The first table below looks at the demand for SAS 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 140 119 135
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +16
Contract jobs citing SAS 73 99 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.077% 1.279% 1.209%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.524% 8.101% 8.923%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 84 98
Average daily rate £414 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.64% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £338 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £59.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £24.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-22.44% -22.22%
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1119 1222 1356
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 16.50% 15.79% 13.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 833 941
Average daily rate £400 £400 £417
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 73
Average hourly rate £25.25 £21.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.23% +5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £52.50 £42.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
SAS
London

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London SAS Daily Rate Histogram

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London SAS Hourly Rate Histogram

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 74 (51.03%) SQL
2 45 (31.03%) Finance
3 34 (23.45%) Marketing
4 31 (21.38%) Banking
4 31 (21.38%) Analytics
5 30 (20.69%) Oracle
6 27 (18.62%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (17.24%) Microsoft
8 23 (15.86%) Business Intelligence
9 22 (15.17%) SQL Server
9 22 (15.17%) VBA
10 20 (13.79%) Statistics
10 20 (13.79%) Degree
11 19 (13.10%) QlikView
11 19 (13.10%) Teradata
11 19 (13.10%) Statistical Modelling
12 18 (12.41%) Retail
12 18 (12.41%) Data Analysis
12 18 (12.41%) Data Mining
12 18 (12.41%) Migration
13 17 (11.72%) ETL
13 17 (11.72%) Business Objects
13 17 (11.72%) Base SAS
14 16 (11.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (11.03%) CRM
14 16 (11.03%) SharePoint
15 15 (10.34%) Data Modelling
15 15 (10.34%) Informatica
15 15 (10.34%) Mathematics
15 15 (10.34%) Credit Risk

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 7 (4.828%) MDX
2 6 (4.138%) MapReduce
3 4 (2.759%) .NET
4 3 (2.069%) Middleware
5 2 (1.379%) ASP
5 2 (1.379%) Web Services
5 2 (1.379%) XML
6 1 (0.690%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 16 (11.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.138%) Apache Pig
2 6 (4.138%) Apache
3 5 (3.448%) WebLogic
4 3 (2.069%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.690%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.690%) Documentum
5 1 (0.690%) Mathematica
5 1 (0.690%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.690%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.690%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.690%) WorkSite
5 1 (0.690%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (9.655%) MS Excel
2 10 (6.897%) SPSS
3 5 (3.448%) MS Office
4 2 (1.379%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.379%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.379%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.690%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 11 (7.586%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.690%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.690%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.069%) HTTP
2 2 (1.379%) Broadband
3 1 (0.690%) FTP
3 1 (0.690%) SAN
3 1 (0.690%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.62%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (15.17%) SQL Server
3 19 (13.10%) QlikView
4 18 (12.41%) Data Mining
5 17 (11.72%) Base SAS
6 16 (11.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (8.276%) DataStage
8 11 (7.586%) Xcelsius
8 11 (7.586%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 11 (7.586%) SAP BW
8 11 (7.586%) SAP BI
8 11 (7.586%) BusinessObjects
9 10 (6.897%) Big Data
10 8 (5.517%) Hadoop
10 8 (5.517%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 7 (4.828%) OLAP
11 7 (4.828%) Oracle OLAP
12 6 (4.138%) Mahout
12 6 (4.138%) HBase
12 6 (4.138%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 4 (2.759%) JIRA
2 2 (1.379%) ProC
2 2 (1.379%) Oracle Forms
General
1 45 (31.03%) Finance
2 34 (23.45%) Marketing
3 31 (21.38%) Banking
4 18 (12.41%) Retail
5 7 (4.828%) Advertising
6 6 (4.138%) Retail Banking
6 6 (4.138%) Legal
7 4 (2.759%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.069%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.379%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.690%) Back Office
10 1 (0.690%) Law
10 1 (0.690%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (42.76%) Analyst
2 32 (22.07%) Developer
3 22 (15.17%) SAS Analyst
4 16 (11.03%) Data Analyst
5 14 (9.655%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (8.966%) Business Analyst
7 12 (8.276%) Insight Analyst
8 11 (7.586%) SQL Developer
9 10 (6.897%) Project Manager
9 10 (6.897%) SAS Developer
10 8 (5.517%) SAS Insight Analyst
11 7 (4.828%) Customer Analyst
11 7 (4.828%) Customer Insight Analyst
11 7 (4.828%) Data Scientist
12 6 (4.138%) Senior Insight Analyst
12 6 (4.138%) Research Engineer
12 6 (4.138%) Senior SAS Analyst
13 5 (3.448%) Test Manager
13 5 (3.448%) Consultant
13 5 (3.448%) Senior Customer Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.79%) Statistics
2 15 (10.34%) Mathematics
2 15 (10.34%) Credit Risk
3 12 (8.276%) Computer Science
4 7 (4.828%) Physics
4 7 (4.828%) Economics
5 6 (4.138%) Neural Network
5 6 (4.138%) Social Network
5 6 (4.138%) Visualisation
5 6 (4.138%) Grid Computing
6 5 (3.448%) iPad
7 4 (2.759%) Mainframe
8 3 (2.069%) Replication
9 2 (1.379%) Data Extraction
9 2 (1.379%) Data Integration
10 1 (0.690%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.690%) Symmetrix DMX
10 1 (0.690%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (0.690%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.690%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.966%) UNIX
2 2 (1.379%) Linux
3 1 (0.690%) Solaris
3 1 (0.690%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.38%) Analytics
2 23 (15.86%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (13.10%) Statistical Modelling
4 18 (12.41%) Data Analysis
4 18 (12.41%) Migration
5 17 (11.72%) ETL
6 16 (11.03%) CRM
7 15 (10.34%) Data Modelling
7 15 (10.34%) Predictive Modelling
8 14 (9.655%) Project Management
9 12 (8.276%) Data Migration
9 12 (8.276%) Customer Insight
10 11 (7.586%) CHAID
11 10 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (4.828%) Six Sigma
13 6 (4.138%) Business Analytics
13 6 (4.138%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (4.138%) Software Engineering
13 6 (4.138%) Operations Research
13 6 (4.138%) UML
Programming Languages
1 74 (51.03%) SQL
2 22 (15.17%) VBA
3 14 (9.655%) T-SQL
4 12 (8.276%) Java
5 10 (6.897%) C++
6 8 (5.517%) R
7 7 (4.828%) Shell Script
8 6 (4.138%) Scala
8 6 (4.138%) SAS Macro
8 6 (4.138%) Python
9 5 (3.448%) C#
10 3 (2.069%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.379%) JCL
11 2 (1.379%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.690%) C
12 1 (0.690%) COBOL
12 1 (0.690%) REXX
12 1 (0.690%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (13.79%) Degree
2 8 (5.517%) PhD
3 3 (2.069%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.379%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.690%) OCP
5 1 (0.690%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.690%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.379%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.690%) SLA
2 1 (0.690%) QA
2 1 (0.690%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.690%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (0.690%) Veritas Volume Manager
1 1 (0.690%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.690%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.690%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 30 (20.69%) Oracle
2 25 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 19 (13.10%) Teradata
4 17 (11.72%) Business Objects
5 15 (10.34%) Informatica
6 13 (8.966%) Cognos
7 11 (7.586%) Netezza
7 11 (7.586%) Hyperion
7 11 (7.586%) Sybase
7 11 (7.586%) SAP
7 11 (7.586%) MicroStrategy
8 4 (2.759%) hybris
8 4 (2.759%) Unica
8 4 (2.759%) Perforce
9 3 (2.069%) StatPro
10 2 (1.379%) GoldenSource
10 2 (1.379%) DataFlux
10 2 (1.379%) Salesforce.com
11 1 (0.690%) Progress
11 1 (0.690%) Cisco
City of London
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Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
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City, London
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Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
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Rate: £350 - £399 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
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Orgtel
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £400.00 per annum
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City, London
LA International
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
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City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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