Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank434434
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads195699
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.286 %0.350 %
As % of the Vendors category0.682 %0.806 %
Salaries quoted181622
Average salary£30,000£30,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,500£22,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000
IT Job Market, VendorsAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2859886720
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK42.00 %43.48 %
Salaries quoted2318170672
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500

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

Sage
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Sage within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Sage Demand Trend

Sage
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sage within the UK.

Sage Salary Trend

Sage
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sage over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Sage Salary Histogram

Sage
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+23192£30,000-
South EastUp+9643£31,000+3.33 %
West MidlandsUp+3738£26,500+6.00 %
North WestUp+12232£35,000+25.00 %
LondonUp+11127£38,500-1.28 %
East of EnglandUp+6227£23,000-23.33 %
SurreyUp+9018£29,500+3.50 %
East MidlandsUp+4816£60,000+41.17 %
ManchesterUp+8814£35,000+25.00 %
BirminghamUp+5014£26,500-10.16 %
CambridgeshireUp+6711£22,000-24.13 %
WorcestershireUp+4011£28,000-8.19 %
GuildfordUp+3411£30,000-40.00 %
LeicestershireUp+2611£60,000+41.17 %
CheshireUp+6110£40,000+42.85 %
WarringtonUp+358£40,000+29.03 %
City of LondonUp+1257£35,000-5.40 %
HampshireUp+637£35,000+25.00 %
KidderminsterNew entry-7£28,000-
BerkshireUp+856£42,500+6.25 %
SuffolkUp+216£17,500-56.25 %
CumbriaUp+146£32,500-
DudleyNew entry-6£26,000-
Stoke-on-TrentNew entry-6£26,000-
West BromwichNew entry-6£26,000-
StaffordshireNew entry-6£26,000-
YorkshireUp+965£28,000-6.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+605£29,000-17.14 %
South WestUp+315£25,000-16.66 %
NorwichNew entry-5£28,500-

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1132 (34.11 %)Finance
2119 (30.75 %)Microsoft
3115 (29.72 %)SQL
499 (25.58 %)CRM
584 (21.71 %)Windows
676 (19.64 %)SAP
775 (19.38 %)SQL Server
775 (19.38 %).NET
873 (18.86 %)ERP
964 (16.54 %)Great Plains
1061 (15.76 %)MS Excel
1061 (15.76 %)Oracle
1151 (13.18 %)Navision
1248 (12.40 %)Dynamics AX
1344 (11.37 %)Axapta
1443 (11.11 %)C#
1542 (10.85 %)Windows Server 2003
1640 (10.34 %)Sage MMS
1739 (10.08 %)CODA
1838 (9.819 %)Crystal Reports
1838 (9.819 %)SalesLogix
1937 (9.561 %)MS Office
2034 (8.786 %)Line 500
2133 (8.527 %)Project Management
2232 (8.269 %)Microsoft Certification
2330 (7.752 %)VB.NET
2427 (6.977 %)Windows XP
2526 (6.718 %)SharePoint
2625 (6.460 %)MS Exchange
2625 (6.460 %)Exchequer

