The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 104 109 95
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -14
Contract jobs citing Sage 6 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.323% 0.134% 0.164%
As % of the Vendors category 0.695% 0.292% 0.409%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £324 £300 £188
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.91% +60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £300 £348
% change year-on-year
+11.66% -13.66%
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
863 1027 734
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 46.45% 45.97% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 516 301
Average daily rate £320 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 76 74
Average hourly rate £13.71 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.90% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.30 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.75 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Sage
England

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
North Yorkshire - 4 £324 -
West Yorkshire +3 2 - -
Sage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (55.56%) ERP
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) CRM
2 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 3 (33.33%) Line 500
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (33.33%) MS Office
3 3 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) MCP
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (22.22%) Sage 1000

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 Development
1 1 (11.11%) ASP
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (33.33%) Line 500
3 2 (22.22%) Sage 1000
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Support Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Sage Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Report Writer
3 1 (11.11%) Report Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) CRM Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ERP
2 4 (44.44%) CRM
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) MCP
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware