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 23 October 2024, 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
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 607 879
Rank change year-on-year -5 +272 -65
Permanent jobs citing Sage 168 157 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.26% 0.21%
As % of the Vendors category 0.69% 0.63% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 80 141 172
10th Percentile - £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 £69,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,750
% change year-on-year +3.66% +0.61% -9.44%

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 24,446 24,905 55,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 41.89% 39.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12,032 17,966 30,925
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £56,392 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% -0.19% +2.73%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,975 £91,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 23 October 2024.

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 23 October 2024. 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 -35 146 £45,000 -20.00% 64
UK excluding London +22 145 £42,500 +3.66% 54
Work from Home +78 74 £32,500 -43.48% 32
South East -4 42 £42,500 +6.25% 12
North of England -12 30 £45,000 +18.42% 14
Midlands -22 23 £60,000 +45.45% 12
London -21 21 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Scotland +6 19 £32,500 -35.00% 2
East of England -32 19 £55,000 +12.82% 7
East Midlands -9 18 £60,000 +122.22% 7
Yorkshire +38 14 £45,000 +63.64% 3
North West -18 13 £45,000 +9.76% 7
South West +4 11 £50,000 +25.00% 8
West Midlands -43 5 £50,000 +17.65% 4
North East - 3 £36,250 - 4
Northern Ireland +27 1 £27,800 -39.57% 1

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 28 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.76%) WordPress
4 7 (4.17%) CMS
5 2 (1.19%) Apache
5 2 (1.19%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.19%) Confluence
6 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (4.17%) Adobe Illustrator
3 7 (4.17%) Adobe XD
3 7 (4.17%) Photoshop
3 7 (4.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 57 (33.93%) Sage 200
2 32 (19.05%) Sage 50
2 32 (19.05%) Sage X3
3 16 (9.52%) Unit4 Business World
4 12 (7.14%) NetSuite
5 11 (6.55%) SAP Business One
6 8 (4.76%) Pegasus Opera
7 7 (4.17%) Exchequer
8 6 (3.57%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 3 (1.79%) iTrent
10 2 (1.19%) BambooHR
10 2 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (1.19%) Magento
10 2 (1.19%) Sage 500
11 1 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
11 1 (0.60%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
11 1 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.60%) Primavera
11 1 (0.60%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (11.31%) GitHub
3 13 (7.74%) SaaS
4 10 (5.95%) Azure
5 8 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.17%) Figma
7 6 (3.57%) Intacct
8 4 (2.38%) PaaS
9 3 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.79%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (1.79%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.19%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.19%) AWS
10 2 (1.19%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.19%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.60%) FinancialForce
11 1 (0.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.36%) Firewall
2 7 (4.17%) DNS
3 5 (2.98%) VPN
4 4 (2.38%) DHCP
4 4 (2.38%) Intranet
5 3 (1.79%) SSL
6 2 (1.19%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.19%) Internet
6 2 (1.19%) Skype
6 2 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.60%) LAN
7 1 (0.60%) SMTP
7 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.52%) DB2
3 8 (4.76%) Power BI
4 7 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.19%) Big Data
6 2 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.19%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 19 (11.31%) Jenkins
1 19 (11.31%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.17%) Git
3 2 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (1.19%) JIRA
3 2 (1.19%) MLflow
General
1 86 (51.19%) Finance
2 63 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 53 (31.55%) Manufacturing
4 20 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (7.14%) Legal
6 11 (6.55%) Marketing
7 10 (5.95%) Banking
8 8 (4.76%) Retail
9 7 (4.17%) Law
10 6 (3.57%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.79%) Games
12 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.60%) Advertising
13 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.60%) Aviation
13 1 (0.60%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 46 (27.38%) Developer
2 31 (18.45%) Consultant
3 22 (13.10%) .NET Developer
4 19 (11.31%) .NET Software Developer
5 17 (10.12%) Sage Consultant
6 13 (7.74%) Analyst
7 11 (6.55%) IT Manager
7 11 (6.55%) Sage 200 Consultant
8 10 (5.95%) Applications Support
8 10 (5.95%) IT Director
8 10 (5.95%) Sage Developer
9 8 (4.76%) Implementation Consultant
10 7 (4.17%) ERP Consultant
10 7 (4.17%) ERP Implementation Consultant
10 7 (4.17%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.17%) WordPress Developer
11 6 (3.57%) Assistant IT Manager
11 6 (3.57%) IT Assistant
11 6 (3.57%) IT Support
11 6 (3.57%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (16.67%) HTML
2 26 (15.48%) CSS
3 22 (13.10%) .NET
4 19 (11.31%) .NET Core
4 19 (11.31%) .NET Framework
4 19 (11.31%) HTML5
4 19 (11.31%) jQuery
4 19 (11.31%) React Native
5 3 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.19%) JSON
6 2 (1.19%) Web Services
6 2 (1.19%) XML
7 1 (0.60%) REST
7 1 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 7 (4.17%) Graphic Design
2 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.98%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.19%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.19%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.19%) PMI
6 1 (0.60%) FMCG
6 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.60%) Replication
6 1 (0.60%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.62%) Windows
2 21 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.12%) Linux
4 16 (9.52%) Unix
5 6 (3.57%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.19%) Android
6 2 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (38.10%) ERP
2 33 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 19 (11.31%) Biometrics
5 18 (10.71%) Analytics
6 16 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
6 16 (9.52%) Data Privacy
6 16 (9.52%) IT Audit
6 16 (9.52%) Technical Analysis
7 15 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (8.33%) Computer Science
8 14 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (7.14%) CRM
9 12 (7.14%) Project Management
10 11 (6.55%) Customer Service
10 11 (6.55%) Mentoring
11 10 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (5.95%) Presales
11 10 (5.95%) Requirements Gathering
11 10 (5.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 80 (47.62%) SQL
2 29 (17.26%) JavaScript
3 19 (11.31%) C#
4 12 (7.14%) PHP
5 11 (6.55%) Python
6 7 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.17%) Ruby
7 4 (2.38%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.79%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (19.05%) Degree
2 16 (9.52%) CISA
3 10 (5.95%) ACCA
3 10 (5.95%) CIPFA
3 10 (5.95%) QiCA
4 5 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (2.38%) AAT
5 4 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.38%) MCSA
5 4 (2.38%) MCSE
5 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.19%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.52%) ITGC
2 7 (4.17%) GDPR
3 6 (3.57%) PMO
4 5 (2.98%) SLA
5 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 11 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) DFS Replication
2 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (29.76%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.60%) SAP
3 29 (17.26%) Oracle
4 18 (10.71%) Epicor
5 9 (5.36%) Xero
6 8 (4.76%) IFS
6 8 (4.76%) Pegasus
7 7 (4.17%) Adobe
7 7 (4.17%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.98%) HP
9 4 (2.38%) Aruba
9 4 (2.38%) Cisco
9 4 (2.38%) HubSpot
9 4 (2.38%) SolarWinds
9 4 (2.38%) VMware
10 3 (1.79%) Civica
10 3 (1.79%) Google
10 3 (1.79%) Infor
10 3 (1.79%) Workday
11 2 (1.19%) Databricks