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
175 (19.38 %).NET
216 (4.134 %)ASP.NET
313 (3.359 %)ASP
411 (2.842 %).NET Framework
59 (2.326 %)XML
59 (2.326 %)WinForms
68 (2.067 %)HTML
76 (1.550 %)CSS
76 (1.550 %)AJAX
84 (1.034 %)XSLT
91 (0.258 %)jQuery
91 (0.258 %)Silverlight
91 (0.258 %)Ruby on Rails
91 (0.258 %)Flash
91 (0.258 %)XHTML
91 (0.258 %)XSL
91 (0.258 %)SOAP
91 (0.258 %)ADO.NET
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (6.718 %)SharePoint
225 (6.460 %)MS Exchange
318 (4.651 %)SharePoint Server 2007
416 (4.134 %)IIS
416 (4.134 %)Exchange Server 2003
513 (3.359 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.550 %)Exchange Server 2007
75 (1.292 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
84 (1.034 %)CMS
84 (1.034 %)Lotus Notes
92 (0.517 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
161 (15.76 %)MS Excel
237 (9.561 %)MS Office
34 (1.034 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.517 %)MS Visio
42 (0.517 %)Acrobat
42 (0.517 %)InfoPath
51 (0.258 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.258 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
164 (16.54 %)Great Plains
251 (13.18 %)Navision
348 (12.40 %)Dynamics AX
444 (11.37 %)Axapta
540 (10.34 %)Sage MMS
638 (9.819 %)SalesLogix
734 (8.786 %)Line 500
825 (6.460 %)Exchequer
825 (6.460 %)Dynamics NAV
825 (6.460 %)Dynamics CRM
923 (5.943 %)Microsoft CRM
1020 (5.168 %)Sage 1000
1119 (4.910 %)SAP Business One
1218 (4.651 %)Line 50
1314 (3.618 %)Dynamics GP
1413 (3.359 %)Line 100
1512 (3.101 %)Findur
1512 (3.101 %)SunGard AvantGard
1512 (3.101 %)SAP CFM
1610 (2.584 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (5.426 %)WAN
217 (4.393 %)LAN
217 (4.393 %)VPN
311 (2.842 %)Internet
311 (2.842 %)TCP/IP
49 (2.326 %)Firewall
57 (1.809 %)Wireless
66 (1.550 %)VoIP
73 (0.775 %)SAN
82 (0.517 %)Intranet
82 (0.517 %)Cisco ASA
82 (0.517 %)Cisco PIX
91 (0.258 %)Network Security
91 (0.258 %)VLAN
91 (0.258 %)DNS
91 (0.258 %)DHCP
91 (0.258 %)FTP
91 (0.258 %)TETRA
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (19.38 %)SQL Server
238 (9.819 %)Crystal Reports
322 (5.685 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (5.168 %)BusinessObjects
517 (4.393 %)MS Access
610 (2.584 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (2.326 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (0.775 %)SQL Server 2008
83 (0.775 %)MySQL
92 (0.517 %)Datawarehouse
92 (0.517 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (0.517 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
101 (0.258 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
101 (0.258 %)PostgreSQL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (1.550 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.034 %)LoadRunner
32 (0.517 %)Dreamweaver
41 (0.258 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1132 (34.11 %)Finance
218 (4.651 %)Pensions
313 (3.359 %)Insurance
411 (2.842 %)Health
59 (2.326 %)Marketing
59 (2.326 %)Back Office
59 (2.326 %)Telecoms
67 (1.809 %)Billing
67 (1.809 %)Manufacturing
76 (1.550 %)Government
84 (1.034 %)Legal
84 (1.034 %)Education
84 (1.034 %)Retail
93 (0.775 %)Telemarketing
93 (0.775 %)Banking
93 (0.775 %)Publishing
102 (0.517 %)Construction
111 (0.258 %)Auditing
111 (0.258 %)Aerospace
111 (0.258 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
195 (24.55 %)Consultant
274 (19.12 %)Analyst
350 (12.92 %)Developer
435 (9.044 %)Applications Support
532 (8.269 %)Support Consultant
625 (6.460 %)Business Analyst
722 (5.685 %)Systems Analyst
722 (5.685 %)Support Analyst
