The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 22 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 Merseyside 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank - 80 -
Permanent jobs citing Sage 0 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside - 0.588% -
As % of the Vendors category - 1.105% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £31,250 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
All Vendors
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
218 362 289
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 47.19% 53.24% 63.94%
Number of salaries quoted 179 324 240
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Sage 200
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) SalesLogix
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) WPF
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Epicor

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 (25.00%) WPF
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Sage 200
2 1 (25.00%) SalesLogix
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Support Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Sage Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Epicor
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