Sage Job Trends in the East Midlands

Sage
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Sage products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Sage over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 122 115
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 +43
Permanent jobs citing Sage 16 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.63% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Vendors category 2.13% 0.88% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 4
10th Percentile - £41,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £24,750 £45,625 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,375 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% -5.88% +18.60%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £76,875
90th Percentile £47,500 - £80,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -21.74% +35.29%

All Vendors
East Midlands

Sage falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 752 793 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.83% 34.52% 40.04%
Number of salaries quoted 447 352 495
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £33,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £72,500 £72,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sage relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Sage job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

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Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Sage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Sage

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Sage in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire -7 8 £25,500 -47.69%
Leicestershire - 7 £40,000 - 1
Northamptonshire +3 1 £47,500 -20.83%
Sage
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Intacct
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Applications Support
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support
1 5 (31.25%) IT Support Technician
1 5 (31.25%) IT Technician
1 5 (31.25%) Sage 200 Support
1 5 (31.25%) Sage Support
1 5 (31.25%) Support Technician
2 1 (6.25%) Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) HR Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) HR Data Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Senior
2 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 8 (50.00%) ERP
3 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (6.25%) Analytics
5 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) Apple
2 5 (31.25%) OpenText