Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 9 September 2010 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.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank542449494
Rank change year-on-year
Down-93Up+45
Matching permanent IT job ads281210521
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.260 %0.309 %0.293 %
As % of the Vendors category0.566 %0.700 %0.683 %
Salaries quoted248185464
Average salary£32,500£32,500£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.830 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£19,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£53,250£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£30,000
% change year-on-year
-+8.330 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
496572999176335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.86 %44.10 %42.95 %
Salaries quoted396172416162380
Average salary£45,000£40,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-1.230 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-

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 9 September 2010 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 9 September 2010. 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-93276£32,500-
South EastDown-5462£40,250+34.16 %
North WestDown-2851£31,500-10.00 %
LondonDown-11650£40,000+14.28 %
East of EnglandDown-3138£32,500+18.18 %
ManchesterDown-2336£31,500+12.50 %
SurreyDown-4529£47,500+58.33 %
South WestUp+1124£30,000-15.49 %
West MidlandsDown-2222£32,500+25.00 %
East MidlandsDown-5418£32,500-7.14 %
City of LondonDown-7612£34,250-8.66 %
EssexNew entry-11£32,500-
CambridgeshireDown-2010£34,000+78.94 %
HertfordshireDown-4010£34,500+66.26 %
YorkshireDown-4310£38,000+11.76 %
DorsetNew entry-10£32,250-
SheffieldDown-88£38,000-6.13 %
South YorkshireDown-98£38,000-6.13 %
BerkshireDown-258£47,500+18.75 %
BedfordshireDown-97£34,000+23.63 %
OxfordshireDown-97£35,000-
West SussexNew entry-7£27,500-
LancashireUp+36£31,500+6.77 %
LoughboroughUp+16£32,500-
NorthamptonshireDown-226£28,750+4.54 %
LeicestershireDown-256£32,500-45.83 %
PeterboroughNew entry-6£34,500-
NorthamptonDown-245£32,500+18.18 %
SomersetNew entry-5£39,500-
OxfordNew entry-4£25,750-

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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.

1279 (44.22 %)CRM
2242 (38.35 %)SQL
3229 (36.29 %)ERP
4217 (34.39 %)Finance
5203 (32.17 %)SQL Server
6202 (32.01 %)Microsoft
7133 (21.08 %)MS Excel
7133 (21.08 %).NET
8122 (19.33 %)Windows
9120 (19.02 %)Dynamics CRM
10100 (15.85 %)SAP
1198 (15.53 %)Oracle
1289 (14.10 %)SalesLogix
1380 (12.68 %)C#
1477 (12.20 %)Pegasus
1573 (11.57 %)Project Management
1672 (11.41 %)Business Intelligence
1770 (11.09 %)Navision
1770 (11.09 %)SharePoint
1770 (11.09 %)Crystal Reports
1868 (10.78 %)VB.NET
1965 (10.30 %)Dynamics NAV
2061 (9.667 %)Line 500
2061 (9.667 %)Degree
2160 (9.509 %)Pensions
2160 (9.509 %)Health
2258 (9.192 %)Manufacturing
2355 (8.716 %)HTML
2355 (8.716 %)Microsoft CRM
2355 (8.716 %)SQL Server 2005

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, 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
1133 (21.08 %).NET
255 (8.716 %)HTML
335 (5.547 %)XML
432 (5.071 %)ASP.NET
528 (4.437 %)ASP
623 (3.645 %)WinForms
720 (3.170 %)CSS
816 (2.536 %)Web Services
912 (1.902 %).NET Framework
1010 (1.585 %)ADSI
116 (0.951 %)Windows SharePoint Services
116 (0.951 %)SOAP
125 (0.792 %)XHTML
125 (0.792 %)Silverlight
125 (0.792 %)Application Packaging
125 (0.792 %)AJAX
134 (0.634 %)Adobe Flex
134 (0.634 %)Spring
134 (0.634 %)Flash
143 (0.475 %)COM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
170 (11.09 %)SharePoint
230 (4.754 %)MS Exchange
319 (3.011 %)SharePoint Server 2007
415 (2.377 %)SAS
514 (2.219 %)Apache
613 (2.060 %)Exchange Server 2003
