Taxonomies
4 1 (0.935%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.935%) CMDB
4 1 (0.935%) Wiki
4 1 (0.935%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.935%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (21.50%) Windows
2 12 (11.21%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (9.346%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (8.411%) Windows XP
5 7 (6.542%) Windows 7
6 6 (5.607%) Mac OS X
7 3 (2.804%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.935%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.935%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.23%) ERP
2 19 (17.76%) CRM
2 19 (17.76%) Migration
3 15 (14.02%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (12.15%) ITIL
5 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (10.28%) Data Migration
6 9 (8.411%) Project Management
7 8 (7.477%) Logistics
8 5 (4.673%) PRINCE2
9 4 (3.738%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (3.738%) Time Management
10 3 (2.804%) ERD
10 3 (2.804%) Requirements Analysis
10 3 (2.804%) Kimball Methodology
10 3 (2.804%) Data Transformation
10 3 (2.804%) Integration Testing
10 3 (2.804%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (2.804%) ETL
10 3 (2.804%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 28 (26.17%) SQL
2 17 (15.89%) C#
3 13 (12.15%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.542%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.804%) Java
6 2 (1.869%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.935%) VBA
7 1 (0.935%) Perl
7 1 (0.935%) PHP
7 1 (0.935%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (10.28%) MCSE
3 9 (8.411%) MCP
4 7 (6.542%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (6.542%) CCNA
5 6 (5.607%) MCSA
5 6 (5.607%) MCITP
6 3 (2.804%) MCDST
7 2 (1.869%) Degree
8 1 (0.935%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.935%) ISEB
8 1 (0.935%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.935%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.935%) GMP
1 1 (0.935%) ISO 8583
1 1 (0.935%) QA
System Software
1 9 (8.411%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.673%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.935%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.935%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.935%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (5.607%) Backup Exec
2 5 (4.673%) HP SIM
3 3 (2.804%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.63%) SAP
3 14 (13.08%) Oracle
4 11 (10.28%) JD Edwards
5 7 (6.542%) Cisco
6 6 (5.607%) PeopleSoft
6 6 (5.607%) HP
7 5 (4.673%) VMware
8 3 (2.804%) Infor
8 3 (2.804%) Baan
9 2 (1.869%) CODA
9 2 (1.869%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.869%) Epicor
9 2 (1.869%) Business Objects
9 2 (1.869%) Siebel
9 2 (1.869%) LANDesk
9 2 (1.869%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.869%) Northgate
10 1 (0.935%) Wincor Nixdorf
10 1 (0.935%) NetSuite
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