The first table below looks at the demand for Line 500 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Line 500 over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Business Applications category.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage Line 500
Rank 842 879 835
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -44
Permanent jobs citing Line 500 17 33 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.016% 0.027% 0.024%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.206% 0.346% 0.291%
Number of salaries quoted 16 30 27
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £35,400
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +12.90%
All Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
8266 9541 9951
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 7.699% 7.879% 8.175%
Number of salaries quoted 6455 7911 8146
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

Line 500
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Line 500 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Line 500 Jobs Demand Trend

Line 500
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Line 500 within the UK.

Line 500 Salary Trend

Line 500
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Line 500 over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Line 500 Salary Histogram

Line 500
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Line 500 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +18 16 £31,000 -4.61%
Yorkshire +4 6 £20,000 -45.20%
Leeds - 6 £20,000 -
West Yorkshire - 6 £20,000 -
Staffordshire -5 4 £31,000 -11.42%
Burton-upon-Trent -8 4 £31,000 -11.42%
West Midlands -19 4 £31,000 -11.42%
North West -1 3 £29,000 -10.76%
Warrington +19 2 £29,000 -10.76%
South East +5 2 £55,000 +89.65%
Cheshire +1 2 £29,000 -10.76%
Kent -15 2 £55,000 +89.65%
Dartford - 2 £55,000 -
Manchester -17 1 £35,000 +62.79%
East Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Wales - 1 £33,000 -
South Wales - 1 £33,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £45,000 -
Nottingham - 1 £45,000 -
Cardiff - 1 £33,000 -

Line 500
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Line 500 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 Line 500.

1 31 (100.00%) Sage
2 19 (61.29%) CRM
3 18 (58.06%) .NET
3 18 (58.06%) ERP
4 13 (41.94%) Manufacturing
5 12 (38.71%) SQL
6 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
6 11 (35.48%) B2B
6 11 (35.48%) B2C
7 10 (32.26%) Finance
7 10 (32.26%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
9 8 (25.81%) MS Excel
9 8 (25.81%) MS Office
10 6 (19.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (19.35%) Logistics
10 6 (19.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (19.35%) Sage 1000
11 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
12 4 (12.90%) Dynamics CRM
12 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
12 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 4 (12.90%) Billing
12 4 (12.90%) Sage BI
12 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (12.90%) Time Management
12 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio Team System
12 4 (12.90%) MDX
12 4 (12.90%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (12.90%) LogiXML

Line 500
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Line 500 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 Line 500. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (58.06%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
2 4 (12.90%) XML
2 4 (12.90%) HTML
2 4 (12.90%) MDX
3 3 (9.677%) EDI
3 3 (9.677%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.226%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint
1 4 (12.90%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (6.452%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) MS Office
1 8 (25.81%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Sage 1000
2 4 (12.90%) Sage BI
2 4 (12.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (9.677%) Sage 200
4 2 (6.452%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (6.452%) SAP Business One
4 2 (6.452%) Pegasus Opera
4 2 (6.452%) Agresso
4 2 (6.452%) Dynamics NAV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) SQL Server
2 6 (19.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (19.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (12.90%) OLAP
4 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (12.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 3 (9.677%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (9.677%) QlikView
6 1 (3.226%) Data Mining
6 1 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
1 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 13 (41.94%) Manufacturing
2 10 (32.26%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Billing
4 2 (6.452%) Advertising
4 2 (6.452%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Head of IT
2 10 (32.26%) Development Project Manager
2 10 (32.26%) IT Development Manager
2 10 (32.26%) Head of Development
2 10 (32.26%) Project Manager
2 10 (32.26%) Development Manager
2 10 (32.26%) IT Project Manager
3 9 (29.03%) Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Developer
5 3 (9.677%) Network Support
5 3 (9.677%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (9.677%) PC Support
5 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Software Manager
5 3 (9.677%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Developer
6 2 (6.452%) ERP Manager
6 2 (6.452%) Business Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Replication
2 2 (6.452%) EPoS
3 1 (3.226%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
1 4 (12.90%) Windows XP
1 4 (12.90%) Windows 7
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Vista
2 3 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) CRM
2 18 (58.06%) ERP
3 11 (35.48%) B2B
3 11 (35.48%) B2C
4 10 (32.26%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (19.35%) Logistics
6 4 (12.90%) Time Management
6 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Multidimensional Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) ETL
7 3 (9.677%) ITIL
8 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce
8 2 (6.452%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) SQL
2 4 (12.90%) T-SQL
2 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.452%) C#
3 2 (6.452%) VB
3 2 (6.452%) VB.NET
System Software
1 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
1 3 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) Sage
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.90%) LogiXML
4 3 (9.677%) Cognos
4 3 (9.677%) Veeam
4 3 (9.677%) VMware
4 3 (9.677%) Magma
5 2 (6.452%) NetSuite
5 2 (6.452%) Infor
5 2 (6.452%) Epicor
5 2 (6.452%) Pegasus
5 2 (6.452%) CODA
5 2 (6.452%) Business Objects
5 2 (6.452%) SAP
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