712 (1.902 %)Exchange Server 2007
810 (1.585 %)BizTalk Server
99 (1.426 %)IIS
108 (1.268 %)WordPress
116 (0.951 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
125 (0.792 %)CMS
133 (0.475 %)Lotus Notes
133 (0.475 %)Oracle Workflow
141 (0.158 %)Office Communications Server
141 (0.158 %)WebSphere MQ
141 (0.158 %)LiveLink
141 (0.158 %)Umbraco
141 (0.158 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1133 (21.08 %)MS Excel
253 (8.399 %)MS Office
316 (2.536 %)MS Visio
47 (1.109 %)MS Project
53 (0.475 %)Photoshop
53 (0.475 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.317 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.158 %)Revit
71 (0.158 %)AutoCAD
71 (0.158 %)InfoPath
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1120 (19.02 %)Dynamics CRM
289 (14.10 %)SalesLogix
370 (11.09 %)Navision
465 (10.30 %)Dynamics NAV
561 (9.667 %)Line 500
655 (8.716 %)Microsoft CRM
754 (8.558 %)Dynamics AX
840 (6.339 %)Sage MMS
938 (6.022 %)Movex
1035 (5.547 %)Line 50
1131 (4.913 %)Exchequer
1229 (4.596 %)Pegasus Opera
1324 (3.803 %)Axapta
1423 (3.645 %)Sage 1000
1423 (3.645 %)GoldMine
1520 (3.170 %)Great Plains
1619 (3.011 %)Dynamics GP
1718 (2.853 %)SageBI
1815 (2.377 %)SAP Business One
1914 (2.219 %)Line 100
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
126 (4.120 %)Firewall
220 (3.170 %)WAN
220 (3.170 %)DNS
319 (3.011 %)LAN
418 (2.853 %)VPN
513 (2.060 %)SAN
611 (1.743 %)Broadband
79 (1.426 %)Internet
88 (1.268 %)VoIP
88 (1.268 %)Asterisk PBX
97 (1.109 %)IP Telephony
106 (0.951 %)Wireless
106 (0.951 %)DHCP
115 (0.792 %)TCP/IP
115 (0.792 %)Network Security
124 (0.634 %)CTI
133 (0.475 %)ADSL
141 (0.158 %)Cisco ASA
141 (0.158 %)SSL
141 (0.158 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1203 (32.17 %)SQL Server
270 (11.09 %)Crystal Reports
355 (8.716 %)SQL Server 2005
446 (7.290 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
534 (5.388 %)SQL Server Integration Services
625 (3.962 %)SQL Server 2008
723 (3.645 %)BusinessObjects
817 (2.694 %)MS Access
817 (2.694 %)QlikView
913 (2.060 %)MySQL
1012 (1.902 %)Oracle Reports
1111 (1.743 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1210 (1.585 %)OLAP
137 (1.109 %)SQL Server 2000
137 (1.109 %)PostgreSQL
146 (0.951 %)Informix
155 (0.792 %)DB2
164 (0.634 %)Oracle 9i
164 (0.634 %)Data Cleansing
173 (0.475 %)Data Warehouse (DWH)
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (2.377 %)Visual Studio
28 (1.268 %)Subversion
34 (0.634 %)Flash Builder
43 (0.475 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.158 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.158 %)TestDirector
51 (0.158 %)MorphX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1217 (34.39 %)Finance
260 (9.509 %)Pensions
260 (9.509 %)Health
358 (9.192 %)Manufacturing
451 (8.082 %)Retail
544 (6.973 %)Advertising
544 (6.973 %)Marketing
625 (3.962 %)Telecoms
713 (2.060 %)Banking
810 (1.585 %)Education
98 (1.268 %)Insurance
106 (0.951 %)General Ledger
106 (0.951 %)Legal
106 (0.951 %)Construction
115 (0.792 %)Billing
124 (0.634 %)Back Office
133 (0.475 %)Government
142 (0.317 %)Electric
151 (0.158 %)Investment Banking
151 (0.158 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1189 (29.95 %)Consultant
2113 (17.91 %)Developer
364 (10.14 %)Sage Consultant
460 (9.509 %)Analyst
550 (7.924 %)Project Manager
641 (6.498 %)CRM Consultant
739 (6.181 %)Support Consultant
832 (5.071 %)Applications Support
832 (5.071 %)Implementation Consultant
927 (4.279 %)Support Analyst
1025 (3.962 %)IT Manager
1025 (3.962 %)Administrator
1124 (3.803 %)IT Support
1124 (3.803 %).NET Developer
1221 (3.328 %)ERP Consultant
1221 (3.328 %)Software Consultant
1317 (2.694 %)Systems Administrator
1317 (2.694 %)Senior Consultant
1317 (2.694 %)VB.NET Developer
1416 (2.536 %)Sales Executive
