The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 57 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Sage 1 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 0.251% 1.096% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.433% 2.837% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £20,000 £26,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.80% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
All Vendors
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
231 141 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 58.04% 38.63% 48.29%
Number of salaries quoted 204 125 117
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
Leicestershire

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) CMS
3 3 (42.86%) Content Management
3 3 (42.86%) EPoS
3 3 (42.86%) Statistics
3 3 (42.86%) Statistical Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) PHP
5 1 (14.29%) .NET
5 1 (14.29%) MySQL
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 1 (14.29%) CSS
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (14.29%) HTML
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) Drupal
2 1 (14.29%) Magento
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MorphX
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Applications Support
1 4 (57.14%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (14.29%) CRM Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) EPoS
1 3 (42.86%) Statistics
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Content Management
1 3 (42.86%) Statistical Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Web Development
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) X++
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP