Sage 50
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Sage 50 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 766 682 793
Rank change year-on-year -84 +111 +18
Permanent jobs citing Sage 50 18 6 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.017% 0.012% 0.031%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.57% 0.24% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 22
10th Percentile - £31,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,563 £29,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £50,500 £43,750 £46,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +7.69% +18.18%

All Business Application Skills
UK

Sage 50 falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,178 2,512 3,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 5.05% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,030 1,614 2,307
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £78,458
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

Sage 50
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sage 50 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Sage 50 job vacancy trend in the UK

Sage 50
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sage 50.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Sage 50

Sage 50
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage 50 over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Sage 50 in the UK

Sage 50
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage 50 within the UK over the 6 months to 12 August 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
England -66 18 £30,500 -12.86%
UK excluding London -88 17 £30,500 -12.86%
Midlands - 10 £30,500 -
Work from Home -17 9 £30,500 -12.86%
West Midlands - 6 £30,500 -
North of England -51 4 £30,500 -12.86%
North East - 4 £30,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £30,500 -
South East - 3 £55,000 -
London - 1 £52,500 -

Sage 50
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Exchequer
2 2 (11.11%) NetSuite
2 2 (11.11%) Sage 200
2 2 (11.11%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 2 (11.11%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Intacct
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) PBX
1 1 (5.56%) SSL
1 1 (5.56%) VLAN
1 1 (5.56%) VoIP
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 17 (94.44%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Consultant
1 11 (61.11%) Implementation Consultant
2 8 (44.44%) Associate Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (5.56%) Accountant
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) ERP
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (44.44%) AI
3 8 (44.44%) Functional Testing
3 8 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.56%) BCP
5 1 (5.56%) Budgeting
5 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.56%) CRM
5 1 (5.56%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.56%) Inventory Management
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL
5 1 (5.56%) Migration
5 1 (5.56%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (5.56%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ACCA
2 1 (5.56%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.56%) GAAP
2 1 (5.56%) GDPR
2 1 (5.56%) IFRS
2 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Sage
2 14 (77.78%) Xero
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) SAP
5 1 (5.56%) Adobe
5 1 (5.56%) Avaya
5 1 (5.56%) Google