The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 22 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 Buckinghamshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank - 72 62
Contract jobs citing SAS 0 1 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - 0.100% 1.134%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 0.625% 7.843%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £294
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.06% +7.07%
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
169 160 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 20.81% 15.95% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 69 62
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £139 £148 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 15
Average hourly rate £13.25 £13.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.85% -32.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.95 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £17.08 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAS
South East

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SAS Hourly Rate Trend