Sage Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 163 184
Rank change year-on-year +25 +21 +44
Permanent jobs citing Sage 33 18 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.82% 0.53% 0.38%
As % of the Vendors category 2.36% 1.57% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 33 8 13
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -13.89% +42.86%
75th Percentile £41,250 £49,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,250 £81,500
South East median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +42.86%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,400 1,145 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.72% 33.84% 40.96%
Number of salaries quoted 594 539 1,213
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,400
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Sage job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Sage.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Sage

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Sage in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire +30 22 £35,000 -17.65% 2
Berkshire -10 11 £37,500 +7.14% 2
Sage
South East

Sage
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (36.36%) IIS
Business Applications
1 21 (63.64%) Sage X3
2 5 (15.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
1 12 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (18.18%) Intacct
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Sage Support
2 12 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) IT Support
2 12 (36.36%) IT Support Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Software Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Software Support Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Support Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Support Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Presales Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Senior
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) .NET
1 12 (36.36%) .NET Framework
1 12 (36.36%) Entity Framework
1 12 (36.36%) WinForms
2 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 12 (36.36%) DevOps
1 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 6 (18.18%) ERP
3 5 (15.15%) Agile
3 5 (15.15%) CAD
3 5 (15.15%) Data Management
3 5 (15.15%) SDLC
4 1 (3.03%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 12 (36.36%) C#
1 12 (36.36%) SQL
1 12 (36.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Xamarin
2 5 (15.15%) Epicor
2 5 (15.15%) Google
2 5 (15.15%) Infor
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Zoho