The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 315 362 358
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -4
Permanent jobs citing Sage 129 76 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.582% 0.320% 0.271%
As % of the Vendors category 1.129% 0.665% 0.536%
Number of salaries quoted 112 72 53
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,150 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £52,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
All Vendors
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
11424 11421 11383
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 51.50% 48.11% 50.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9378 9725 9605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
England

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +31 49 £45,500 +2.24%
Buckinghamshire +17 32 £40,000 +50.94%
Surrey +24 17 £45,000 +12.50%
Hampshire +1 9 £37,500 +7.14%
Oxfordshire -18 7 £67,500 +68.75%
Kent -21 6 £50,000 +72.41%
West Sussex -16 1 £27,000 +11.34%
Middlesex - 1 £25,000 -
East Sussex - 1 £40,000 -
Sage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 89 (44.06%) CRM
2 84 (41.58%) SQL
2 84 (41.58%) Finance
3 81 (40.10%) SAP
4 69 (34.16%) ERP
5 67 (33.17%) Oracle
6 60 (29.70%) Microsoft
7 48 (23.76%) Dynamics CRM
8 47 (23.27%) Degree
9 45 (22.28%) Windows
10 43 (21.29%) MS Excel
11 32 (15.84%) Dynamics NAV
12 29 (14.36%) UNIX
12 29 (14.36%) PL/SQL
12 29 (14.36%) MS Office
13 28 (13.86%) .NET
14 25 (12.38%) JD Edwards
15 24 (11.88%) ITIL
15 24 (11.88%) SalesLogix
15 24 (11.88%) Dynamics GP
16 23 (11.39%) JavaScript
16 23 (11.39%) Epicor
17 22 (10.89%) C#
17 22 (10.89%) SQL Server
17 22 (10.89%) XML
17 22 (10.89%) Dynamics AX
17 22 (10.89%) NetSuite
17 22 (10.89%) Sage 200
18 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (10.40%) Agresso

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 28 (13.86%) .NET
2 22 (10.89%) XML
3 14 (6.931%) ASP.NET
4 13 (6.436%) HTML
5 9 (4.455%) WCF
5 9 (4.455%) SAP XI
5 9 (4.455%) COM
6 8 (3.960%) WebSphere
7 6 (2.970%) CSS
8 5 (2.475%) Web Services
9 4 (1.980%) ASP
10 3 (1.485%) EDI
11 1 (0.495%) jQuery
11 1 (0.495%) WAMP
11 1 (0.495%) HTML5
11 1 (0.495%) CSS3
11 1 (0.495%) Ajax
11 1 (0.495%) LAMP
11 1 (0.495%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.495%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (6.436%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 13 (6.436%) IIS
2 12 (5.941%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.446%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (4.950%) Tomcat
4 10 (4.950%) Apache
5 9 (4.455%) MS Exchange
6 6 (2.970%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (2.970%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (2.475%) OnBase
8 1 (0.495%) Drupal
8 1 (0.495%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.495%) Magento
8 1 (0.495%) WordPress
8 1 (0.495%) Lync
Applications
1 43 (21.29%) MS Excel
2 29 (14.36%) MS Office
3 10 (4.950%) MS Project
4 7 (3.465%) Office 365
5 3 (1.485%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.495%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.495%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 48 (23.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (15.84%) Dynamics NAV
3 24 (11.88%) SalesLogix
3 24 (11.88%) Dynamics GP
4 22 (10.89%) Dynamics AX
4 22 (10.89%) Sage 200
5 21 (10.40%) Agresso
6 16 (7.921%) Lawson
7 7 (3.465%) GoldMine
8 6 (2.970%) Sage 300 ERP
9 5 (2.475%) SAP CRM
10 4 (1.980%) Exchequer
10 4 (1.980%) SAP Business One
11 3 (1.485%) Line 50
11 3 (1.485%) Sage 1000
11 3 (1.485%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (1.485%) Movex
11 3 (1.485%) Oracle CRM
11 3 (1.485%) JDE OneWorld
12 2 (0.990%) Pegasus Opera
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.911%) Firewall
2 13 (6.436%) Internet
3 12 (5.941%) VPN
4 11 (5.446%) DSL
5 10 (4.950%) Ethernet
5 10 (4.950%) WiMAX
5 10 (4.950%) IP Telephony
5 10 (4.950%) xDSL
6 8 (3.960%) DHCP
6 8 (3.960%) DNS
7 7 (3.465%) LAN
8 4 (1.980%) VoIP
9 3 (1.485%) ATM
9 3 (1.485%) WAN
10 2 (0.990%) Intranet
10 2 (0.990%) SAN
10 2 (0.990%) Wireless
10 2 (0.990%) Network Security
11 1 (0.495%) VLAN
11 1 (0.495%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.941%) Oracle 9i
2 12 (5.941%) Oracle 10g
2 12 (5.941%) Oracle 11g
3 11 (5.446%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (5.446%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (4.950%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (4.455%) Xcelsius
5 9 (4.455%) BusinessObjects XI
5 9 (4.455%) BusinessObjects
6 8 (3.960%) SQLPlus
6 8 (3.960%) TOAD
7 6 (2.970%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (2.475%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (2.475%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.980%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.980%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (1.980%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 2 (0.990%) MySQL
