The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sage over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the West Yorkshire region.

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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sage
Rank 164 163 151
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -12
Permanent jobs citing Sage 8 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.219% 0.185% 0.103%
As % of the Vendors category 0.455% 0.400% 0.206%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 3
Average salary £20,000 £19,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+11.94% +8.06%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1760 1500 1459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 48.18% 46.27% 49.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1411 1177 1229
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Sage
Yorkshire

Sage
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Sage across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Yorkshire Sage Jobs Demand Trend

Sage
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sage across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Sage Salary Trend

Sage
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -14 6 £20,000 +5.26%
Huddersfield - 1 £18,000 -
Sage
Yorkshire

Sage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) MS Office
2 7 (43.75%) Windows
3 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (37.50%) Line 500
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (31.25%) Windows Vista
4 5 (31.25%) ERP
4 5 (31.25%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (25.00%) .NET
5 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (25.00%) Time Management
5 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (18.75%) jQuery
6 3 (18.75%) Veeam
6 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (18.75%) Retail
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (18.75%) EDI
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) CRM
6 3 (18.75%) Cognos
6 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange

Sage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) .NET
2 3 (18.75%) XML
2 3 (18.75%) EDI
2 3 (18.75%) jQuery
3 2 (12.50%) XSLT
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
4 1 (6.250%) HTML
4 1 (6.250%) CSS
4 1 (6.250%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Office
2 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 2 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Line 500
2 2 (12.50%) Sage 1000
2 2 (12.50%) Sage BI
2 2 (12.50%) Sage 200
2 2 (12.50%) Agresso
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Business One
3 1 (6.250%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) WLAN
2 1 (6.250%) WAN
2 1 (6.250%) DHCP
2 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (31.25%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.250%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Support Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Network Support
2 3 (18.75%) PC Support
2 3 (18.75%) .NET Developer
2 3 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (12.50%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Support
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) IT Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Support Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Support
4 1 (6.250%) Payroll Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Process Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Replication
2 1 (6.250%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.250%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Vista
4 4 (25.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ERP
2 4 (25.00%) Time Management
3 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.250%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) VB.NET
3 2 (12.50%) PHP
3 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (6.250%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Cognos
2 3 (18.75%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Magma
2 3 (18.75%) Veeam
3 2 (12.50%) JD Edwards
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) Pegasus
4 1 (6.250%) Apple
4 1 (6.250%) Baan
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle