The first part of the table below 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

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

Sage
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank519492457
Rank change year-on-year
Down-27Down-35
Matching permanent IT job ads397427325
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.329 %0.348 %0.340 %
As % of the Vendors category0.691 %0.742 %0.767 %
Number of salaries quoted370370302
Average salary£35,000£32,500£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69 %+3.17 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£31,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+12.90 %+3.33 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
574595751742374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.65 %46.91 %44.38 %
Number of salaries quoted484194776133886
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Sage
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-32374£35,000+7.69 %
LondonDown-5284£37,500-16.66 %
South EastDown-2176£35,000-
North WestDown-554£32,500+18.18 %
East of EnglandDown-1236£33,750-3.57 %
East MidlandsUp+2234£32,500-7.14 %
West MidlandsDown-1831£35,000+19.65 %
BerkshireDown-1328£44,500+7.22 %
ManchesterDown-1622£32,000+28.00 %
South WestDown-4522£22,500-21.73 %
CheshireUp+421£30,000+5.26 %
North EastNo change017£29,000-15.94 %
City of LondonDown-616£42,500-5.55 %
HertfordshireUp+2114£40,000+39.13 %
ScotlandUp+1213£40,000-8.57 %
StaffordshireUp+513£36,500+4.28 %
BirminghamDown-1313£33,500+21.81 %
CambridgeshireDown-1513£30,000-15.49 %
Burton-upon-TrentUp+412£36,500+4.28 %
WarringtonDown-1712£30,250+6.14 %
Tyne and WearUp+19£70,000+102.89 %
Newcastle upon TyneDown-39£70,000+102.89 %
GloucestershireDown-109£19,500-26.41 %
YorkshireDown-149£24,500+22.50 %
HampshireDown-199£35,000+32.07 %
MaidenheadNew entry-9£55,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-9£32,500-
WalesDown-57£22,500-2.17 %
StevenageNew entry-7£40,000-
KentUp+256£29,000+45.00 %

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1348 (43.88 %)Microsoft
2269 (33.92 %)CRM
3263 (33.17 %)Finance
4242 (30.52 %)ERP
5211 (26.61 %)SQL Server
6194 (24.46 %)SQL
7167 (21.06 %)Windows
8164 (20.68 %)Sage 200
9158 (19.92 %)MS Excel
10155 (19.55 %)SAP
11134 (16.90 %)Project Management
12133 (16.77 %)Dynamics CRM
13129 (16.27 %).NET
14123 (15.51 %)Oracle
15115 (14.50 %)Advertising
16109 (13.75 %)Dynamics NAV
17101 (12.74 %)Dynamics AX
1889 (11.22 %)MS Office
1889 (11.22 %)Business Intelligence
1988 (11.10 %)MS Exchange
2087 (10.97 %)Active Directory
2181 (10.21 %)Line 500
2274 (9.332 %)Dynamics GP
2372 (9.079 %)SharePoint
2470 (8.827 %)C#
2568 (8.575 %)Windows Server 2003
2568 (8.575 %)Manufacturing
2568 (8.575 %)Line 50
2667 (8.449 %)Epicor
2764 (8.071 %)CODA

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1129 (16.27 %).NET
255 (6.936 %)HTML
345 (5.675 %)ASP.NET
431 (3.909 %)CSS
528 (3.531 %)XML
619 (2.396 %)Web Services
717 (2.144 %)LINQ
717 (2.144 %)Silverlight
816 (2.018 %)WCF
910 (1.261 %)WinForms
910 (1.261 %)CodeIgniter
109 (1.135 %)WPF
109 (1.135 %)ASP
109 (1.135 %)Flash
118 (1.009 %)COM
118 (1.009 %)HTML5
127 (0.883 %)jQuery
136 (0.757 %)Ajax
145 (0.631 %)WF
145 (0.631 %).NET Framework
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
188 (11.10 %)MS Exchange
272 (9.079 %)SharePoint
340 (5.044 %)Exchange Server 2003
432 (4.035 %)Exchange Server 2010
523 (2.900 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
619 (2.396 %)IIS
619 (2.396 %)Exchange Server 2007
716 (2.018 %)BizTalk Server
814 (1.765 %)SharePoint Server
912 (1.513 %)SharePoint 2010
108 (1.009 %)SugarCRM
117 (0.883 %)CMS
126 (0.757 %)FormScape
135 (0.631 %)Lotus Domino
135 (0.631 %)Exchange Server 2000
144 (0.504 %)Lotus Notes
144 (0.504 %)SAS
153 (0.378 %)Oracle Workflow
153 (0.378 %)WordPress
162 (0.252 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1158 (19.92 %)MS Excel
289 (11.22 %)MS Office
311 (1.387 %)MS PowerPoint
47 (0.883 %)Spreadsheet
54 (0.504 %)MS Visio
54 (0.504 %)Photoshop
54 (0.504 %)MS Project
62 (0.252 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.252 %)Fireworks
71 (0.126 %)Maya
71 (0.126 %)SPSS
71 (0.126 %)PowerPivot
71 (0.126 %)Google Apps
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1164 (20.68 %)Sage 200
2133 (16.77 %)Dynamics CRM
3109 (13.75 %)Dynamics NAV
4101 (12.74 %)Dynamics AX
581 (10.21 %)Line 500
674 (9.332 %)Dynamics GP
768 (8.575 %)Line 50
863 (7.945 %)Sage MMS
958 (7.314 %)SalesLogix
1055 (6.936 %)Line 100
1136 (4.540 %)Agresso
1234 (4.288 %)SAP Business One
1332 (4.035 %)Sage 1000
1419 (2.396 %)Sage ERP Accpac
1516 (2.018 %)Exchequer
1615 (1.892 %)GoldMine
1714 (1.765 %)Sage BI
1813 (1.639 %)Pegasus Opera
1912 (1.513 %)Sage 50
2011 (1.387 %)Oracle Financials
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
148 (6.053 %)VPN
238 (4.792 %)Firewall
333 (4.161 %)VoIP
429 (3.657 %)LAN
527 (3.405 %)WAN
621 (2.648 %)TCP/IP
719 (2.396 %)DNS
817 (2.144 %)Internet
916 (2.018 %)VLAN
1014 (1.765 %)NetScreen
1014 (1.765 %)SAN
1113 (1.639 %)Wireless
1211 (1.387 %)ADSL
1211 (1.387 %)SMTP
1310 (1.261 %)IPsec
1310 (1.261 %)PPTP
1310 (1.261 %)IMAP
149 (1.135 %)DHCP
157 (0.883 %)Network Security
157 (0.883 %)IP Telephony
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1211 (26.61 %)SQL Server
258 (7.314 %)SQL Server 2008
350 (6.305 %)SQL Server 2005
447 (5.927 %)Crystal Reports
526 (3.279 %)QlikView
625 (3.153 %)SQL Server 2000
724 (3.026 %)SQL Server Integration Services
822 (2.774 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
914 (1.765 %)Oracle Reports
1012 (1.513 %)MS Access
1012 (1.513 %)DTS
119 (1.135 %)Data Warehouse
119 (1.135 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
119 (1.135 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
127 (0.883 %)FileMaker
127 (0.883 %)RDBMS
127 (0.883 %)BusinessObjects
136 (0.757 %)Oracle 8/8i
145 (0.631 %)MySQL
154 (0.504 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
117 (2.144 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.009 %)Team Foundation Server
34 (0.504 %)Subversion
42 (0.252 %)JIRA
51 (0.126 %)Selenium
51 (0.126 %)JSUnit
51 (0.126 %)Eclipse
51 (0.126 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.126 %)ProC
51 (0.126 %)QUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1263 (33.17 %)Finance
2115 (14.50 %)Advertising
368 (8.575 %)Manufacturing
442 (5.296 %)Marketing
539 (4.918 %)Retail
610 (1.261 %)Telecoms
79 (1.135 %)Banking
88 (1.009 %)Games
88 (1.009 %)Pharmaceutical
97 (0.883 %)Back Office
97 (0.883 %)Electronics
105 (0.631 %)Legal
105 (0.631 %)Billing
113 (0.378 %)Turkish Language
122 (0.252 %)German Language
131 (0.126 %)Spanish Language
131 (0.126 %)General Ledger
131 (0.126 %)Local Government
131 (0.126 %)Dutch Language
131 (0.126 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1185 (23.33 %)Consultant
2163 (20.55 %)Analyst
3100 (12.61 %)Developer
489 (11.22 %)Sage Consultant
588 (11.10 %)Support Analyst
653 (6.683 %)Support Consultant
740 (5.044 %)Implementation Consultant
838 (4.792 %)Project Manager
936 (4.540 %)Systems Analyst
1033 (4.161 %)Business Analyst
1033 (4.161 %)Applications Support
1033 (4.161 %)Support Engineer
1132 (4.035 %)IT Support
1227 (3.405 %)ERP Consultant
1326 (3.279 %)Technical Support
1425 (3.153 %)Systems Support
1523 (2.900 %)Sales Executive
1622 (2.774 %)IT Manager
1622 (2.774 %).NET Developer
1721 (2.648 %)DBA
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (4.035 %)Mathematics
230 (3.783 %)Blackberry
325 (3.153 %)Management Information System
418 (2.270 %)Statistics
515 (1.892 %)SaaS
515 (1.892 %)Social Media
613 (1.639 %)Replication
