Sage Job Trends in the Midlands

Sage
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 7 June 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
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 208 274
Rank change year-on-year +4 +66 -9
Permanent jobs citing Sage 52 12 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.41% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Vendors category 1.78% 0.51% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49 12 32
10th Percentile £24,750 - £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +10.00% -26.32%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,250 £41,250
90th Percentile £50,000 - £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -1.32% -24.00%

All Vendors
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,918 2,353 4,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 23.22% 46.51% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,603 1,320 3,237
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,621 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.49% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £62,500 £60,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.18% +10.00% -13.04%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Sage job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Sage
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Sage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Sage

Sage
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Sage in the Midlands

Sage
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +6 30 £37,500 -9.64% 11
East Midlands -15 22 £28,000 -27.27%
Sage
England

Sage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Sage 200
2 7 (13.46%) Exchequer
2 7 (13.46%) Sage 50
3 4 (7.69%) Line 50
3 4 (7.69%) Primavera
3 4 (7.69%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.15%) Azure
2 7 (13.46%) Intacct
3 4 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.69%) IaaS
3 4 (7.69%) PaaS
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.69%) Network Security
1 4 (7.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.69%) FileMaker
3 2 (3.85%) Crystal Reports
General
1 26 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 7 (13.46%) Advertising
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Consultant
2 11 (21.15%) Sage Consultant
3 10 (19.23%) ERP Consultant
3 10 (19.23%) IT Support
3 10 (19.23%) IT Support Technician
3 10 (19.23%) IT Technician
3 10 (19.23%) Support Technician
4 7 (13.46%) Finance Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Sage 200 Consultant
5 6 (11.54%) Junior
5 6 (11.54%) Junior Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Implementation Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Applications Support
7 4 (7.69%) Applications Support Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Associate Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Sage 200 Support
8 2 (3.85%) Sage Support
9 1 (1.92%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) CSS
1 4 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (1.92%) .NET
2 1 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.92%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (26.92%) Windows
2 4 (7.69%) Linux
2 4 (7.69%) Mac OS
2 4 (7.69%) Unix
2 4 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) ERP
2 17 (32.69%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 5 (9.62%) AI
5 4 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 4 (7.69%) Functional Testing
5 4 (7.69%) ITSM
5 4 (7.69%) Network Management
5 4 (7.69%) Open Source
5 4 (7.69%) Presales
5 4 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 4 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (7.69%) Service Management
5 4 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (5.77%) Budget Management
6 3 (5.77%) Budgeting
6 3 (5.77%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.92%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (1.92%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) SQL
2 4 (7.69%) PHP
2 4 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (1.92%) C#
3 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.92%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) ACCA
2 3 (5.77%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.69%) ISO 14001
2 4 (7.69%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (19.23%) Apple
3 7 (13.46%) Xero
4 6 (11.54%) OpenText
5 4 (7.69%) Adobe
6 2 (3.85%) SAP
7 1 (1.92%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.92%) Infor
7 1 (1.92%) Workday