The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Bradford region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 21 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAS 4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 2.532% - 3.252%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.81% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £373 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.02% +6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.63 £55.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-58.86% +74.60%
All Application Platforms
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 38 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 17.09% 23.90% 19.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 8
Average daily rate £300 £333 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.77% +10.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £550 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £15.25 - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SAS
West Yorkshire

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Bradford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Bradford SAS Jobs Demand Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAS across the Bradford region.

Bradford SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing SAS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAS.

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Insight
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing SAS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Business Objects