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 West 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 North West 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 105 127 123
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -4
Contract jobs citing Sage 13 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.558% 0.161% 0.098%
As % of the Vendors category 1.229% 0.309% 0.212%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
Average daily rate £278 £381 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.21% -4.68%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -13.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-37.77% -9.54%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1058 1618 1418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.39% 52.01% 46.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 473 736 683
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £489 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 79 97
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.50 £36.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester +15 8 £275 -
Cheshire +2 4 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Sage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Migration
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
5 4 (21.05%) Star Schema
5 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
5 4 (21.05%) Windows
5 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (21.05%) DTS
5 4 (21.05%) OLAP
5 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
5 4 (21.05%) C#
5 4 (21.05%) Replication
5 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (21.05%) ERD
5 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
5 4 (21.05%) Kimball Methodology
5 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (21.05%) Data Transformation
6 3 (15.79%) MCDST
6 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
6 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (15.79%) .NET

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (15.79%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) jQuery
3 1 (5.263%) J2EE
3 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.263%) Web Services
3 1 (5.263%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.263%) Magento
2 1 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
2 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP FI
1 2 (10.53%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (10.53%) SAP CO
2 1 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.263%) SAP Retail
2 1 (5.263%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) DHCP
1 1 (5.263%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (21.05%) RDBMS
2 4 (21.05%) Star Schema
2 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (21.05%) DTS
2 4 (21.05%) OLAP
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Retail
2 1 (5.263%) Front Office
2 1 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Data Migration Specialist
1 4 (21.05%) Developer
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Programme Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (10.53%) Support Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) .NET Developer
3 2 (10.53%) C# Developer
3 2 (10.53%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Sage Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (5.263%) QA Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) CRM Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Salesforce.com Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Replication
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.263%) Social Media
2 1 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
2 4 (21.05%) ERD
2 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
2 4 (21.05%) Kimball Methodology
2 4 (21.05%) Data Transformation
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) CRM
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Multithreading
4 2 (10.53%) Logistics
5 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) TDD
5 1 (5.263%) Change Management
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.263%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) T-SQL
2 4 (21.05%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.263%) Objective-C
4 1 (5.263%) PHP
4 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) MCDST
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (15.79%) MCSE
2 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
4 1 (5.263%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (5.263%) Siebel
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Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
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Rate: £220 - £270 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Document new business requirements for web development... production of clear business requirements, work flow diagrams and use cases... experience working in an ecommerce environment... Magento Enterprise. Sage 200.
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Rate: From £150 to £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013