The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank - 93 79
Contract jobs citing Sage 0 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.230% 0.333%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.506% 0.858%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £188
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+21.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.50 £21.25 £24.88
% change year-on-year
-36.47% -14.57%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
641 791 466
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 46.72% 45.46% 38.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 400 176
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 42 48
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.72 £10.51 £9.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £31.75 £31.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Sage
Yorkshire

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Huddersfield - - - -
Leeds - - - - 3
Sage
Yorkshire

Sage
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) MCP
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (60.00%) Line 500
2 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) SQL

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Line 500
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (60.00%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) Support Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Sage Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) VMware