Sage
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Sage products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sage over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Sage Group PLC.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 609 842 828
Rank change year-on-year +233 -14 -175
Permanent jobs citing Sage 124 249 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.54% 0.49% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 108 169 216
10th Percentile £27,675 £30,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £33,750 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -8.11% +2.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £57,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -

All Vendors
UK

Sage is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,763 51,212 50,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.07% 40.70% 39.13%
Number of salaries quoted 16,651 30,301 33,215
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,072
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Sage
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sage in the UK

Sage
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sage.

Salary trend for Sage in the UK

Sage
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sage over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Sage in the UK

Sage
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sage within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 +230 114 £57,500 +35.29% 126
UK excluding London +152 62 £45,000 +12.50% 106
London +220 38 £55,000 +7.84% 28
Work from Home +197 33 £57,500 +35.29% 36
South East +139 21 £40,000 +26.98% 31
Midlands +118 15 £57,500 +9.52% 25
West Midlands +108 11 £62,500 +25.00% 18
North of England +106 8 £38,000 -15.56% 26
Scotland +49 8 £50,000 +25.00% 4
East of England +118 7 £57,500 +76.92% 11
North West +110 5 £41,000 -41.43% 14
East Midlands +48 4 £42,250 -23.18% 7
Yorkshire +75 3 £27,500 -38.89% 5
South West +62 1 £50,000 +31.58% 10
Northern Ireland +31 1 £46,000 +8.24% 1
Wales +3 1 £45,000 -25.00% 3

Sage
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (25.00%) Confluence
2 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.81%) CMS
4 1 (0.81%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.23%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (13.71%) Sage X3
2 10 (8.06%) Sage 200
3 8 (6.45%) NetSuite
4 6 (4.84%) Infor M3
5 5 (4.03%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (2.42%) Elite 3E
6 3 (2.42%) Sage 1000
6 3 (2.42%) Sage 50
7 2 (1.61%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.81%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.81%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.81%) Infor SunSystems
8 1 (0.81%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.42%) FinancialForce
2 19 (15.32%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.26%) Intacct
3 9 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.45%) SaaS
5 5 (4.03%) Azure
5 5 (4.03%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.23%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.61%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.81%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.03%) Intranet
2 5 (4.03%) VLAN
2 5 (4.03%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (4.03%) Wireless
3 4 (3.23%) DHCP
3 4 (3.23%) DNS
3 4 (3.23%) Firewall
3 4 (3.23%) LAN
3 4 (3.23%) VPN
4 2 (1.61%) SAN
5 1 (0.81%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.81%) HTTP
5 1 (0.81%) IP Telephony
5 1 (0.81%) NAS
5 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (7.26%) Power BI
2 9 (7.26%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.84%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (4.03%) DB2
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.81%) MySQL
6 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (25.81%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.81%) Git
General
1 73 (58.87%) Finance
2 48 (38.71%) Manufacturing
3 43 (34.68%) Social Skills
4 13 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.48%) Retail
5 12 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (8.87%) Marketing
7 6 (4.84%) Automotive
8 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.23%) Legal
10 2 (1.61%) Law
10 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Aviation
11 1 (0.81%) Billing
11 1 (0.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (20.97%) Analyst
2 12 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 10 (8.06%) Consultant
3 10 (8.06%) IT Support
4 9 (7.26%) Administrator
4 9 (7.26%) IT Manager
5 8 (6.45%) ERP Consultant
5 8 (6.45%) Project Analyst
5 8 (6.45%) Sage Specialist
5 8 (6.45%) Senior
5 8 (6.45%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.65%) Business Analyst
6 7 (5.65%) Sage Support
6 7 (5.65%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.84%) ERP Analyst
8 5 (4.03%) Audit Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Business Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Business Project Manager
8 5 (4.03%) Desktop Support
8 5 (4.03%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) .NET
1 3 (2.42%) XML
2 2 (1.61%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.61%) EDI
2 2 (1.61%) JSON
3 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.81%) CSS
3 1 (0.81%) Middleware
3 1 (0.81%) NgRx
3 1 (0.81%) REST
3 1 (0.81%) RxJS
3 1 (0.81%) Sass
3 1 (0.81%) SOAP
3 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 37 (29.84%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (11.29%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (7.26%) CCTV
4 5 (4.03%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.03%) iPhone
4 5 (4.03%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.42%) IoT
6 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.81%) EPoS
7 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.13%) Windows
2 11 (8.87%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.45%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.84%) Android
4 6 (4.84%) Linux
5 5 (4.03%) Unix
5 5 (4.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.81%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (60.48%) ERP
2 44 (35.48%) CRM
3 36 (29.03%) Migration
4 32 (25.81%) ITIL
4 32 (25.81%) Requirements Gathering
5 31 (25.00%) Data Governance
6 27 (21.77%) Business Analysis
7 26 (20.97%) Strategic Planning
8 23 (18.55%) Project Management
9 18 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (12.10%) Agile
10 15 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (12.10%) Customer Service
11 11 (8.87%) Budget Management
11 11 (8.87%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.06%) SDLC
12 10 (8.06%) Waterfall
13 9 (7.26%) Service Management
14 8 (6.45%) Analytics
14 8 (6.45%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.97%) SQL
2 5 (4.03%) C#
3 2 (1.61%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.81%) Python
4 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.10%) Degree
2 5 (4.03%) CISA
3 3 (2.42%) AAT
4 2 (1.61%) ACCA
4 2 (1.61%) CIMA
5 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.81%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (25.00%) NIST
2 11 (8.87%) QA
3 10 (8.06%) PMO
4 5 (4.03%) ITGC
5 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.81%) PMBOK
5 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.26%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.81%) PaperCut
2 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (28.23%) Salesforce
2 34 (27.42%) Pardot
3 31 (25.00%) Atlassian
3 31 (25.00%) HubSpot
4 25 (20.16%) Microsoft
4 25 (20.16%) SAP
5 15 (12.10%) Oracle
6 8 (6.45%) VMware
7 6 (4.84%) Epicor
8 3 (2.42%) MuleSoft
8 3 (2.42%) Workday
9 2 (1.61%) Aderant
9 2 (1.61%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.61%) Infor
9 2 (1.61%) Xero
10 1 (0.81%) Cisco
10 1 (0.81%) HP
10 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.81%) Sun
10 1 (0.81%) WatchGuard