Cheshire Base SAS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Base SAS (SAS Base) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Base SAS over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Base SAS (SAS Base)
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Devon East Anglia East of England England Exeter Gloucester Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Knutsford London Midlands North West Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	2.649 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£367
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£46.60
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	151	188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.246 %	0.206 %
Daily rates quoted	28	41
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£321
Average daily rate	£306	£338
% change on same period last year	-9.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£347
% change on same period last year	-3.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.90	£27.21
Average hourly rate	£23.99	£28.74
% change on same period last year	-16.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.07	£30.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.53	£31.53
% change on same period last year	-15.84 %
Base SAS North West

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.

Base SAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Base SAS across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Base SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Base SAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Base SAS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	-	1	-	-
Knutsford	-	1	-	-

Base SAS North West

Base SAS
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Base 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 Base SAS.

1 8 (100.00 %) SAS 2 3 (37.50 %) UNIX 2 3 (37.50 %) AIX 2 3 (37.50 %) ETL 2 3 (37.50 %) SAS Macro 3 2 (25.00 %) Banking 3 2 (25.00 %) Retail 4 1 (12.50 %) Statistical Analysis 4 1 (12.50 %) SLA 4 1 (12.50 %) Pharmaceutical 4 1 (12.50 %) Finance 4 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System 4 1 (12.50 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 4 1 (12.50 %) ITIL

Base SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Base 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 Base SAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 8 (100.00 %) SAS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) ETL 2 1 (12.50 %) SAS Enterprise Guide
General 1 2 (25.00 %) Banking 1 2 (25.00 %) Retail 2 1 (12.50 %) Pharmaceutical 2 1 (12.50 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 2 (25.00 %) Developer 1 2 (25.00 %) Analyst 1 2 (25.00 %) Programmer 1 2 (25.00 %) Capacity Planner 1 2 (25.00 %) SAS Programmer 1 2 (25.00 %) SAS Developer 1 2 (25.00 %) SAS Analyst 2 1 (12.50 %) SAS Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior SAS Developer 2 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 3 (37.50 %) UNIX 1 3 (37.50 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) ITIL 1 1 (12.50 %) Statistical Analysis	Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) SAS Macro
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (12.50 %) SLA