The first table below looks at the demand for Base SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Base SAS over the 3 months to 24 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base SAS (SAS Base)
Rank - 61 66
Contract jobs citing Base SAS 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.184% 0.154%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 1.493% 1.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £300 £375
% change year-on-year
+30.83% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
150 134 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.01% 12.33% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 63 70
Average daily rate £394 £335 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.53% -0.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% +175.86%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
Base SAS
Scotland

Base SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Base SAS across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Edinburgh Base SAS Jobs Demand Trend

Base SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Base SAS Daily Rate Trend

Base SAS
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Base 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 Base SAS.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Base SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Base 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 Base SAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) OLAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
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