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (3.962 %)Computer Science
221 (3.328 %)French Language
315 (2.377 %)Management Information System
410 (1.585 %)EPoS
59 (1.426 %)iPhone
68 (1.268 %)Replication
68 (1.268 %)SaaS
77 (1.109 %)Blackberry
86 (0.951 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
86 (0.951 %)FMCG
94 (0.634 %)Smartphone
103 (0.475 %)Client/Server
103 (0.475 %)Clustering
103 (0.475 %)Data Protection Act
112 (0.317 %)PKI
112 (0.317 %)PDA
112 (0.317 %)Social Network
112 (0.317 %)Economics
112 (0.317 %)Smartcard
112 (0.317 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1122 (19.33 %)Windows
243 (6.815 %)Windows Server 2003
333 (5.230 %)Windows XP
424 (3.803 %)Linux
523 (3.645 %)UNIX
523 (3.645 %)Windows Vista
615 (2.377 %)Windows Server 2008
712 (1.902 %)CentOS
810 (1.585 %)Windows 7
98 (1.268 %)Ubuntu
98 (1.268 %)Gentoo
98 (1.268 %)Windows 2000 Server
98 (1.268 %)Red Hat Linux
107 (1.109 %)Android
115 (0.792 %)Windows 2000
124 (0.634 %)AIX
132 (0.317 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.158 %)HPUX
141 (0.158 %)Solaris
141 (0.158 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1279 (44.22 %)CRM
2229 (36.29 %)ERP
373 (11.57 %)Project Management
472 (11.41 %)Business Intelligence
535 (5.547 %)Business Analysis
634 (5.388 %)PRINCE2
725 (3.962 %)Web Development
823 (3.645 %)OO
914 (2.219 %)E-Commerce
1012 (1.902 %)Migration
1111 (1.743 %)Change Management
1210 (1.585 %)Web Design
138 (1.268 %)Test Scripting
138 (1.268 %)Agile Software Development
138 (1.268 %)Logistics
138 (1.268 %)Systems Analysis
147 (1.109 %)OOP
147 (1.109 %)Stakeholder Management
147 (1.109 %)Business Development
147 (1.109 %)Requirements Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1242 (38.35 %)SQL
280 (12.68 %)C#
368 (10.78 %)VB.NET
450 (7.924 %)JavaScript
525 (3.962 %)C
623 (3.645 %)VBScript
721 (3.328 %)PHP
820 (3.170 %)Java
820 (3.170 %)VB
916 (2.536 %)T-SQL
1013 (2.060 %)VBA
117 (1.109 %)Python
126 (0.951 %)VB6
134 (0.634 %)IronPython
134 (0.634 %)IronRuby
143 (0.475 %)VC++
152 (0.317 %)PHP5
152 (0.317 %)C++
161 (0.158 %)RPG
161 (0.158 %)Perl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
161 (9.667 %)Degree
251 (8.082 %)Microsoft Certification
327 (4.279 %)CIMA
423 (3.645 %)ACCA
522 (3.487 %)MCSE
612 (1.902 %)MCITP
612 (1.902 %)MCP
79 (1.426 %)MCTS
88 (1.268 %)MCDBA
88 (1.268 %)Cisco Certification
88 (1.268 %)PRINCE2 Certification
88 (1.268 %)A+ Certification
88 (1.268 %)CCNA
97 (1.109 %)MCSA
106 (0.951 %)Security Cleared
114 (0.634 %)MCDST
123 (0.475 %)CIPFA
131 (0.158 %)SC Cleared
131 (0.158 %)PMP
131 (0.158 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.317 %)QA
12 (0.317 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
150 (7.924 %)Active Directory
224 (3.803 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (1.426 %)VMware ESX
48 (1.268 %)Squid
48 (1.268 %)Sendmail
55 (0.792 %)Terminal Services
55 (0.792 %)ISA Server
63 (0.475 %)XenServer
63 (0.475 %)Citrix Presentation Server
72 (0.317 %)Hyper-V
81 (0.158 %)XenApp
81 (0.158 %)vSphere
81 (0.158 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (1.743 %)Backup Exec
28 (1.268 %)Nagios
28 (1.268 %)ZABBIX
28 (1.268 %)Cacti
33 (0.475 %)Plesk
33 (0.475 %)ARCserve
41 (0.158 %)McAfee ePO
41 (0.158 %)MAILsweeper
41 (0.158 %)SCCM
41 (0.158 %)SCOM
41 (0.158 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1202 (32.01 %)Microsoft
2100 (15.85 %)SAP
398 (15.53 %)Oracle
477 (12.20 %)Pegasus
545 (7.132 %)JD Edwards
638 (6.022 %)Lawson
737 (5.864 %)VMware
835 (5.547 %)CODA
932 (5.071 %)Siebel
932 (5.071 %)NetSuite
1028 (4.437 %)Agresso
1127 (4.279 %)Citrix
1127 (4.279 %)Baan
1226 (4.120 %)Epicor
1323 (3.645 %)Business Objects
1422 (3.487 %)Salesforce.com
1521 (3.328 %)Cognos
1620 (3.170 %)Infor
1715 (2.377 %)Sun
1814 (2.219 %)Cisco