The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 South 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 115 138 112
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -26
Contract jobs citing Sage 2 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.097% 0.061% 0.254%
As % of the Vendors category 0.224% 0.143% 0.583%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £350 £375 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
894 1402 1200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.50% 42.64% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 811 549
Average daily rate £370 £400 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +8.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £261 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 99 116
Average hourly rate £13.73 £25.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.10% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.45 £50.00 £31.30
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Sage Hourly Rate Trend

Sage
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ASP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Maximo
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MDX
1 1 (50.00%) WatchGuard
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 1 (50.00%) ASP
1 1 (50.00%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Maximo
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) WatchGuard