Sage
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sage over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sage Group PLC.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 779 908
Rank change year-on-year +190 +129 -186
Permanent jobs citing Sage 321 191 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.88% 0.44% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 259 141 252
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,750 £35,575
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £54,375 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

All Vendors
UK

Sage is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sage in the UK

Sage
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sage.

Salary trend for Sage in the UK

Sage
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Sage in the UK

Sage
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +209 277 £38,500 -14.44% 111
UK excluding London +128 253 £37,500 -16.67% 99
Work from Home +111 106 £45,000 -21.05% 32
South East +75 70 £40,000 +26.98% 32
North of England +72 64 £37,500 -16.67% 30
London +139 61 £49,000 -21.60% 17
Midlands +23 50 £35,000 -34.88% 19
West Midlands +32 36 £35,000 -41.67% 11
Yorkshire +97 28 £37,500 -16.67% 7
East of England +36 27 £28,000 -30.00% 9
North West +21 25 £38,000 -27.62% 14
Scotland -52 21 £24,750 -61.92% 3
Wales +30 19 £37,500 -46.43% 2
East Midlands -5 14 £35,500 -21.11% 8
North East +6 11 £35,000 -65.85% 9
South West -9 2 £60,000 +45.45% 4

Sage
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 24 (7.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.62%) Apache
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) Drupal
3 2 (0.62%) IIS
3 2 (0.62%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) JOnAS
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 49 (15.26%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.62%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.31%) InDesign
7 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 63 (19.63%) Sage 200
2 39 (12.15%) Sage X3
3 26 (8.10%) Sage 50
4 23 (7.17%) NetSuite
5 19 (5.92%) Unit4 Business World
6 9 (2.80%) SAP Business One
7 8 (2.49%) Dynamics NAV
8 7 (2.18%) Dynamics AX
8 7 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
9 6 (1.87%) Sage CRM
10 4 (1.25%) Dynamics GP
10 4 (1.25%) Exchequer
10 4 (1.25%) Pegasus Opera
10 4 (1.25%) Sage 300 ERP
10 4 (1.25%) Sage 500
11 3 (0.93%) BPCS
11 3 (0.93%) Infor SunSystems
11 3 (0.93%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.93%) Raiser’s Edge
12 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.46%) Microsoft 365
2 34 (10.59%) Intacct
3 17 (5.30%) Azure
4 14 (4.36%) AWS
5 13 (4.05%) Google Workspace
6 12 (3.74%) SaaS
7 11 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (3.43%) Entra ID
7 11 (3.43%) Serverless
8 9 (2.80%) Stripe
9 8 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.18%) FinancialForce
10 7 (2.18%) WhatsApp
11 5 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (1.56%) OneDrive
11 5 (1.56%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.93%) Canva
12 3 (0.93%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.93%) GCP
12 3 (0.93%) iTunes
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.35%) Firewall
2 16 (4.98%) DNS
3 14 (4.36%) Internet
3 14 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (4.05%) Intranet
5 12 (3.74%) DHCP
6 11 (3.43%) Wireless
7 10 (3.12%) Network Security
8 9 (2.80%) VPN
9 8 (2.49%) VLAN
10 6 (1.87%) SNMP
11 5 (1.56%) Ethernet
11 5 (1.56%) SMTP
11 5 (1.56%) SSL
11 5 (1.56%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.56%) VoIP
11 5 (1.56%) WAN
12 4 (1.25%) LAN
12 4 (1.25%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.62%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.03%) SQL Server
2 19 (5.92%) DB2
3 11 (3.43%) Crystal Reports
4 9 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.87%) MS Access
7 5 (1.56%) MySQL
7 5 (1.56%) Power BI
8 4 (1.25%) Tableau
9 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.62%) Redis
9 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.31%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (1.25%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 130 (40.50%) Social Skills
2 127 (39.56%) Finance
3 45 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (14.02%) Manufacturing
4 23 (7.17%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (6.23%) Telecoms
7 19 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.61%) Legal
9 16 (4.98%) Retail
10 14 (4.36%) Marketing
11 6 (1.87%) Local Government
12 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Military
12 3 (0.93%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.62%) Advertising
13 2 (0.62%) Electronics
