The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 181 151 136
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -15
Permanent jobs citing Sage 13 24 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.320% 0.662% 0.938%
As % of the Vendors category 0.705% 1.463% 1.882%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 37
Average salary £23,500 £35,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.85% +40.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,750 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1845 1640 1966
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.47% 45.23% 49.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1544 1404 1769
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
North West

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oldham - 1 £21,500 -
Stockport - 1 £42,500 -
Sage
North West

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 14 (60.87%) ERP
2 11 (47.83%) SAP
2 11 (47.83%) Agresso
3 9 (39.13%) Finance
3 9 (39.13%) SQL
3 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (39.13%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (34.78%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (34.78%) SAP Business One
4 8 (34.78%) Dynamics NAV
4 8 (34.78%) Epicor
4 8 (34.78%) CODA
5 7 (30.43%) Pegasus
5 7 (30.43%) Oracle
6 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
6 6 (26.09%) E-Procurement
6 6 (26.09%) Practice Management
7 5 (21.74%) Sage 200
7 5 (21.74%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (17.39%) Windows
9 3 (13.04%) Lawson
9 3 (13.04%) Project Management
9 3 (13.04%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
9 3 (13.04%) CRM
9 3 (13.04%) COM
9 3 (13.04%) LAN
9 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
9 3 (13.04%) Infor
9 3 (13.04%) Advertising

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (13.04%) COM
2 2 (8.696%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Agresso
2 9 (39.13%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (34.78%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (34.78%) SAP Business One
3 8 (34.78%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (21.74%) Sage 200
5 3 (13.04%) Lawson
5 3 (13.04%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (8.696%) SalesLogix
7 1 (4.348%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (4.348%) Exchequer
7 1 (4.348%) Pegasus Opera
7 1 (4.348%) Movex
7 1 (4.348%) Line 500
7 1 (4.348%) Sage 1000
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) LAN
2 2 (8.696%) VoIP
2 2 (8.696%) WAN
2 2 (8.696%) HTTP
2 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.696%) DNS
2 2 (8.696%) Network Security
3 1 (4.348%) Internet
3 1 (4.348%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.348%) Big Data
General
1 9 (39.13%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Advertising
3 2 (8.696%) Retail
4 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Help Desk Support
2 4 (17.39%) Consultant
3 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Support
4 2 (8.696%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Software Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) ERP Manager
4 2 (8.696%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Sage Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com Developer
5 1 (4.348%) IT Support
5 1 (4.348%) IT Technician
5 1 (4.348%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) ERP Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) CRM Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) UNIX
3 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) ERP
2 6 (26.09%) E-Procurement
2 6 (26.09%) Practice Management
3 3 (13.04%) CRM
3 3 (13.04%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) Migration
4 2 (8.696%) Project Planning
4 2 (8.696%) Document Management
4 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.348%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (4.348%) BDD
5 1 (4.348%) Analytics
5 1 (4.348%) User Stories
5 1 (4.348%) Scrum
5 1 (4.348%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.348%) Data Security
5 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.696%) VBScript
3 1 (4.348%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.348%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.696%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) SAP
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
3 8 (34.78%) Epicor
3 8 (34.78%) CODA
4 7 (30.43%) Pegasus
4 7 (30.43%) Oracle
5 3 (13.04%) Infor
6 2 (8.696%) Baan
7 1 (4.348%) JD Edwards
7 1 (4.348%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (4.348%) VMware
7 1 (4.348%) NetSuite
7 1 (4.348%) Siebel
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