11 1 (0.495%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (4.950%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.495%) PowerBuilder
General
1 84 (41.58%) Finance
2 19 (9.406%) Marketing
3 18 (8.911%) Advertising
4 12 (5.941%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.960%) Retail
6 5 (2.475%) Automotive
7 4 (1.980%) Back Office
7 4 (1.980%) General Ledger
8 3 (1.485%) Legal
9 2 (0.990%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.990%) Front Office
9 2 (0.990%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.990%) French Language
9 2 (0.990%) German Language
9 2 (0.990%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.495%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.495%) Billing
Job Titles
1 54 (26.73%) Consultant
2 50 (24.75%) Analyst
3 30 (14.85%) Support Analyst
4 27 (13.37%) Team Leader
5 24 (11.88%) Support Team Leader
6 17 (8.416%) Support Consultant
6 17 (8.416%) Developer
7 16 (7.921%) Applications Support
8 15 (7.426%) Oracle Team Leader
9 14 (6.931%) Oracle Analyst
9 14 (6.931%) Oracle Support Analyst
10 13 (6.436%) Sage Consultant
10 13 (6.436%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (6.436%) Senior Support Analyst
11 12 (5.941%) Business Analyst
12 11 (5.446%) ERP Manager
12 11 (5.446%) IT Support
12 11 (5.446%) UNIX Team Leader
13 10 (4.950%) UNIX Support Analyst
13 10 (4.950%) CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.406%) SaaS
2 13 (6.436%) Blackberry
3 11 (5.446%) Computer Science
4 9 (4.455%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.455%) Smartphone
5 5 (2.475%) PDA
6 3 (1.485%) FMCG
6 3 (1.485%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.485%) APACS
6 3 (1.485%) EPoS
6 3 (1.485%) EMV
6 3 (1.485%) Chip and PIN
6 3 (1.485%) EFT
6 3 (1.485%) EFTPOS
6 3 (1.485%) Smartcard
7 2 (0.990%) Handset
7 2 (0.990%) AS400
8 1 (0.495%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.495%) Open Source
8 1 (0.495%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 45 (22.28%) Windows
2 29 (14.36%) UNIX
3 21 (10.40%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (9.901%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (7.426%) Windows XP
6 11 (5.446%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.475%) Windows Mobile
8 2 (0.990%) Linux
8 2 (0.990%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.990%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.495%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.495%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.495%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.495%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (44.06%) CRM
2 69 (34.16%) ERP
3 24 (11.88%) ITIL
4 21 (10.40%) Project Management
5 16 (7.921%) Change Management
6 15 (7.426%) E-business
7 14 (6.931%) Business Development
8 13 (6.436%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (4.950%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (4.455%) Unit Testing
10 9 (4.455%) E-Commerce
11 8 (3.960%) Document Management
11 8 (3.960%) Incident Management
12 7 (3.465%) PRINCE2
13 6 (2.970%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (2.970%) Time Management
14 5 (2.475%) Problem Management
14 5 (2.475%) Change Control
14 5 (2.475%) Balanced Scorecard
15 4 (1.980%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 84 (41.58%) SQL
2 29 (14.36%) PL/SQL
3 23 (11.39%) JavaScript
4 22 (10.89%) C#
5 15 (7.426%) VB.NET
6 14 (6.931%) Java
7 8 (3.960%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.465%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.485%) ABAP
10 2 (0.990%) C
11 1 (0.495%) VB
11 1 (0.495%) PHP
Qualifications
1 47 (23.27%) Degree
2 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (6.931%) ACCA
3 14 (6.931%) CIMA
4 10 (4.950%) MCSE
4 10 (4.950%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (4.950%) CCNA
4 10 (4.950%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (4.950%) MCITP
5 9 (4.455%) MCDBA
6 6 (2.970%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.475%) MCTS
7 5 (2.475%) MCP
8 3 (1.485%) HNC
9 2 (0.990%) ISEB
10 1 (0.495%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.40%) SLA
2 8 (3.960%) COBIT
3 4 (1.980%) GMP
4 3 (1.485%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.495%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (7.921%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.446%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.446%) VMware ESX
4 3 (1.485%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.495%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.970%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 81 (40.10%) SAP
2 67 (33.17%) Oracle
3 60 (29.70%) Microsoft
4 25 (12.38%) JD Edwards
5 23 (11.39%) Epicor
6 22 (10.89%) NetSuite
7 19 (9.406%) Baan
8 18 (8.911%) PeopleSoft
9 17 (8.416%) Salesforce.com
10 13 (6.436%) VMware
11 12 (5.941%) Siebel
12 11 (5.446%) Intentia
12 11 (5.446%) Avaya
12 11 (5.446%) Business Objects
13 10 (4.950%) Pegasus
13 10 (4.950%) Adobe
14 9 (4.455%) HP
15 7 (3.465%) Cisco
16 6 (2.970%) CODA
16 6 (2.970%) Symantec
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