Sage Job Trends in the South East

Sage
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 May 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 248 315
Rank change year-on-year 0 +67 +42
Permanent jobs citing Sage 41 22 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.29% 0.28% 0.43%
As % of the Vendors category 1.11% 0.74% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 65
10th Percentile £31,250 - £27,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% +26.98%
75th Percentile £73,750 £41,250 £51,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £45,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
% change year-on-year - -1.32% -15.56%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,694 2,985 6,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.72% 38.63% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,130 1,773 4,455
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -12.28%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Sage job vacancy trend in the South East

Sage
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Sage

Sage
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Sage in the South East

Sage
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Surrey +7 20 £72,500 +93.33%
Hampshire -16 13 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Thames Valley +5 7 £75,000 +100.00% 7
Buckinghamshire - 4 £37,500 - 2
Berkshire -6 2 £87,500 +133.33% 2
Oxfordshire +3 1 £75,000 +100.00% 3
Kent -38 1 £70,000 +86.67% 1
Sage
England

Sage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (39.02%) Sage X3
2 4 (9.76%) NetSuite
2 4 (9.76%) Sage 200
3 2 (4.88%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (4.88%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (4.88%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Intacct
2 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Firewall
1 4 (9.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 11 (26.83%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Manufacturing
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Marketing
3 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.88%) Automotive
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Sage Support
2 8 (19.51%) Administrator
2 8 (19.51%) Financial Controller
3 6 (14.63%) Consultant
4 5 (12.20%) Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Sage Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Senior
6 3 (7.32%) Channel Marketing Manager
6 3 (7.32%) IT Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Marketing Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Support Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) Network Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Sales Administrator
7 2 (4.88%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.44%) Applications Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Senior Applications Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.44%) OAuth
2 1 (2.44%) React
2 1 (2.44%) REST
2 1 (2.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Life Science
1 4 (9.76%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (4.88%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) ERP
2 13 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.51%) Critical Thinking
3 8 (19.51%) Revenue Recognition
4 7 (17.07%) CRM
5 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
6 4 (9.76%) Order Management
7 3 (7.32%) B2B
7 3 (7.32%) B2B Marketing
7 3 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (4.88%) AI
8 2 (4.88%) Analytics
8 2 (4.88%) Change Management
8 2 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) EAM
8 2 (4.88%) IT Governance
8 2 (4.88%) Logistics
8 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing Engineering
8 2 (4.88%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) Apex Code
1 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.44%) SOQL
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) ACCA
1 9 (21.95%) CIMA
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) QA
1 2 (4.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Salesforce
2 5 (12.20%) SAP
3 4 (9.76%) SYSPRO
3 4 (9.76%) Zscaler
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco
4 3 (7.32%) Dell
5 2 (4.88%) IBM
5 2 (4.88%) OpenText
5 2 (4.88%) Zoho
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle