The first table below looks at the demand for Line 500 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 500 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 of the Business Applications category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage Line 500
Rank 116 125 114
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Line 500 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.111% 0.102% 0.183%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.754% 2.410% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £29,000 £32,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.76% +14.03%
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +12.90%
All Business Applications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
114 83 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 6.323% 4.237% 4.401%
Number of salaries quoted 74 70 56
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Line 500
North West

Line 500
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Line 500 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Cheshire Line 500 Jobs Demand Trend

Line 500
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Line 500 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Line 500 Salary Trend

Line 500
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line 500 within the Cheshire 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
Warrington +21 2 £29,000 -10.76%
Line 500
North West

Line 500
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Line 500 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 Line 500.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Sage
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Sage 1000
1 2 (100.00%) Sage BI

Line 500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Line 500 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 Line 500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Sage 1000
1 2 (100.00%) Sage BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sage