Sage 50
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Sage 50 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sage 50 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 721 830
Rank change year-on-year +144 +109 -150
Contract jobs citing Sage 50 9 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.28% 0.026% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £200 £525
Median % change year-on-year +112.50% -61.90% -
75th Percentile £438 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £200 -
% change year-on-year +112.50% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Sage 50 is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,271 3,831 5,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.50% 6.38% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,918 2,195 3,100
10th Percentile £374 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £512
% change year-on-year - +2.49% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 55 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.90 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +35.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £59.92 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.75 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -10.71% +108.29% -5.90%

Sage 50
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sage 50 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sage 50 in the UK

Sage 50
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sage 50.

Daily rate trend for Sage 50 in the UK

Sage 50
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sage 50.

Hourly rate trend for Sage 50 in the UK

Sage 50
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sage 50 within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +134 9 £425 +112.50% 1
England +128 9 £425 +112.50% 7
London - 6 - -
UK excluding London +71 2 £425 +112.50% 7
South East +12 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £425 - 1
Midlands - 1 £425 - 1

Sage 50
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Sage 200
2 1 (11.11%) MFGPRO
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
1 8 (88.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Consultant
1 8 (88.89%) Project Manager
1 8 (88.89%) Sage Consultant
2 6 (66.67%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Construction Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) ERP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) HPUX
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Unix
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) BCP
2 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
2 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Analysis
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Sage
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Progress
2 1 (11.11%) QAD
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat