The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 22 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 North East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank - 48 42
Contract jobs citing Sage 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 0.402% 0.471%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.810% 0.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £125 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+21.66% -14.28%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
110 247 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 41.20% 49.70% 60.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 122 105
Average daily rate £275 £334 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.60% +2.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £231 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 22 12
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.92 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £50.00 £27.50
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Sage Hourly Rate Trend

Sage
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Sage Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration