The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 - 27 -
Contract jobs citing Sage 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.376% -
As % of the Vendors category - 0.621% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -13.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-37.77% -9.54%
All Vendors
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
85 161 206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 49.42% 60.53% 60.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 32 40
Average daily rate £375 £400 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -10.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £575 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 38
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +35.41%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Sage Hourly Rate Trend

Sage
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (100.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (100.00%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP