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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSage
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank483451
Rank change on same period last yearDown-32
Matching permanent IT job ads542768
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.292 %0.320 %
As % of the category below0.682 %0.724 %
Salaries quoted480679
Average minimum salary£31,172£29,665
Average salary£33,831£32,560
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Average maximum salary£36,491£35,455
UK excluding London average salary£32,719£31,666
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads79475106062
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled42.79 %44.21 %
Salaries quoted6492081567
Average minimum salary£40,438£42,204
Average salary£44,154£46,011
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Average maximum salary£47,870£49,817
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Sage Salary Histogram

Sage
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-43498£33,508+3.48 %
LondonUp+70117£38,431+4.48 %
South EastDown-10107£36,163+2.54 %
West MidlandsUp+1164£27,086-2.08 %
South WestDown-1350£29,029+11.93 %
East of EnglandDown-1847£31,447+8.77 %
YorkshireUp+2543£38,418+10.29 %
North WestDown-8841£25,684-9.87 %
HampshireUp+1932£29,052-0.35 %
SurreyUp+2932£29,313-19.26 %
West YorkshireUp+3430£39,790+29.39 %
BerkshireUp+1330£48,823+36.23 %
East MidlandsUp+730£37,400+12.04 %
CoventryUp+823£26,565+8.42 %
BirminghamNo change021£28,500-7.40 %
CheshireDown-5221£25,810-16.13 %
CambridgeshireDown-5418£29,389+1.41 %
HertfordshireUp+1617£32,118+9.58 %
SolihullNew entry-17£22,500-
LeicestershireUp+816£35,969-2.45 %
City of LondonDown-1016£38,344+10.52 %
MidlandsUp+915£41,364-3.38 %
LeedsUp+2615£33,685+29.55 %
BristolDown-913£26,885-23.18 %
CambridgeDown-5012£27,542-12.03 %
WetherbyNew entry-12£44,667-
ManchesterDown-2410£23,300-12.45 %
ScotlandUp+1210£28,929-18.71 %
DorsetNew entry-10£26,833-
LancashireDown-89£28,667+5.89 %

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1497 (37.68 %)Microsoft
2467 (35.41 %)Finance
3412 (31.24 %)CRM
4364 (27.60 %)ERP
5298 (22.59 %)SAP
6291 (22.06 %)Pegasus
7289 (21.91 %)MS Excel
8280 (21.23 %)Windows
9274 (20.77 %)SQL
10216 (16.38 %)SQL Server
11200 (15.16 %).NET
12196 (14.86 %)Oracle
13185 (14.03 %)Navision
14172 (13.04 %)Great Plains
15161 (12.21 %)Line 500
16137 (10.39 %)Exchequer
17133 (10.08 %)Pensions
18124 (9.401 %)SalesLogix
19117 (8.870 %)Project Management
20111 (8.415 %)ASP.NET
21110 (8.340 %)C#
22108 (8.188 %)GoldMine
23106 (8.036 %)Manufacturing
24104 (7.885 %)VB
25100 (7.582 %)Dynamics NAV
2699 (7.506 %)VB.NET
2795 (7.202 %)Sage MMS
2892 (6.975 %)SAP Business One
2990 (6.823 %)Dynamics CRM
3089 (6.748 %)Microsoft CRM

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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
1200 (15.16 %).NET
2111 (8.415 %)ASP.NET
368 (5.155 %)ASP
434 (2.578 %)HTML
516 (1.213 %)J2EE
516 (1.213 %)CSS
614 (1.061 %)XML
713 (0.986 %)AJAX
812 (0.910 %)WinForms
910 (0.758 %)WebServices
106 (0.455 %)COM
106 (0.455 %).NET Framework
114 (0.303 %)EDI
123 (0.227 %)ODBC
132 (0.152 %)XHTML
132 (0.152 %)COM+
141 (0.076 %)SAP XI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
167 (5.080 %)MS Exchange
264 (4.852 %)SharePoint
330 (2.274 %)CMS
429 (2.199 %)Exchange Server 2003
517 (1.289 %)BizTalk Server
614 (1.061 %)IIS
79 (0.682 %)Commerce Server
88 (0.607 %)SharePoint Server 2007
97 (0.531 %)Commerce Server 2007
97 (0.531 %)Content Management Server
106 (0.455 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.227 %)Exchange Server 2000
122 (0.152 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.152 %)Apache
122 (0.152 %)MTS
122 (0.152 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
131 (0.076 %)SugarCRM
131 (0.076 %)Oracle Workflow
131 (0.076 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1289 (21.91 %)MS Excel
285 (6.444 %)MS Office
310 (0.758 %)MS Visio
48 (0.607 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.455 %)AutoCAD
63 (0.227 %)MS Project
72 (0.152 %)Photoshop
72 (0.152 %)Adobe Illustrator
81 (0.076 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1185 (14.03 %)Navision
2172 (13.04 %)Great Plains
3161 (12.21 %)Line 500
4124 (9.401 %)SalesLogix
5108 (8.188 %)GoldMine
6100 (7.582 %)Dynamics NAV
795 (7.202 %)Sage MMS
892 (6.975 %)SAP Business One
990 (6.823 %)Dynamics CRM
1089 (6.748 %)Microsoft CRM
1186 (6.520 %)Dynamics AX
1270 (5.307 %)Pegasus Opera
1368 (5.155 %)Axapta
1461 (4.625 %)Line 50
1552 (3.942 %)Sage 1000
1647 (3.563 %)Oracle Financials
1739 (2.957 %)Line 100
1832 (2.426 %)Movex
1931 (2.350 %)Dynamics GP
1931 (2.350 %)SAP CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (4.321 %)TCP/IP
233 (2.502 %)WAN
330 (2.274 %)Firewall
429 (2.199 %)LAN
527 (2.047 %)Internet
626 (1.971 %)VPN
79 (0.682 %)DNS
79 (0.682 %)Intranet
79 (0.682 %)TETRA
79 (0.682 %)Cisco PIX
87 (0.531 %)Wireless
96 (0.455 %)IP Telephony
96 (0.455 %)VoIP
96 (0.455 %)3G
96 (0.455 %)DHCP
104 (0.303 %)SAN
112 (0.152 %)MPLS
112 (0.152 %)FTP
112 (0.152 %)POP3
112 (0.152 %)SMTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1216 (16.38 %)SQL Server
271 (5.383 %)Crystal Reports
341 (3.108 %)BusinessObjects
440 (3.033 %)SQL Server 2005
537 (2.805 %)SQL Server 2000
629 (2.199 %)DTS
629 (2.199 %)MySQL
712 (0.910 %)Datawarehouse
811 (0.834 %)RDBMS
910 (0.758 %)MS Access
109 (0.682 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
118 (0.607 %)Oracle Reports
118 (0.607 %)ETL
127 (0.531 %)Informix
135 (0.379 %)Oracle 8/8i
135 (0.379 %)WebFOCUS
135 (0.379 %)Data Cleansing
135 (0.379 %)Oracle OWB
142 (0.152 %)FileMaker
142 (0.152 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (0.758 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.076 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (0.076 %)MorphX
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1467 (35.41 %)Finance
2133 (10.08 %)Pensions
3106 (8.036 %)Manufacturing
463 (4.776 %)Health
549 (3.715 %)Retail
636 (2.729 %)Marketing
636 (2.729 %)Education
728 (2.123 %)Banking
826 (1.971 %)Law
922 (1.668 %)Advertising
1020 (1.516 %)Insurance
1118 (1.365 %)Financial Institution
1215 (1.137 %)Telemarketing
1313 (0.986 %)Legal
1313 (0.986 %)Government
1410 (0.758 %)Telecoms
159 (0.682 %)Billing
159 (0.682 %)Auditing
168 (0.607 %)Pharmaceutical
177 (0.531 %)Back Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1498 (37.76 %)Consultant
2224 (16.98 %)Analyst
3143 (10.84 %)Sage Consultant
4124 (9.401 %)Developer
4124 (9.401 %)Support Analyst
5110 (8.340 %)Support Consultant
696 (7.278 %)Applications Support
774 (5.610 %)Implementation Consultant
861 (4.625 %)CRM Consultant
950 (3.791 %)Trainer
1049 (3.715 %)Project Manager
1147 (3.563 %)Senior Consultant
1147 (3.563 %)Business Consultant
1147 (3.563 %).NET Developer
1245 (3.412 %)ERP Consultant
1343 (3.260 %)Programmer
1442 (3.184 %)Analyst Programmer
1536 (2.729 %)Applications Consultant
1633 (2.502 %)IT Manager
1730 (2.274 %)Support Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (2.881 %)Management Information System
228 (2.123 %)Blackberry
39 (0.682 %)PKI
48 (0.607 %)AS400
57 (0.531 %)Smartcard
66 (0.455 %)PDA
75 (0.379 %)Client/Server
75 (0.379 %)Data Conversion
84 (0.303 %)Fat Client
84 (0.303 %)Thin Client
84 (0.303 %)Replication
84 (0.303 %)Data Protection Act
93 (0.227 %)CCTV
93 (0.227 %)E-Learning
93 (0.227 %)NHS
101 (0.076 %)N-Tier
101 (0.076 %)Photography
101 (0.076 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1280 (21.23 %)Windows
280 (6.065 %)Windows Server 2003
362 (4.701 %)Windows XP
427 (2.047 %)UNIX
525 (1.895 %)Linux
622 (1.668 %)Windows NT
622 (1.668 %)Windows 2000 Server
719 (1.440 %)Windows 2000
815 (1.137 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.227 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (0.152 %)AIX
102 (0.152 %)Solaris
111 (0.076 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1412 (31.24 %)CRM
2364 (27.60 %)ERP
3117 (8.870 %)Project Management
462 (4.701 %)Business Intelligence
555 (4.170 %)Business Analysis
646 (3.487 %)Requirements Analysis
739 (2.957 %)Migration
833 (2.502 %)Data Migration
930 (2.274 %)User Acceptance Testing
1024 (1.820 %)PRINCE2
1121 (1.592 %)Business Development
1219 (1.440 %)Logistics
1316 (1.213 %)Systems Analysis
1316 (1.213 %)Software Testing
1414 (1.061 %)Agile Software Development
1414 (1.061 %)E-Commerce
1512 (0.910 %)ITIL
1611 (0.834 %)GAP Analysis
1611 (0.834 %)Time Management
1710 (0.758 %)Project Planning
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1274 (20.77 %)SQL
2110 (8.340 %)C#
3104 (7.885 %)VB
499 (7.506 %)VB.NET
551 (3.867 %)Java
649 (3.715 %)Transact-SQL
747 (3.563 %)JavaScript
837 (2.805 %)VBScript
936 (2.729 %)C++
1033 (2.502 %)C
1119 (1.440 %)PHP
1119 (1.440 %)PL/SQL
1213 (0.986 %)VBA
1312 (0.910 %)VB6
148 (0.607 %)COBOL
154 (0.303 %)X++
163 (0.227 %)Progress 4GL
172 (0.152 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
186 (6.520 %)Degree
260 (4.549 %)ACCA
355 (4.170 %)Microsoft Certification
453 (4.018 %)CIMA
534 (2.578 %)MCSE
616 (1.213 %)Cisco Certification
715 (1.137 %)CCNA
810 (0.758 %)MCP
99 (0.682 %)ITIL Certification
99 (0.682 %)CCAB
107 (0.531 %)PRINCE2 Certification
116 (0.455 %)PMP
116 (0.455 %)PMI Certification
116 (0.455 %)MCSA
125 (0.379 %)CCNP
134 (0.303 %)MOS
143 (0.227 %)MCDBA
143 (0.227 %)ISEB
143 (0.227 %)CISSP
143 (0.227 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (1.061 %)SLA
29 (0.682 %)ISO27001
37 (0.531 %)QA
46 (0.455 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.076 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
175 (5.686 %)Active Directory
210 (0.758 %)Backup Exec
39 (0.682 %)Terminal Services
44 (0.303 %)Terminal Server
53 (0.227 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.076 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.076 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.531 %)ARCserve
26 (0.455 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.227 %)WSUS
42 (0.152 %)MAILsweeper
42 (0.152 %)MOM
42 (0.152 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.076 %)Tivoli
51 (0.076 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1497 (37.68 %)Microsoft
2298 (22.59 %)SAP
3291 (22.06 %)Pegasus
4196 (14.86 %)Oracle
5137 (10.39 %)Exchequer
674 (5.610 %)Baan
674 (5.610 %)Agresso
769 (5.231 %)CODA
863 (4.776 %)Epicor
961 (4.625 %)JD Edwards
961 (4.625 %)PeopleSoft
1055 (4.170 %)Citrix
1055 (4.170 %)Kerridge
1149 (3.715 %)NetSuite
1243 (3.260 %)Cognos
1341 (3.108 %)Business Objects
1437 (2.805 %)Infor
1536 (2.729 %)Cisco
1629 (2.199 %)iSOFT
1728 (2.123 %)Sun