The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Sage 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.448% - -
As % of the Vendors category 7.317% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £238 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £345
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -13.04%
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
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
41 114 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 47.13% 52.05% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 38 11
Average daily rate £220 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £215 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £366 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 12
Average hourly rate £15.16 £16.86 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.08% +20.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.78 £12.16 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.29 £30.50 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
West Midlands

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Sage Daily 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 Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 3 £238 -
Sage
West Midlands

Sage
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP