The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 75 99 99
Rank change year-on-year
+24 0
Contract jobs citing Sage 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.176% 0.061% 0.107%
As % of the Vendors category 0.351% 0.124% 0.216%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £380 £300 £345
% change year-on-year
+26.66% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £22.50 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-37.77% -9.54%
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
569 805 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 49.96% 48.91% 49.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 437 435
Average daily rate £340 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £160 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 42 48
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.75 £30.90 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
South East

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Sage
South East

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
3 7 (77.78%) SQL
3 7 (77.78%) .NET
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
4 6 (66.67%) Web Services
4 6 (66.67%) XML
4 6 (66.67%) XSD
4 6 (66.67%) XSL
4 6 (66.67%) C#
4 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (66.67%) CRM
4 6 (66.67%) Migration
4 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (66.67%) SalesLogix
4 6 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (66.67%) Silverlight
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (22.22%) AS400
6 2 (22.22%) Baan
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle
6 2 (22.22%) WSUS
6 2 (22.22%) Line 50
6 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (22.22%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (11.11%) VMware
7 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (77.78%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 6 (66.67%) XML
2 6 (66.67%) XSD
2 6 (66.67%) XSL
2 6 (66.67%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) SalesLogix
1 6 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Line 50
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) VoIP
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) CRM Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Wintel Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Support Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) CRM Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Wintel Support
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) CRM
1 6 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Baan
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
3 1 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Alterian
3 1 (11.11%) PlateSpin
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Novell
3 1 (11.11%) Veritas