79 (1.135 %)Clustering
79 (1.135 %)Computer Science
79 (1.135 %)Client/Server
79 (1.135 %)Open Source
88 (1.009 %)RIA
88 (1.009 %)EPoS
88 (1.009 %)Animation
97 (0.883 %)PMI
105 (0.631 %)Cloud Computing
114 (0.504 %)Mainframe
123 (0.378 %)Smartphone
123 (0.378 %)Data Protection Act
123 (0.378 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1167 (21.06 %)Windows
268 (8.575 %)Windows Server 2003
361 (7.692 %)Windows Server 2008
459 (7.440 %)Windows XP
534 (4.288 %)Windows 7
625 (3.153 %)Linux
717 (2.144 %)Windows Vista
717 (2.144 %)Windows 2000 Server
810 (1.261 %)UNIX
810 (1.261 %)Ubuntu
96 (0.757 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.378 %)Apple iOS
112 (0.252 %)Mac OS
121 (0.126 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1269 (33.92 %)CRM
2242 (30.52 %)ERP
3134 (16.90 %)Project Management
489 (11.22 %)Business Intelligence
549 (6.179 %)ITIL
634 (4.288 %)Business Analysis
732 (4.035 %)Migration
828 (3.531 %)OO
926 (3.279 %)PRINCE2
1022 (2.774 %)Resource Management
1022 (2.774 %)Agile Software Development
1119 (2.396 %)Workflow
1119 (2.396 %)Disaster Recovery
1217 (2.144 %)Change Management
1316 (2.018 %)Systems Analysis
1415 (1.892 %)Business Development
1415 (1.892 %)MVC
1514 (1.765 %)Service Delivery
1613 (1.639 %)Time Management
1712 (1.513 %)Load Balancing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1194 (24.46 %)SQL
270 (8.827 %)C#
349 (6.179 %)Java
440 (5.044 %)JavaScript
539 (4.918 %)VB
629 (3.657 %)C
727 (3.405 %)T-SQL
826 (3.279 %)VB.NET
922 (2.774 %)PHP
1018 (2.270 %)VBA
1112 (1.513 %)VB6
128 (1.009 %)VBScript
135 (0.631 %)PL/SQL
135 (0.631 %)C++
143 (0.378 %)Ruby
152 (0.252 %)Python
152 (0.252 %)Shell Script
152 (0.252 %)Objective-C
161 (0.126 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
161 (7.692 %)Degree
246 (5.801 %)Microsoft Certification
335 (4.414 %)ACCA
430 (3.783 %)CIMA
528 (3.531 %)MCSE
614 (1.765 %)PMI Certification
710 (1.261 %)MCP
89 (1.135 %)HND
97 (0.883 %)Postgraduate
97 (0.883 %)PMP
106 (0.757 %)MCITP
106 (0.757 %)MCDST
106 (0.757 %)Cisco Certification
115 (0.631 %)CCNA
124 (0.504 %)ISEB
124 (0.504 %)ITIL Certification
133 (0.378 %)PRINCE2 Certification
133 (0.378 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
142 (0.252 %)MBCS
142 (0.252 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (3.531 %)SLA
25 (0.631 %)QA
33 (0.378 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.252 %)COBIT
42 (0.252 %)ISO 9001
51 (0.126 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
187 (10.97 %)Active Directory
235 (4.414 %)VMware Infrastructure
317 (2.144 %)Hyper-V
414 (1.765 %)Terminal Services
510 (1.261 %)VMware ESX
510 (1.261 %)VMware ESXi
68 (1.009 %)XenApp
76 (0.757 %)WebMarshal
85 (0.631 %)VMware Workstation
85 (0.631 %)ISA Server
94 (0.504 %)Samba
94 (0.504 %)Citrix Presentation Server
94 (0.504 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
94 (0.504 %)vSphere
103 (0.378 %)XenServer
103 (0.378 %)MailMarshal
112 (0.252 %)Xen
112 (0.252 %)VMware Server
121 (0.126 %)XenDesktop
121 (0.126 %)NDS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
121 (2.648 %)Backup Exec
218 (2.270 %)ARCserve
35 (0.631 %)SCCM
44 (0.504 %)HP SIM
53 (0.378 %)Norton AntiVirus
61 (0.126 %)Cisco IPCC
61 (0.126 %)Tivoli
61 (0.126 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.126 %)HP Data Protector
61 (0.126 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1348 (43.88 %)Microsoft
2155 (19.55 %)SAP
3123 (15.51 %)Oracle
467 (8.449 %)Epicor
564 (8.071 %)CODA
564 (8.071 %)VMware
659 (7.440 %)JD Edwards
754 (6.810 %)Pegasus
851 (6.431 %)Infor
943 (5.422 %)Citrix
1042 (5.296 %)Baan
1139 (4.918 %)Cisco
1237 (4.666 %)HP
1237 (4.666 %)NetSuite
1335 (4.414 %)PeopleSoft
1433 (4.161 %)Salesforce.com
1532 (4.035 %)Lawson
1628 (3.531 %)Siebel
1724 (3.026 %)Symantec
1822 (2.774 %)Sun