Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the South West region.

 Sage
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank169177225
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+48
Matching permanent IT job ads141334
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West0.279 %0.210 %0.293 %
As % of the Vendors category0.776 %0.653 %0.813 %
Salaries quoted101331
Average salary£31,000£37,000£29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.21 %+25.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£32,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,750£40,000£44,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
180319924182
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West35.97 %32.20 %35.99 %
Salaries quoted157217013321
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£51,400£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Sage EnglandSage
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sage Group PLC.

Sage
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Sage
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireDown-14--
WiltshireDown-34£31,000-22.50 %
BristolUp+132£27,000-27.02 %
DorsetDown-52£30,500-6.15 %
DevonNew entry-1£32,500-
SomersetNew entry-1£30,000-
Sage EnglandSage
England

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

114 (63.64 %)SQL Server
212 (54.55 %)SQL
310 (45.45 %)CRM
47 (31.82 %)Microsoft
47 (31.82 %)Finance
55 (22.73 %)Business Intelligence
55 (22.73 %)VB.NET
55 (22.73 %).NET
55 (22.73 %)C#
64 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
64 (18.18 %)SharePoint
64 (18.18 %)ERP
64 (18.18 %)Microsoft CRM
64 (18.18 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2008
73 (13.64 %)Visualisation
73 (13.64 %)VB6
73 (13.64 %)Cisco
73 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (13.64 %)Health
73 (13.64 %)Windows
73 (13.64 %)IIS
73 (13.64 %)MS Office
73 (13.64 %)VB
82 (9.091 %)Oracle
82 (9.091 %)HTML
82 (9.091 %)JavaScript
82 (9.091 %)PHP

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (22.73 %).NET
24 (18.18 %)ASP.NET
32 (9.091 %)CSS
32 (9.091 %)XML
32 (9.091 %)XSL
32 (9.091 %)XSLT
32 (9.091 %)AJAX
32 (9.091 %).NET Framework
32 (9.091 %)ASP
32 (9.091 %)HTML
41 (4.545 %)ASP.NET 2.0
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (18.18 %)SharePoint
23 (13.64 %)IIS
31 (4.545 %)Apache
31 (4.545 %)BizTalk Server
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (13.64 %)MS Office
22 (9.091 %)MS Excel
South West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (18.18 %)Microsoft CRM
22 (9.091 %)Dynamics CRM
22 (9.091 %)Line 500
31 (4.545 %)Academy Housing
31 (4.545 %)arcHouse
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (9.091 %)Extranet
12 (9.091 %)LAN
12 (9.091 %)WAN
21 (4.545 %)DNS
21 (4.545 %)Firewall
21 (4.545 %)Cisco PIX
21 (4.545 %)Cisco ASA
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (63.64 %)SQL Server
24 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2008
24 (18.18 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
24 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (18.18 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (9.091 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
32 (9.091 %)Datawarehouse
32 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
41 (4.545 %)Oracle Reports
41 (4.545 %)Ingres
41 (4.545 %)RDBMS
41 (4.545 %)BusinessObjects
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (4.545 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (31.82 %)Finance
23 (13.64 %)Health
32 (9.091 %)Manufacturing
32 (9.091 %)Back Office
32 (9.091 %)Pensions
41 (4.545 %)Billing
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (36.36 %)Analyst
26 (27.27 %)Business Analyst
34 (18.18 %)DBA
34 (18.18 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
43 (13.64 %)Developer
52 (9.091 %)Business Systems Analyst
52 (9.091 %)Systems Analyst
52 (9.091 %)Consultant
52 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
52 (9.091 %)Applications Support
61 (4.545 %)Applications Consultant
61 (4.545 %)Support Consultant
61 (4.545 %).NET Developer
61 (4.545 %)C# Developer
61 (4.545 %)Applications Support Analyst
61 (4.545 %)IT Support Analyst
61 (4.545 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (4.545 %)SQL DBA
61 (4.545 %)IT Manager
61 (4.545 %)Software Developer
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (13.64 %)Visualisation
21 (4.545 %)Replication
21 (4.545 %)Data Conversion
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (13.64 %)Windows
21 (4.545 %)Linux
21 (4.545 %)Windows XP
21 (4.545 %)Windows Vista
21 (4.545 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (4.545 %)Windows 7
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (45.45 %)CRM
25 (22.73 %)Business Intelligence
34 (18.18 %)ERP
42 (9.091 %)Business Development
51 (4.545 %)Migration
51 (4.545 %)Web Design
51 (4.545 %)Content Management
51 (4.545 %)Data Analysis
51 (4.545 %)Business Analysis
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
112 (54.55 %)SQL
25 (22.73 %)C#
25 (22.73 %)VB.NET
33 (13.64 %)VB6
33 (13.64 %)VB
42 (9.091 %)JavaScript
42 (9.091 %)PHP
51 (4.545 %)C
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.545 %)Degree
South West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (4.545 %)Active Directory
11 (4.545 %)Terminal Services
South West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.545 %)Backup Exec
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (31.82 %)Microsoft
23 (13.64 %)Cisco
32 (9.091 %)Agresso
32 (9.091 %)Symantec
32 (9.091 %)Oracle
32 (9.091 %)HP
32 (9.091 %)Citrix
41 (4.545 %)Pegasus
41 (4.545 %)CODA
41 (4.545 %)Business Objects
41 (4.545 %)Cognos
41 (4.545 %)Sun
41 (4.545 %)Hummingbird
41 (4.545 %)Anite
41 (4.545 %)Northgate
41 (4.545 %)Orchard