Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the Chester 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank28-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.941 %0.000 %
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£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
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£21.86£37.53
% change on same period last year-41.76 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads3438
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.041 %
Daily rates quoted311
Average minimum daily rate£294£228
Average daily rate£297£240
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£252
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted161
Average minimum hourly rate£28.65£40.00
Average hourly rate£30.88£40.00
% change on same period last year-22.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.10£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
SAS CheshireSAS
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Chester SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

15 (83.33 %)Data Modelling
15 (83.33 %)Finance
24 (66.67 %)Marketing
33 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
33 (50.00 %)Direct Marketing
42 (33.33 %)SQL
42 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
51 (16.67 %)Postgraduate
51 (16.67 %)Banking
51 (16.67 %)Mathematics
51 (16.67 %)Base SAS
51 (16.67 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
51 (16.67 %)Statistics
51 (16.67 %)Operations Research
51 (16.67 %)Degree

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)Base SAS
11 (16.67 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (83.33 %)Finance
24 (66.67 %)Marketing
32 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
41 (16.67 %)Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Data Modeller
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)SAS Analyst
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Mathematics
11 (16.67 %)Statistics
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Data Modelling
23 (50.00 %)Statistical Analysis
23 (50.00 %)Direct Marketing
31 (16.67 %)Operations Research
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)SQL
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Postgraduate
11 (16.67 %)Degree