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 West 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 South West 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 179 189 153
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -36
Permanent jobs citing Sage 31 22 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.587% 0.390% 1.032%
As % of the Vendors category 1.391% 0.850% 2.490%
Number of salaries quoted 25 20 41
Average salary £35,000 £22,500 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £19,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £39,700 £45,300 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
All Vendors
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2228 2588 2450
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 42.17% 45.90% 41.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1900 2231 2081
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Dorset - 14 £35,250 -
Somerset -3 6 £35,000 +55.55%
Bristol -6 3 £28,000 +12.00%
Gloucestershire +5 2 £20,500 +5.12%
Wiltshire +12 1 £35,000 +12.90%
Devon -2 1 £30,000 -33.33%
Sage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 23 (40.35%) Windows
2 20 (35.09%) ERP
3 17 (29.82%) Finance
4 15 (26.32%) MS Excel
4 15 (26.32%) SQL
4 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 14 (24.56%) Dynamics NAV
6 12 (21.05%) Project Management
6 12 (21.05%) MS Office
6 12 (21.05%) Windows XP
7 11 (19.30%) Linux
7 11 (19.30%) Oracle
7 11 (19.30%) SAP
7 11 (19.30%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (19.30%) Firewall
8 10 (17.54%) MS Access
9 9 (15.79%) TCP/IP
10 8 (14.04%) Agresso
10 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (14.04%) Windows Vista
11 7 (12.28%) MCITP
11 7 (12.28%) VMware
11 7 (12.28%) Active Directory
11 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (12.28%) VPN
11 7 (12.28%) DNS
11 7 (12.28%) LAN
11 7 (12.28%) Oracle Financials
11 7 (12.28%) DHCP
11 7 (12.28%) MCSA

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 (3.509%) XML
1 2 (3.509%) .NET
2 1 (1.754%) HTML
2 1 (1.754%) XSLT
2 1 (1.754%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (10.53%) MS Exchange
1 6 (10.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.754%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 12 (21.05%) MS Office
3 2 (3.509%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.754%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.754%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.754%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Dynamics NAV
2 8 (14.04%) Agresso
3 7 (12.28%) Oracle Financials
4 5 (8.772%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (8.772%) Sage 200
5 4 (7.018%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (5.263%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (5.263%) Sage 1000
7 2 (3.509%) Sage 50
7 2 (3.509%) Pegasus Opera
7 2 (3.509%) Exchequer
7 2 (3.509%) Oracle CRM
7 2 (3.509%) SAP CRM
7 2 (3.509%) GoldMine
7 2 (3.509%) Line 50
8 1 (1.754%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 11 (19.30%) Firewall
2 9 (15.79%) TCP/IP
3 7 (12.28%) VPN
3 7 (12.28%) DNS
3 7 (12.28%) LAN
3 7 (12.28%) DHCP
4 6 (10.53%) WAN
4 6 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (8.772%) Wireless
6 3 (5.263%) Intranet
7 2 (3.509%) Internet
8 1 (1.754%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) MS Access
2 3 (5.263%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.754%) MySQL
General
1 17 (29.82%) Finance
2 2 (3.509%) Electronics
2 2 (3.509%) Aerospace
2 2 (3.509%) Manufacturing
2 2 (3.509%) Banking
3 1 (1.754%) Advertising
3 1 (1.754%) Publishing
3 1 (1.754%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Consultant
2 15 (26.32%) Software Consultant
3 12 (21.05%) Support Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) Support Technician
4 7 (12.28%) Developer
5 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 6 (10.53%) IT Support
5 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
5 6 (10.53%) FoxPro Developer
6 5 (8.772%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Help Desk Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Analyst
7 4 (7.018%) C++ Developer
7 4 (7.018%) Implementation Consultant
7 4 (7.018%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.018%) Administrator
8 3 (5.263%) Project Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) Sales Consultant
8 3 (5.263%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.754%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.754%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 23 (40.35%) Windows
2 12 (21.05%) Windows XP
3 11 (19.30%) Linux
4 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (14.04%) Windows Vista
5 7 (12.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (10.53%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (3.509%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.754%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.754%) CentOS
8 1 (1.754%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) ERP
2 12 (21.05%) Project Management
3 11 (19.30%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (8.772%) CRM
5 2 (3.509%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (3.509%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (3.509%) Service Delivery
5 2 (3.509%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (3.509%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (3.509%) Software Testing
6 1 (1.754%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.754%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (1.754%) E-business
6 1 (1.754%) B2B
6 1 (1.754%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) SQL
2 7 (12.28%) C
3 6 (10.53%) C++
3 6 (10.53%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (1.754%) C#
4 1 (1.754%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.754%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) MCITP
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (12.28%) MCSA
2 6 (10.53%) MCP
2 6 (10.53%) MCSE
3 2 (3.509%) CIMA
3 2 (3.509%) ACCA
4 1 (1.754%) MCDST
4 1 (1.754%) MCTS
4 1 (1.754%) Degree
4 1 (1.754%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.754%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (12.28%) Active Directory
1 7 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (12.28%) Hyper-V
2 6 (10.53%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.30%) Oracle
2 11 (19.30%) SAP
3 7 (12.28%) VMware
4 5 (8.772%) Pegasus
5 4 (7.018%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (5.263%) JD Edwards
6 3 (5.263%) Siebel
7 2 (3.509%) Twitter
7 2 (3.509%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (3.509%) Adobe
8 1 (1.754%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.754%) Cisco
8 1 (1.754%) Cognos
8 1 (1.754%) Kaseya
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