Sage Group Careers

Accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses.

sage.com

About the company

Founded

1981

Headquarters

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Listed on

London Stock Exchange: SGE

Colleagues

More than 11,000

Markets

More than 20 countries

Annual recurring revenue (FY2025)

£2.574 billion

Total revenue (FY2025)

£2.513 billion

Recurring revenue (FY2025)

£2.436 billion

Underlying operating profit (FY2025)

£600 million

Profit after tax (FY2025)

£423 million

The Sage Group plc develops accounting, financial management, payroll and HR software for small and mid-sized businesses and their accountants.

Sage was founded in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1981. It now has more than 11,000 colleagues, serves millions of customers and operates in more than 20 countries.

For fiscal 2025, Sage reported £2.513 billion in total revenue, £2.436 billion in recurring revenue and £600 million in underlying operating profit.

Key People

Andrew Duff

Chair

Steve Hare

Chief Executive Officer

Jacqui Cartin

Chief Financial Officer

Krish Vitaldevara

Chief Product Officer

Interview process at Sage Group

(117 candidate-reported experiences on Indeed)

Interview experience

Average, rated 6 out of 10

Interview difficulty

Medium, rated 5 out of 10

Interview process length

About two weeks

Overall experience

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Interview process length

About a day or two26%

About a week25%

About a month10%

More than one month9%

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Sage Interview Questions & Answers

Q: Explain the main principles of object-oriented programming.

A: Define encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance and polymorphism, then show how each affected the design of a system you built.

Answer by AI

Use a concrete code example.
Explain the tradeoffs.
Keep definitions distinct.

Q: How would you design communication between services in a distributed system?

A: Start with latency, consistency and failure requirements, then compare synchronous calls, messaging and event-driven patterns before choosing an approach.

Answer by AI

Clarify scale and reliability needs.
Discuss retries and idempotency.
Cover observability.

Q: Describe a web development project from your resume.

A: Explain the user problem, architecture, your personal contribution, a difficult technical choice and the measured result.

Answer by AI

Separate team work from your work.
Name the technologies used.
Include one lesson learned.

Q: Tell me about a time you used a competency relevant to technical support.

A: Choose a case where you diagnosed the issue, communicated clearly, documented the fix and confirmed that service was restored.

Answer by AI

Use a real support case.
Show your diagnostic sequence.
End with the customer outcome.

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Sage Group Salaries in the United Kingdom (Updated 2026)

Software Engineer

All experience levels

£40,000 to £50,000 per year

143 salaries Salaries submitted

Account Manager

All experience levels

£30,000 to £52,000 per year

82 salaries Salaries submitted

Senior Software Engineer

All experience levels

£50,000 to £65,000 per year

77 salaries Salaries submitted

Product Manager

All experience levels

£56,000 to £80,000 per year

67 salaries Salaries submitted

Technical Support

All experience levels

£21,000 to £27,000 per year

57 salaries Salaries submitted

Software Developer

All experience levels

£40,000 to £50,000 per year

51 salaries Salaries submitted

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