The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 371 398 415
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +17
Contract jobs citing Sage 14 8 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.065% 0.030% 0.070%
As % of the Vendors category 0.144% 0.067% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 12
Average daily rate £313 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £197 £255 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £365 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £345
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -13.04%
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
9746 11913 14109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 45.14% 44.48% 45.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6153 7231 8518
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £268 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 288 409
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £35.25 £40.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
England

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +14 4 £325 +18.18%
Sage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 8 (26.67%) MS Office
3 7 (23.33%) ERP
4 6 (20.00%) Windows
4 6 (20.00%) MCSE
4 6 (20.00%) SAP
4 6 (20.00%) CCNA
4 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 6 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 6 (20.00%) Backup Exec
4 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (16.67%) SAN
5 5 (16.67%) JD Edwards
5 5 (16.67%) Cisco
5 5 (16.67%) Firmware
5 5 (16.67%) WAN
5 5 (16.67%) HP
5 5 (16.67%) ITIL
5 5 (16.67%) MCP
5 5 (16.67%) MCSA
5 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 5 (16.67%) MCITP
5 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (16.67%) HP SIM
6 4 (13.33%) Sage 1000

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (10.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (3.333%) Magento
Applications
1 8 (26.67%) MS Office
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.333%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Sage 1000
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (6.667%) Agresso
3 2 (6.667%) Sage 50
3 2 (6.667%) Line 50
4 1 (3.333%) SAP Business One
4 1 (3.333%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (3.333%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) WAN
1 5 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (3.333%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (36.67%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Advertising
2 1 (3.333%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 5 (16.67%) Administrator
3 4 (13.33%) IT Administrator
4 3 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (10.00%) CRM Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Systems Support
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Analyst
5 2 (6.667%) Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.333%) Tester
6 1 (3.333%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.333%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Support Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (3.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Mac OS X
1 6 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Windows XP
2 5 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) ERP
2 5 (16.67%) ITIL
3 4 (13.33%) CRM
3 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.00%) Project Management
4 3 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (6.667%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.333%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.333%) Time Management
6 1 (3.333%) Change Management
6 1 (3.333%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.333%) Workflow
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (6.667%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) CCNA
1 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (20.00%) MCSE
2 5 (16.67%) MCSA
2 5 (16.67%) MCP
2 5 (16.67%) MCITP
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Backup Exec
2 5 (16.67%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) SAP
3 5 (16.67%) Cisco
3 5 (16.67%) HP
3 5 (16.67%) JD Edwards
4 4 (13.33%) Oracle
5 2 (6.667%) LANDesk
6 1 (3.333%) Symantec
6 1 (3.333%) CODA
6 1 (3.333%) Adobe
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