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This section looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4357
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.030 %1.639 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£384
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£41.99
% change on same period last year-4.73 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads6661
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted1411
Average minimum daily rate£272£328
Average daily rate£282£329
% change on same period last year-14.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£291£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£347
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Hourly rates quoted711
Average minimum hourly rate£17.15£29.82
Average hourly rate£18.96£31.98
% change on same period last year-40.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.77£34.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.10£24.95
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
SAS CambridgeshireSAS
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Cambridge SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

12 (100.00 %)Statistics
21 (50.00 %)Data Management
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)Mathematics
21 (50.00 %)Biotechnology
21 (50.00 %)Computer Science
21 (50.00 %)Life Science
21 (50.00 %)Oracle Clinical
21 (50.00 %)Biostatistics

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)Oracle Clinical
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Pharmaceutical
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Programmer
12 (100.00 %)SAS Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Graduate
21 (50.00 %)Graduate Programmer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Statistics
21 (50.00 %)Mathematics
21 (50.00 %)Biotechnology
21 (50.00 %)Computer Science
21 (50.00 %)Life Science
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Data Management
11 (50.00 %)Biostatistics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle