Sage Job Trends in the East of England

Sage
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 154 162 130
Rank change year-on-year +8 -32 +95
Permanent jobs citing Sage 5 20 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.56% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 0.45% 1.38% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile - £28,500 £25,300
25th Percentile £28,809 £36,125 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,248 £50,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.08% -12.17% +53.33%
75th Percentile £35,469 £55,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £38,938 £57,500 £65,875
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -21.74% +35.29%

All Vendors
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,113 1,448 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.95% 40.41% 41.98%
Number of salaries quoted 642 564 658
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £64,350
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
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 of England

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

Sage job vacancy trend in the East of England

Sage
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Sage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Sage

Sage
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +10 3 £29,248 -38.43%
Suffolk -15 2 - - 2
Sage
England

Sage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Sage 50
2 1 (20.00%) BPCS
2 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
2 1 (20.00%) Pegasus Opera
2 1 (20.00%) Sage 200
2 1 (20.00%) Sage X3
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Controller
1 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Cash Management
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Epicor
3 1 (20.00%) IFS
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Pegasus
3 1 (20.00%) Xero
3 1 (20.00%) Zoho