Sage
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 593 795
Rank change year-on-year +15 +202 +86
Permanent jobs citing Sage 114 320 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.59% 0.88% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 98 259 144
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - -18.92% -15.91%
75th Percentile £47,813 £54,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,209 36,496 43,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.91% 37.06% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,748 25,167 24,673
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,834 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sage in the UK

Sage
Top 15 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 1 May 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
UK excluding London +53 92 £37,500 - 110
England -9 81 £37,500 -2.60% 139
Work from Home +155 65 £35,000 -22.22% 60
North of England +46 25 £37,500 - 31
Scotland +134 22 £32,500 +31.31% 7
South East +56 17 £37,500 -6.25% 38
North West +23 16 £37,500 -1.32% 15
Midlands +47 15 £38,500 +10.00% 16
East Midlands +49 13 £38,500 +8.45% 4
London +60 11 £60,000 +22.45% 41
East of England +40 10 £47,500 +69.64% 14
Yorkshire +57 9 £37,500 - 3
South West +107 2 £80,000 +33.33% 4
West Midlands +16 2 £46,250 +32.14% 9
Wales +28 1 £35,000 -6.67% 2

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 38 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 21 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.63%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 9 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (28.07%) Sage 200
2 26 (22.81%) Sage 50
3 21 (18.42%) Sage X3
4 4 (3.51%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.75%) Line 50
5 2 (1.75%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.88%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.88%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.88%) Pegasus Opera
6 1 (0.88%) Sage CRM
6 1 (0.88%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (17.54%) GitHub
3 17 (14.91%) Azure
4 12 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 8 (7.02%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.02%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.26%) SaaS
7 4 (3.51%) Intacct
7 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.63%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.88%) Asana
9 1 (0.88%) AWS
9 1 (0.88%) ClickUp
9 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.88%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.88%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.16%) VoIP
2 10 (8.77%) DNS
3 7 (6.14%) Firewall
3 7 (6.14%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (3.51%) DHCP
5 1 (0.88%) Broadband
5 1 (0.88%) Internet
5 1 (0.88%) LAN
5 1 (0.88%) Network Security
5 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
5 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.02%) Power BI
2 7 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) Tableau
4 1 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (14.91%) Jenkins
1 17 (14.91%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (41.23%) Finance
2 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 26 (22.81%) Manufacturing
4 15 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.53%) Law
5 12 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.39%) Legal
7 3 (2.63%) Automotive
7 3 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.75%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (20.18%) IT Support
2 22 (19.30%) Developer
3 21 (18.42%) Sage Support
4 17 (14.91%) .NET Developer
4 17 (14.91%) .NET Software Developer
5 14 (12.28%) Analyst
6 11 (9.65%) Consultant
7 9 (7.89%) IT Analyst
7 9 (7.89%) IT Support Analyst
7 9 (7.89%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.02%) IT Support Specialist
8 8 (7.02%) Senior
8 8 (7.02%) Support Specialist
9 7 (6.14%) IT Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
10 6 (5.26%) Finance Manager
10 6 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (4.39%) 1st Line Support
11 5 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (17.54%) CSS
2 18 (15.79%) .NET
3 17 (14.91%) .NET Core
3 17 (14.91%) .NET Framework
3 17 (14.91%) HTML
3 17 (14.91%) HTML5
3 17 (14.91%) jQuery
3 17 (14.91%) React Native
4 3 (2.63%) Bootstrap
4 3 (2.63%) RESTful
4 3 (2.63%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (1.75%) Laravel
5 2 (1.75%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
1 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.88%) NHS
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.93%) Windows
2 14 (12.28%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.39%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.63%) Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.81%) ERP
3 20 (17.54%) E-Commerce
4 17 (14.91%) Biometrics
4 17 (14.91%) Customer Service
5 11 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (9.65%) Logistics
6 10 (8.77%) Project Management
7 9 (7.89%) Migration
7 9 (7.89%) Process Improvement
7 9 (7.89%) Server Management
8 7 (6.14%) Agile
8 7 (6.14%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (6.14%) CRM
8 7 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (5.26%) Coaching
9 6 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
9 6 (5.26%) DevOps
9 6 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (5.26%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.05%) SQL
2 17 (14.91%) C#
2 17 (14.91%) JavaScript
3 8 (7.02%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.63%) PHP
5 1 (0.88%) C
5 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.14%) ACCA
1 7 (6.14%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) CIMA
2 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.51%) AAT
4 3 (2.63%) CCNA
4 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.63%) MCSE
4 3 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.75%) CIPD
5 2 (1.75%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.51%) QA
3 3 (2.63%) GDPR
4 2 (1.75%) SLA
5 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.51%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 35 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.79%) SAP
3 10 (8.77%) Xero
4 9 (7.89%) Veeam
5 8 (7.02%) Meraki
6 7 (6.14%) Fortinet
7 6 (5.26%) Oracle
7 6 (5.26%) Workday
8 4 (3.51%) Aruba
8 4 (3.51%) VMware
9 3 (2.63%) Acronis
9 3 (2.63%) Cisco
9 3 (2.63%) Google
9 3 (2.63%) Kaseya
9 3 (2.63%) SonicWALL
9 3 (2.63%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.75%) Epicor
10 2 (1.75%) Pegasus
11 1 (0.88%) CODA
11 1 (0.88%) Salesforce