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The table below looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the City of London 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank183170
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads2521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.021 %
As % of the category below2.422 %2.857 %
Daily rates quoted126
Average minimum daily rate£427£475
Average daily rate£462£488
% change on same period last year-5.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£498£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£385
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
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£33.75£42.66
% change on same period last year-20.88 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads1032735
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.459 %0.744 %
Daily rates quoted542276
Average minimum daily rate£363£395
Average daily rate£391£415
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£436
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£338
% change on same period last year+3.38 %
Hourly rates quoted5360
Average minimum hourly rate£21.30£22.29
Average hourly rate£22.77£23.58
% change on same period last year-3.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.24£24.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.77£24.01
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
SAS LondonSAS
London

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram

The 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 13 October 2008.

City of London SAS Daily Rate Histogram

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

117 (29.31 %)Finance
214 (24.14 %)Business Intelligence
311 (18.97 %)UNIX
311 (18.97 %)Banking
311 (18.97 %)Base SAS
311 (18.97 %)Security Cleared
410 (17.24 %)DV Cleared
59 (15.52 %)Statistical Analysis
68 (13.79 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
68 (13.79 %)ODBC
68 (13.79 %)Shell Script
77 (12.07 %)Oracle
77 (12.07 %)Degree
77 (12.07 %)Validation
86 (10.34 %)Government
86 (10.34 %)Investment Banking
86 (10.34 %)SQL
95 (8.621 %)SQL Server
95 (8.621 %)Pharmaceutical
95 (8.621 %)SAS Macro
104 (6.897 %)HP
104 (6.897 %)OLAP
104 (6.897 %).NET
104 (6.897 %)C
104 (6.897 %)Windows
104 (6.897 %)MS Access
104 (6.897 %)Data Modelling
104 (6.897 %)Data Mining
104 (6.897 %)Credit Risk
113 (5.172 %)Market Risk

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (13.79 %)ODBC
24 (6.897 %).NET
33 (5.172 %)WMI
41 (1.724 %)J2EE
41 (1.724 %)HTML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.172 %)MS Exchange
13 (5.172 %)Exchange Server 2003
13 (5.172 %)Exchange Server 2007
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.724 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.448 %)Oracle Clinical
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.172 %)DHCP
13 (5.172 %)DNS
13 (5.172 %)iSCSI
21 (1.724 %)SAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (18.97 %)Base SAS
28 (13.79 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
35 (8.621 %)SQL Server
44 (6.897 %)OLAP
44 (6.897 %)MS Access
44 (6.897 %)Data Mining
53 (5.172 %)ETL
53 (5.172 %)Datawarehouse
61 (1.724 %)Cognos Powerplay
61 (1.724 %)DB2
61 (1.724 %)RDBMS
61 (1.724 %)Oracle 10g
61 (1.724 %)BusinessObjects
61 (1.724 %)SAP BW
61 (1.724 %)DataStage
61 (1.724 %)Hyperion Essbase
61 (1.724 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (1.724 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (1.724 %)Oracle OLAP
61 (1.724 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (3.448 %)ProC
21 (1.724 %)TestDirector
21 (1.724 %)LoadRunner
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (29.31 %)Finance
211 (18.97 %)Banking
36 (10.34 %)Government
36 (10.34 %)Investment Banking
45 (8.621 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (3.448 %)Insurance
52 (3.448 %)Pensions
52 (3.448 %)Marketing
52 (3.448 %)Retail
61 (1.724 %)Financial Institution
61 (1.724 %)Telecoms
61 (1.724 %)Health
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (25.86 %)Consultant
214 (24.14 %)SAS Consultant
311 (18.97 %)Developer
410 (17.24 %)SAS Developer
57 (12.07 %)Programmer
57 (12.07 %)SAS Programmer
65 (8.621 %)Analyst
74 (6.897 %)Project Manager
83 (5.172 %)SAS Analyst
92 (3.448 %)Data Modeller
92 (3.448 %)Tester
101 (1.724 %)Junior
101 (1.724 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
101 (1.724 %)DBA
101 (1.724 %)Development Manager
101 (1.724 %)Analyst Programmer
101 (1.724 %)Server Engineer
101 (1.724 %)Infrastructure Manager
101 (1.724 %)Implementation Manager
101 (1.724 %)Senior Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (6.897 %)Credit Risk
23 (5.172 %)Market Risk
23 (5.172 %)Clustering
32 (3.448 %)NHS
32 (3.448 %)Mathematics
32 (3.448 %)Computer Science
32 (3.448 %)Replication
41 (1.724 %)Mainframe
41 (1.724 %)Management Information System
41 (1.724 %)Statistics
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (18.97 %)UNIX
24 (6.897 %)Windows
33 (5.172 %)Linux
33 (5.172 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.724 %)Windows Vista
41 (1.724 %)Windows XP
41 (1.724 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (24.14 %)Business Intelligence
211 (18.97 %)Security Cleared
310 (17.24 %)DV Cleared
49 (15.52 %)Statistical Analysis
57 (12.07 %)Validation
64 (6.897 %)Data Modelling
72 (3.448 %)Project Management
72 (3.448 %)Migration
81 (1.724 %)Risk Assessment
81 (1.724 %)Asset Management
81 (1.724 %)Information Management
81 (1.724 %)Data Analysis
81 (1.724 %)Project Planning
81 (1.724 %)Direct Marketing
81 (1.724 %)User Acceptance Testing
81 (1.724 %)Performance Testing
81 (1.724 %)SC Cleared
81 (1.724 %)Quality Management
81 (1.724 %)Change Management
81 (1.724 %)Risk Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (13.79 %)Shell Script
26 (10.34 %)SQL
35 (8.621 %)SAS Macro
44 (6.897 %)C
53 (5.172 %)C#
53 (5.172 %)PowerShell
53 (5.172 %)VB.NET
61 (1.724 %)Java
61 (1.724 %)Transact-SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (12.07 %)Degree
21 (1.724 %)PRINCE2 Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.172 %)Basel II
22 (3.448 %)GCP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (5.172 %)Active Directory
21 (1.724 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
21 (1.724 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (5.172 %)AutoSys
21 (1.724 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (12.07 %)Oracle
24 (6.897 %)HP
33 (5.172 %)Citrix
33 (5.172 %)IBM
33 (5.172 %)Teradata
42 (3.448 %)Ab Initio
51 (1.724 %)VMware
51 (1.724 %)Sun
51 (1.724 %)Hyperion
51 (1.724 %)Informatica
51 (1.724 %)MicroStrategy
51 (1.724 %)Sybase
51 (1.724 %)Business Objects
51 (1.724 %)SAP
51 (1.724 %)Cognos