The first table below looks at the demand for SAS Macro skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Macro over the 3 months to 21 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 Programming Languages category for the City of London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS Macro
Rank 202 211 234
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +23
Contract jobs citing SAS Macro 1 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.016% 0.076% 0.021%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.037% 0.209% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
Average daily rate - £400 £444
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - £388
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2682 2865 4070
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 41.74% 36.44% 42.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2072 2145 3086
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 33 35
Average hourly rate £39.51 £32.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.55% +16.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.81 £15.00 £18.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £50.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SAS Macro
London

SAS Macro
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAS Macro across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London SAS Macro Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Macro
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAS Macro across the City of London region.

City of London SAS Macro Daily Rate Trend

SAS Macro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAS Macro 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 Macro.

1 9 (100.00%) SAS
2 8 (88.89%) Base SAS
3 7 (77.78%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) ProC
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
4 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (44.44%) Statistical Modelling
5 3 (33.33%) VBA
5 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 2 (22.22%) Banking
6 2 (22.22%) Marketing
7 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (11.11%) Multivariate Testing
7 1 (11.11%) iPad
7 1 (11.11%) Analytics
7 1 (11.11%) Customer Analytics
7 1 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
7 1 (11.11%) Physics
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (11.11%) Retail
7 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
7 1 (11.11%) Economics
7 1 (11.11%) Web Analytics
7 1 (11.11%) Statistics
7 1 (11.11%) Validation
7 1 (11.11%) Project Management
7 1 (11.11%) VB

SAS Macro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAS Macro 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 Macro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) Base SAS
2 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) ProC
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Data Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Senior Data Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Insight Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Developer
4 2 (22.22%) SAS Developer
5 1 (11.11%) SAS Programmer
5 1 (11.11%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) iPad
1 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
1 1 (11.11%) Physics
1 1 (11.11%) Economics
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (11.11%) Multivariate Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Web Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Validation
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SAS Certification
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft