The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 23 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 Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 112 104 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing Sage 7 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.381% 0.207% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.762% 0.489% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 0
Average salary £67,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
All Vendors
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
919 613 655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 50.03% 42.39% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 814 555 561
Average salary £42,500 £39,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.59% -2.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
South East

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxford -21 1 £42,500 +6.25%
Sage
South East

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 8 (50.00%) JD Edwards
2 7 (43.75%) ERP
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 6 (37.50%) MS Exchange
3 6 (37.50%) LAN
3 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 6 (37.50%) MS Office
3 6 (37.50%) Symantec
3 6 (37.50%) Blackberry
3 6 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (37.50%) DHCP
3 6 (37.50%) VPN
3 6 (37.50%) DNS
3 6 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (37.50%) HP
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 6 (37.50%) Backup Exec
3 6 (37.50%) Smartphone
3 6 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (37.50%) Mac OS
3 6 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
4 5 (31.25%) E-business
4 5 (31.25%) SAP
4 5 (31.25%) Oracle
5 4 (25.00%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (25.00%) Oracle Reports

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 6 (37.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 6 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Agresso
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (25.00%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (6.250%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) LAN
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) VPN
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) Intranet
3 1 (6.250%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) IT Support Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) IT Support
2 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) ERP Project Manager
2 4 (25.00%) ERP Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Blackberry
1 6 (37.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
1 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (37.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) ERP
2 5 (31.25%) E-business
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (18.75%) Systems Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Workflow
5 1 (6.250%) TDD
5 1 (6.250%) Logistics
5 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) CIMA
1 2 (12.50%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GMP
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) JD Edwards
2 6 (37.50%) Symantec
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) HP
3 5 (31.25%) SAP
3 5 (31.25%) Oracle
4 4 (25.00%) PeopleSoft
4 4 (25.00%) Epicor
4 4 (25.00%) Baan
4 4 (25.00%) NetSuite
5 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
6 1 (6.250%) Microsoft