The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 24 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 Staffordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 59 54 59
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Sage 8 13 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.363% 2.238% 0.681%
As % of the Vendors category 3.279% 5.242% 1.878%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 4
Average salary £31,000 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.06% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,950 £35,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £36,900 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
All Vendors
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
244 248 213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 41.57% 42.69% 36.29%
Number of salaries quoted 210 209 175
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
West Midlands

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Sage Salary Trend

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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Burton-upon-Trent -14 7 £31,000 -15.06%
Sage
West Midlands

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (70.00%) ETL
3 7 (70.00%) SQL
3 7 (70.00%) .NET
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (70.00%) Data Analysis
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (60.00%) .NET Framework
4 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (50.00%) MS Office
5 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
6 4 (40.00%) Windows
6 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
6 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
6 4 (40.00%) OLAP
6 4 (40.00%) XML
6 4 (40.00%) HTML
6 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (40.00%) Multidimensional Analysis
6 4 (40.00%) CRM
6 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (40.00%) Billing
6 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 4 (40.00%) MDX

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 7 (70.00%) .NET
1 7 (70.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Framework
3 4 (40.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) HTML
3 4 (40.00%) MDX
4 1 (10.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (40.00%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Office
1 5 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (40.00%) Line 500
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Intranet
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (40.00%) OLAP
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) QlikView
4 3 (30.00%) MS Access
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 4 (40.00%) Billing
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Business Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Developer
4 2 (20.00%) ETL Developer
4 2 (20.00%) IT Support
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate Support Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ETL
1 7 (70.00%) Data Analysis
2 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Multidimensional Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) CRM
4 3 (30.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) VB6
3 3 (30.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (30.00%) VB
3 3 (30.00%) VB.NET
3 3 (30.00%) VBA
4 1 (10.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) LogiXML
3 1 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (10.00%) Nortel
3 1 (10.00%) Avaya
3 1 (10.00%) Epicor
3 1 (10.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SAP