Sage 50 Contract Job Trends in the South West

Sage 50
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Sage 50 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sage 50 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.029% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - +112.50%

All Business Application Skills
South West

Sage 50 falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 156 63 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 4.58% 3.64% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 37 101
10th Percentile £362 £350 £256
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.60% +0.60%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £725
England median daily rate £550 £561 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 20
10th Percentile £20.00 £56.25 -
25th Percentile £38.47 £57.19 £27.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -42.86%
75th Percentile - £78.75 £57.33
90th Percentile - £85.00 £59.93
England median hourly rate £54.50 £60.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -9.17% +58.63% -25.47%

Sage 50
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sage 50 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Sage 50 job vacancy trend in the South West

Sage 50
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sage 50 within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 1 - -
Sage 50
England

Sage 50
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Intacct
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Sage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Expense Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Revenue Recognition
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sage