The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 62 64 63
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing SAS 1 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 0.123% 0.833%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.781% 0.676% 5.517%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £350 £350
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
128 148 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.41% 18.27% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 75 88
Average daily rate £325 £338 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.50 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAS
North West

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 1 - -
SAS
North West

SAS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Teradata
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VB

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Teradata
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