The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 60 50 47
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Sage 2 8 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.360% 1.363% 2.194%
As % of the Vendors category 0.917% 3.279% 5.381%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 11
Average salary £35,750 £70,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-48.92% +91.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,350 £22,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,150 £70,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +12.90%
All Vendors
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
218 244 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 39.21% 41.57% 40.77%
Number of salaries quoted 191 199 199
Average salary £40,000 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.03% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,100 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,900 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
North East

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -14 2 £35,750 -48.92%
Sage
North East

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Advertising
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Epicor
3 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) LINQ
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) QlikView
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (60.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Applications Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Development Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
1 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Conversion
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cognos
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Epicor
2 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (20.00%) Infor