Sage Job Trends in the North of England

Sage
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 30 December 2025, 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
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 255 276
Rank change year-on-year +42 +21 +118
Permanent jobs citing Sage 43 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.41% 0.23% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 1.31% 0.71% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 41 9 9
10th Percentile - - £26,100
25th Percentile £28,000 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £51,250 £58,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -21.74% +35.29%

All Vendors
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,292 3,112 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 31.29% 32.87% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,877 1,538 2,305
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,325
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,047 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,403 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% -3.17% -0.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,548
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 North of England

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

Sage job vacancy trend in the North of England

Sage
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Sage
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Sage in the North of England

Sage
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
North West +38 22 £37,500 -26.83% 8
Yorkshire +14 20 £28,000 -37.78% 6
North East +4 1 £100,000 - 2
Sage
England

Sage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.30%) Autodesk Inventor
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.30%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Sage X3
2 5 (11.63%) NetSuite
2 5 (11.63%) Sage 200
3 2 (4.65%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (4.65%) Infor CloudSuite
3 2 (4.65%) Infor LN
4 1 (2.33%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 14 (32.56%) Azure
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.28%) Intacct
3 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
3 4 (9.30%) SaaS
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.65%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 14 (32.56%) LAN
1 14 (32.56%) WAN
2 12 (27.91%) Firewall
2 12 (27.91%) VLAN
2 12 (27.91%) VPN
3 8 (18.60%) DHCP
3 8 (18.60%) DNS
3 8 (18.60%) Remote Desktop
3 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
3 8 (18.60%) VoIP
3 8 (18.60%) Wireless
4 2 (4.65%) Broadband
4 2 (4.65%) Network Security
4 2 (4.65%) SD-WAN
4 2 (4.65%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 14 (32.56%) Finance
3 12 (27.91%) Manufacturing
4 8 (18.60%) Telecoms
5 5 (11.63%) Billing
5 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.30%) Marketing
7 3 (6.98%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Support Engineer
1 12 (27.91%) Technical Engineer
1 12 (27.91%) Technical Support
1 12 (27.91%) Technical Support Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Accountant
3 5 (11.63%) Assistant Accountant
3 5 (11.63%) Management Accountant
3 5 (11.63%) Sage Support
4 4 (9.30%) Consultant
4 4 (9.30%) Graduate
4 4 (9.30%) Graduate Support Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Graduate Technical Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) Graduate Technical Support
4 4 (9.30%) Senior
4 4 (9.30%) Software Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Support Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Systems Builder
5 3 (6.98%) Systems Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) Middleware
2 1 (2.33%) .NET
2 1 (2.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (2.33%) CSS
2 1 (2.33%) HTML
2 1 (2.33%) React
2 1 (2.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.33%) FMCG
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.91%) Windows
1 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
2 8 (18.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) ERP
2 11 (25.58%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (23.26%) Customer Service
4 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (18.60%) Network Management
6 6 (13.95%) Software Engineering
7 5 (11.63%) Project Management
8 4 (9.30%) CAD
8 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
8 4 (9.30%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (9.30%) ITIL
8 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
8 4 (9.30%) Prototyping
8 4 (9.30%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.98%) Accounts Payable
9 3 (6.98%) Accounts Receivable
9 3 (6.98%) Mathematics
9 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
9 3 (6.98%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) C#
2 4 (9.30%) Delphi
3 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) ACCA
1 7 (16.28%) CIMA
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) AAT
3 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.65%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 12 (27.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.60%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.60%) Apple
2 8 (18.60%) SonicWALL
3 6 (13.95%) Xero
4 4 (9.30%) Autodesk
4 4 (9.30%) VMware
5 3 (6.98%) SAP
6 2 (4.65%) Cognos
6 2 (4.65%) Concur
6 2 (4.65%) IBM
6 2 (4.65%) Infor
7 1 (2.33%) Epicor
7 1 (2.33%) IFS
7 1 (2.33%) Oracle