The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 112 124 112
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Contract jobs citing SAS 3 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.139% 0.170% 0.761%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.765% 1.082% 4.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 11
Average daily rate £313 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.76% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £400 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £373 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.02% +6.42%
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
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
392 462 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.20% 15.68% 18.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 225 222
Average daily rate £315 £362 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.86% +4.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £209 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 44 53
Average hourly rate £23.50 £20.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.50% +42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £34.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SAS
England

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire +3 3 £313 -3.76%
SAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Direct Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) SPSS
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) CHAID
4 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) VBA
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) OLAP
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Chordiant
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) iPad
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
4 1 (14.29%) Database Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) CDISC
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SPSS
2 1 (14.29%) FastStats
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) OLAP
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Insight Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) SAS Programmer
2 1 (14.29%) SAS Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SAS Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SAS BI Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Campaign Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAS Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
1 1 (14.29%) iPad
1 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Direct Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Database Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Test Management
2 1 (14.29%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) ETL
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) CHAID
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) CDISC
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Chordiant
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft