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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs within the Chester region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank59-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.541 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£17,000-
Average salary£20,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£24,000-
UK excluding London average salary£32,985£31,419
% change on same period last year+4.98 %
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads185178
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.102 %0.075 %
Salaries quoted159163
Average minimum salary£27,763£28,266
Average salary£29,868£30,990
% change on same period last year-3.62 %
Average maximum salary£31,972£33,714
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Sage CheshireSage
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

110 (100.00 %)SQL
26 (60.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)ERP
26 (60.00 %)Windows XP
26 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (60.00 %)Microsoft
26 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (60.00 %)Intranet
32 (20.00 %)C#
32 (20.00 %)Finance
32 (20.00 %)Cognos
32 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
32 (20.00 %)VB.NET
32 (20.00 %).NET
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server
32 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
41 (10.00 %)Web Design
41 (10.00 %)Pensions

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %).NET
12 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (60.00 %)Intranet
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
21 (10.00 %)Pensions
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (40.00 %)Administrator
14 (40.00 %)IT Administrator
22 (20.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %).NET Developer
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)SQL Developer
31 (10.00 %)IT Support Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (10.00 %)IT Graduate
31 (10.00 %)Graduate
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Windows
16 (60.00 %)Windows XP
16 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)ERP
21 (10.00 %)Web Design
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)SQL
22 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
22 (20.00 %)VB.NET
22 (20.00 %)C#
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (20.00 %)Cognos