The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bristol 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 26 39 33
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -6
Contract jobs citing SAS 20 25 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 4.057% 2.854% 3.463%
As % of the Application Platforms category 18.69% 14.62% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 19
Average daily rate £350 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £328 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £24.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-22.44% -22.22%
All Application Platforms
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
107 171 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.70% 19.52% 18.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 114 78
Average daily rate £338 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £442 £440 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 8
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £16.50 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SAS
South West

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bristol SAS Daily Rate Histogram

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Bristol region.

Bristol SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 33 (67.35%) Finance
2 24 (48.98%) SQL
3 18 (36.73%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (30.61%) Business Analysis
4 15 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (28.57%) Banking
6 10 (20.41%) Marketing
7 9 (18.37%) Business Objects
8 8 (16.33%) CRM
8 8 (16.33%) ISEB
9 7 (14.29%) ETL
9 7 (14.29%) Degree
10 6 (12.24%) Data Governance
10 6 (12.24%) Analytics
11 5 (10.20%) SAS Macro
11 5 (10.20%) Mathematics
11 5 (10.20%) Retail
11 5 (10.20%) Change Management
11 5 (10.20%) PRINCE2
11 5 (10.20%) Project Management
12 4 (8.163%) ProC
12 4 (8.163%) Statistics
12 4 (8.163%) Retail Banking
12 4 (8.163%) Operations Research
13 3 (6.122%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (6.122%) Data Transformation
13 3 (6.122%) Base SAS
13 3 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
14 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
14 2 (4.082%) SharePoint

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.082%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
1 2 (4.082%) MS Project
1 2 (4.082%) MS Visio
1 2 (4.082%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.041%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (36.73%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.122%) Base SAS
3 2 (4.082%) OLAP
3 2 (4.082%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.041%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (2.041%) SAS Enterprise Miner
4 1 (2.041%) DataStage
4 1 (2.041%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 4 (8.163%) ProC
General
1 33 (67.35%) Finance
2 14 (28.57%) Banking
3 10 (20.41%) Marketing
4 5 (10.20%) Retail
5 4 (8.163%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (77.55%) Analyst
2 18 (36.73%) SAS Analyst
3 15 (30.61%) Business Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) SAS Developer
4 9 (18.37%) Developer
5 6 (12.24%) MI Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Analyst Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
7 4 (8.163%) Insight Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) SAS Insight Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Marketing Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Report Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Senior Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Senior Business Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Banking Business Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Data Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Technical Business Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Financial Business Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Financial Services Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Mathematics
2 4 (8.163%) Statistics
3 2 (4.082%) Reference Data
3 2 (4.082%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.041%) Data Extraction
4 1 (2.041%) Visualisation
4 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.041%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.041%) UNIX
1 1 (2.041%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Business Analysis
1 15 (30.61%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (16.33%) CRM
3 7 (14.29%) ETL
4 6 (12.24%) Data Governance
4 6 (12.24%) Analytics
5 5 (10.20%) Change Management
5 5 (10.20%) PRINCE2
5 5 (10.20%) Project Management
6 4 (8.163%) Operations Research
7 3 (6.122%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.122%) Data Transformation
7 3 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (4.082%) Data Analysis
8 2 (4.082%) Software Engineering
9 1 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (2.041%) Time Management
9 1 (2.041%) Predictive Modelling
9 1 (2.041%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (2.041%) Customer Analytics
Programming Languages
1 24 (48.98%) SQL
2 5 (10.20%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) ISEB
2 7 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (4.082%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Business Objects
2 2 (4.082%) SAP
2 2 (4.082%) Oracle
2 2 (4.082%) Casewise
3 1 (2.041%) KXEN
3 1 (2.041%) Teradata
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