Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Cheshire region.

 Sage
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank96-101
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire0.206 %-1.326 %
As % of the Vendors category0.446 %-3.545 %
Salaries quoted1043
Average salary£45,000-£26,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
6726031213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire46.09 %42.23 %37.39 %
Salaries quoted6075561081
Average salary£40,000£33,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40 %+1.510 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Sage North WestSage
North West

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sage Group PLC.

Sage
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sage across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire Sage Demand Trend

Sage
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Sage Salary Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KnutsfordNew entry-1£45,000-
WarringtonNew entry-1--
Sage North WestSage
North West

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

17 (63.64 %)Microsoft
17 (63.64 %)Finance
26 (54.55 %)MS Excel
35 (45.45 %)Pegasus
35 (45.45 %)Line 50
35 (45.45 %)Dynamics AX
44 (36.36 %)CRM
53 (27.27 %)SQL
62 (18.18 %)SageCRM MME
62 (18.18 %)Degree
62 (18.18 %)SalesLogix
62 (18.18 %)SharePoint
62 (18.18 %)ERP
71 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
71 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
71 (9.091 %)Oracle
71 (9.091 %)SQL Server
71 (9.091 %)PeopleSoft
71 (9.091 %)SAP
71 (9.091 %)ISA Server
71 (9.091 %)Project Management
71 (9.091 %)Sun
71 (9.091 %)Active Directory
71 (9.091 %)Microsoft CRM
71 (9.091 %)Great Plains
71 (9.091 %)Dynamics CRM
71 (9.091 %)Supplier Management
71 (9.091 %)Line 100
71 (9.091 %)Line 500
71 (9.091 %)C#

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)SharePoint
21 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (54.55 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (45.45 %)Dynamics AX
15 (45.45 %)Line 50
22 (18.18 %)SageCRM MME
22 (18.18 %)SalesLogix
31 (9.091 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (9.091 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (9.091 %)Great Plains
31 (9.091 %)Line 100
31 (9.091 %)Line 500
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)Firewall
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server
11 (9.091 %)QlikView
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (63.64 %)Finance
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (81.82 %)Consultant
25 (45.45 %)Microsoft Consultant
34 (36.36 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
43 (27.27 %)Sage Consultant
43 (27.27 %)Support Consultant
43 (27.27 %)CRM Consultant
51 (9.091 %)Technical Consultant
51 (9.091 %)Administrator
51 (9.091 %)Infrastructure Manager
51 (9.091 %)Support Manager
51 (9.091 %)IT Support Manager
51 (9.091 %)Dynamics CRM Consultant
51 (9.091 %)IT Support
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)CRM
22 (18.18 %)ERP
31 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
31 (9.091 %)Project Management
31 (9.091 %)Migration
31 (9.091 %)Supplier Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)SQL
21 (9.091 %)C#
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (18.18 %)Degree
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (9.091 %)Active Directory
11 (9.091 %)ISA Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (63.64 %)Microsoft
25 (45.45 %)Pegasus
31 (9.091 %)Sun
31 (9.091 %)Oracle
31 (9.091 %)PeopleSoft
31 (9.091 %)SAP