The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Sage Group PLC.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 168 199 183
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -16
Permanent jobs citing Sage 49 28 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.939% 0.456% 0.274%
As % of the Vendors category 1.617% 0.939% 0.532%
Number of salaries quoted 36 24 13
Average salary £45,500 £44,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.24% +7.22%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3030 2982 2631
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 58.09% 48.59% 51.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2364 2511 2149
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
South East

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Sage Jobs Demand Trend

Sage
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sage across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Sage Salary Histogram

Sage
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough +24 22 £45,500 +2.24%
Maidenhead +15 10 £69,000 +25.45%
Reading +7 10 £29,500 +2.60%
Windsor - 6 £45,000 -
Hungerford - 3 £45,000 -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Thatcham - 1 - -
Sage
South East

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sage.

1 56 (74.67%) Finance
2 50 (66.67%) Oracle
2 50 (66.67%) SAP
2 50 (66.67%) CRM
3 38 (50.67%) SQL
4 36 (48.00%) ERP
5 31 (41.33%) Degree
6 29 (38.67%) UNIX
6 29 (38.67%) PL/SQL
7 26 (34.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 21 (28.00%) SLA
9 19 (25.33%) SaaS
10 18 (24.00%) Dynamics NAV
11 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
12 16 (21.33%) NetSuite
13 15 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
13 15 (20.00%) Epicor
13 15 (20.00%) Baan
13 15 (20.00%) Lawson
13 15 (20.00%) XML
14 14 (18.67%) MS Excel
14 14 (18.67%) JD Edwards
15 13 (17.33%) Java
16 12 (16.00%) Oracle 9i
16 12 (16.00%) Oracle 10g
16 12 (16.00%) Dynamics GP
16 12 (16.00%) Oracle 11g
17 11 (14.67%) Business Development
17 11 (14.67%) PeopleSoft
17 11 (14.67%) Intentia

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (20.00%) XML
2 8 (10.67%) HTML
2 8 (10.67%) WebSphere
3 4 (5.333%) ASP
3 4 (5.333%) COM
4 3 (4.000%) Web Services
5 1 (1.333%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.667%) OnBase
2 2 (2.667%) MS Exchange
2 2 (2.667%) IIS
3 1 (1.333%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.333%) Lync
3 1 (1.333%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 14 (18.67%) MS Excel
2 7 (9.333%) Office 365
3 4 (5.333%) MS Project
4 1 (1.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 26 (34.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (24.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 15 (20.00%) Dynamics AX
3 15 (20.00%) Lawson
4 12 (16.00%) Dynamics GP
5 7 (9.333%) Sage 200
6 6 (8.000%) Agresso
7 5 (6.667%) SalesLogix
8 3 (4.000%) JDE OneWorld
8 3 (4.000%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (4.000%) Movex
8 3 (4.000%) Oracle CRM
8 3 (4.000%) Sage 1000
9 2 (2.667%) Sage 300 ERP
9 2 (2.667%) SAP CRM
10 1 (1.333%) Exchequer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.667%) Wireless
1 2 (2.667%) DNS
1 2 (2.667%) WAN
1 2 (2.667%) DHCP
1 2 (2.667%) VPN
2 1 (1.333%) SAN
2 1 (1.333%) LAN
2 1 (1.333%) Internet
2 1 (1.333%) MPLS
2 1 (1.333%) DSL
2 1 (1.333%) Firewall
2 1 (1.333%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.00%) Oracle 9i
1 12 (16.00%) Oracle 10g
1 12 (16.00%) Oracle 11g
2 8 (10.67%) SQLPlus
2 8 (10.67%) TOAD
3 5 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (4.000%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.333%) MySQL
5 1 (1.333%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 56 (74.67%) Finance
2 7 (9.333%) Marketing
3 6 (8.000%) Retail
4 5 (6.667%) Automotive
5 4 (5.333%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.333%) Back Office
5 4 (5.333%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.000%) Advertising
6 3 (4.000%) Legal
7 2 (2.667%) French Language
7 2 (2.667%) German Language
7 2 (2.667%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.667%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.667%) Front Office
7 2 (2.667%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.333%) Billing
8 1 (1.333%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 26 (34.67%) Team Leader
2 25 (33.33%) Analyst
3 24 (32.00%) Support Team Leader
4 19 (25.33%) Support Analyst
5 16 (21.33%) Consultant
6 15 (20.00%) Oracle Team Leader
7 14 (18.67%) Oracle Analyst
7 14 (18.67%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 11 (14.67%) UNIX Team Leader
9 10 (13.33%) UNIX Support
9 10 (13.33%) UNIX Support Analyst
10 8 (10.67%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 7 (9.333%) Account Manager
12 6 (8.000%) Senior Manager
12 6 (8.000%) Senior Account Manager
12 6 (8.000%) ERP Consultant
13 5 (6.667%) ERP Manager
13 5 (6.667%) Project Manager
13 5 (6.667%) Senior Support Analyst
13 5 (6.667%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.33%) SaaS
2 9 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.000%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 29 (38.67%) UNIX
2 2 (2.667%) Windows
3 1 (1.333%) Windows 2000
3 1 (1.333%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.333%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (66.67%) CRM
2 36 (48.00%) ERP
3 11 (14.67%) Business Development
4 9 (12.00%) ITIL
5 8 (10.67%) E-business
5 8 (10.67%) Document Management
6 6 (8.000%) Change Management
7 5 (6.667%) Project Management
8 4 (5.333%) Data Analysis
9 3 (4.000%) E-Commerce
9 3 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (2.667%) Network Management
11 1 (1.333%) PRINCE2
11 1 (1.333%) Configuration Management
11 1 (1.333%) Logistics
11 1 (1.333%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (1.333%) Service Delivery
11 1 (1.333%) Product Management
11 1 (1.333%) Time Management
11 1 (1.333%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 38 (50.67%) SQL
2 29 (38.67%) PL/SQL
3 13 (17.33%) Java
4 8 (10.67%) Shell Script
5 7 (9.333%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.333%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.333%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (41.33%) Degree
2 9 (12.00%) ACCA
2 9 (12.00%) CIMA
3 1 (1.333%) MCP
3 1 (1.333%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (28.00%) SLA
2 8 (10.67%) COBIT
3 1 (1.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.667%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.333%) Terminal Services
2 1 (1.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.333%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 50 (66.67%) Oracle
1 50 (66.67%) SAP
2 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.33%) NetSuite
4 15 (20.00%) Epicor
4 15 (20.00%) Baan
5 14 (18.67%) JD Edwards
6 11 (14.67%) PeopleSoft
6 11 (14.67%) Intentia
7 10 (13.33%) Salesforce.com
8 9 (12.00%) Siebel
9 6 (8.000%) Capita
10 3 (4.000%) Infor
11 2 (2.667%) Epiphany
12 1 (1.333%) Pegasus
12 1 (1.333%) CODA
12 1 (1.333%) Cisco
12 1 (1.333%) VMware
12 1 (1.333%) Amdocs
12 1 (1.333%) Aruba
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
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