13 2 (0.62%) Games
14 1 (0.31%) Billing
14 1 (0.31%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (20.25%) Consultant
2 60 (18.69%) Analyst
3 30 (9.35%) IT Manager
3 30 (9.35%) Sage Consultant
3 30 (9.35%) Sage Support
4 24 (7.48%) IT Support
5 20 (6.23%) Implementation Consultant
6 19 (5.92%) Project Manager
6 19 (5.92%) Senior
7 18 (5.61%) Support Analyst
8 16 (4.98%) Support Technician
9 15 (4.67%) Audit Manager
9 15 (4.67%) Development Manager
9 15 (4.67%) Financial Analyst
9 15 (4.67%) IT Audit Manager
10 14 (4.36%) Support Consultant
11 13 (4.05%) HR Analyst
12 12 (3.74%) Developer
12 12 (3.74%) ERP Consultant
12 12 (3.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.43%) Node.js
2 8 (2.49%) HTML
3 6 (1.87%) .NET
3 6 (1.87%) Middleware
4 5 (1.56%) CSS
5 3 (0.93%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.93%) HTML5
5 3 (0.93%) Pyjs
5 3 (0.93%) XML
6 2 (0.62%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.62%) CSS3
6 2 (0.62%) Pandas
6 2 (0.62%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (0.62%) React
6 2 (0.62%) Web Services
7 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.31%) EDI
7 1 (0.31%) jQuery
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.31%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.97%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.54%) Driving Licence
3 19 (5.92%) Onboarding
4 17 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.67%) Client/Server
6 13 (4.05%) Social Media
7 10 (3.12%) CCTV
8 9 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.80%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.87%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.56%) Replication
11 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.25%) EPoS
11 4 (1.25%) FMCG
12 3 (0.93%) Clustering
12 3 (0.93%) iPad
12 3 (0.93%) Media Streaming
12 3 (0.93%) PMI
12 3 (0.93%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 56 (17.45%) Windows
2 30 (9.35%) Windows Server
3 25 (7.79%) Linux
4 19 (5.92%) Unix
5 12 (3.74%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.93%) Android
9 3 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.93%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (39.56%) ERP
2 81 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (19.31%) Project Management
4 40 (12.46%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (12.15%) Agile
5 39 (12.15%) CRM
6 32 (9.97%) Customer Service
7 29 (9.03%) Analytics
8 25 (7.79%) Data Privacy
9 23 (7.17%) Migration
10 19 (5.92%) Creative Thinking
10 19 (5.92%) Data Analytics
10 19 (5.92%) IT Audit
10 19 (5.92%) Software Engineering
10 19 (5.92%) Technical Analysis
11 16 (4.98%) Business Analysis
12 15 (4.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (4.67%) Time Management
13 14 (4.36%) Decision-Making
14 13 (4.05%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 81 (25.23%) SQL
2 18 (5.61%) JavaScript
3 8 (2.49%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.18%) VBA
5 6 (1.87%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.93%) C#
7 2 (0.62%) Bash
7 2 (0.62%) Python
7 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (27.10%) Degree
2 19 (5.92%) CISA
3 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (2.49%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.18%) MCSE
6 6 (1.87%) HND
6 6 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.56%) AAT
8 4 (1.25%) ACCA
8 4 (1.25%) HNC
8 4 (1.25%) MCSA
9 3 (0.93%) CCNA
9 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.93%) MCP
9 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.93%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.93%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.93%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.92%) ITGC
1 19 (5.92%) PMO
2 15 (4.67%) GDPR
3 5 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.62%) QA
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) NIST
5 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.31%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (12.15%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.98%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (1.87%) SCCM
2 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.93%) Autotask
3 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.31%) Graylog
4 1 (0.31%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 132 (41.12%) Microsoft
2 74 (23.05%) SAP
3 45 (14.02%) Oracle
4 22 (6.85%) Xero
5 17 (5.30%) Epicor
6 14 (4.36%) VMware
7 12 (3.74%) Cisco
8 11 (3.43%) IFS
8 11 (3.43%) Infor
8 11 (3.43%) Sophos
9 10 (3.12%) Google
9 10 (3.12%) Veeam
10 9 (2.80%) Datto
10 9 (2.80%) GoCardless
10 9 (2.80%) PayPal
11 7 (2.18%) Workday
12 6 (1.87%) Avaya
12 6 (1.87%) Draytek
12 6 (1.87%) JD Edwards
13 5 (1.56%) Apple