820 (5.168 %)Business Systems Analyst
919 (4.910 %)Sage Consultant
919 (4.910 %)Project Manager
1018 (4.651 %)Support Engineer
1117 (4.393 %)Business Consultant
1216 (4.134 %)Helpdesk Support
1216 (4.134 %)Administrator
1313 (3.359 %)Programmer
1313 (3.359 %)Implementation Consultant
1410 (2.584 %)IT Support Engineer
1410 (2.584 %)SAP Consultant
1410 (2.584 %)Analyst Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (2.842 %)Blackberry
25 (1.292 %)EPoS
25 (1.292 %)Management Information System
34 (1.034 %)Client/Server
34 (1.034 %)Computer Science
43 (0.775 %)Data Protection Act
43 (0.775 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (0.517 %)NHS
52 (0.517 %)Statistics
52 (0.517 %)RIA
61 (0.258 %)Psychology
61 (0.258 %)PDA
61 (0.258 %)CCTV
61 (0.258 %)E-Learning
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
184 (21.71 %)Windows
242 (10.85 %)Windows Server 2003
327 (6.977 %)Windows XP
418 (4.651 %)Linux
517 (4.393 %)UNIX
611 (2.842 %)Windows 2000
710 (2.584 %)Windows Vista
86 (1.550 %)Windows Server 2008
86 (1.550 %)Windows 2000 Server
94 (1.034 %)AIX
102 (0.517 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.258 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.258 %)Ubuntu
111 (0.258 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
199 (25.58 %)CRM
273 (18.86 %)ERP
333 (8.527 %)Project Management
423 (5.943 %)Business Intelligence
518 (4.651 %)Migration
613 (3.359 %)OO
711 (2.842 %)Data Migration
88 (2.067 %)OOA/OOD
88 (2.067 %)Business Analysis
97 (1.809 %)ITIL
97 (1.809 %)E-Procurement
106 (1.550 %)Software Testing
115 (1.292 %)Time Management
115 (1.292 %)Content Management
115 (1.292 %)Network Planning
115 (1.292 %)PRINCE2
115 (1.292 %)E-business
115 (1.292 %)Service Delivery
124 (1.034 %)Disaster Recovery
124 (1.034 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1115 (29.72 %)SQL
243 (11.11 %)C#
330 (7.752 %)VB.NET
415 (3.876 %)VB
513 (3.359 %)X++
513 (3.359 %)C
513 (3.359 %)Java
612 (3.101 %)PL/SQL
710 (2.584 %)JavaScript
87 (1.809 %)VB6
87 (1.809 %)VBScript
96 (1.550 %)C++
105 (1.292 %)T-SQL
112 (0.517 %)VBA
112 (0.517 %)PHP
121 (0.258 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (8.269 %)Microsoft Certification
223 (5.943 %)ACCA
321 (5.426 %)CIMA
415 (3.876 %)MCSE
57 (1.809 %)MCP
66 (1.550 %)Degree
75 (1.292 %)Security Cleared
84 (1.034 %)CCAB
84 (1.034 %)CIPFA
84 (1.034 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.258 %)MCPD
91 (0.258 %)MCITP
91 (0.258 %)PMP
91 (0.258 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.258 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (5.168 %)SLA
22 (0.517 %)ISO9001
22 (0.517 %)IAS 39
31 (0.258 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
121 (5.426 %)Active Directory
28 (2.067 %)Terminal Services
33 (0.775 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.517 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.517 %)ISA Server
51 (0.258 %)Xen
51 (0.258 %)Postfix
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (2.067 %)Norton AntiVirus
24 (1.034 %)Tivoli
32 (0.517 %)ARCserve
41 (0.258 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1119 (30.75 %)Microsoft
276 (19.64 %)SAP
361 (15.76 %)Oracle
439 (10.08 %)CODA
521 (5.426 %)Pegasus
521 (5.426 %)Agresso
620 (5.168 %)Business Objects
718 (4.651 %)PeopleSoft
817 (4.393 %)Infor
915 (3.876 %)Sun
1012 (3.101 %)OpenLink
1012 (3.101 %)Reuters
1012 (3.101 %)Trema
1012 (3.101 %)SunGard
1012 (3.101 %)IT2
1012 (3.101 %)Wall Street Systems
1111 (2.842 %)Epicor
1210 (2.584 %)JD Edwards
1210 (2.584 %)Cisco
139 (2.326 %)Cognos