The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 42 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Sage 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.248% 0.180% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.595% 0.394% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
168 254 340
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 41.58% 45.77% 52.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 100 153
Average daily rate £358 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.49% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £200 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 17
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -9.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.87
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.20 £20.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
UK

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
West Wales - 1 £400 -
Sage
UK

Sage
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (100.00%) ASP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (100.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Maximo
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) WatchGuard