The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring knowledge or experience of Sage products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sage over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Sage Group PLC.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
78
89
116
Rank change year-on-year
+11
+27
+21
Contract jobs citing Sage
1
7
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
Sage falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services
442
530
668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
47.73%
34.94%
35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted
311
353
476
10th Percentile
£230
£313
£300
25th Percentile
£398
£400
£397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+1.01%
75th Percentile
£575
£600
£588
90th Percentile
£675
£703
£656
North West median daily rate
£495
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-1.00%
-
+7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted
13
42
16
10th Percentile
£13.00
£11.81
£13.31
25th Percentile
£14.20
£12.51
£18.73
Median hourly rate
£32.50
£17.72
£32.60
Median % change year-on-year
+83.41%
-45.64%
+93.30%
75th Percentile
£60.00
£26.50
£65.00
90th Percentile
-
£60.00
-
North West median hourly rate
£32.50
£16.06
£37.50
% change year-on-year
+102.37%
-57.17%
+97.73%
Sage Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Sage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Sage Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sage in Manchester.
Sage Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sage in Manchester.
Sage Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Sage also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Sage.
Sage Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
