The first table below looks at the demand for the SAS Programmer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS Programmer
Rank 481 552 539
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -13
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Programmer 33 18 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.078% 0.033% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.036% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 8
Average daily rate £388 £363 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% -7.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £281 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £438 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £375 £393
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 £60.00 £162.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-83.33% -63.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year
-83.33% -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2022 2460 2732
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAS Programmer
UK

SAS Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAS Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAS Programmer Daily Rate Trend

SAS Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS Programmer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England SAS Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

SAS Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAS Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

SAS Programmer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Programmer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
South East +31 15 £400 -
London +40 14 £380 -5.00%
East Midlands -1 2 £53 -81.33%
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
SAS Programmer
UK

SAS Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAS Programmer in their job title 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 with SAS Programmer in their job title.

1 48 (100.00%) SAS
2 19 (39.58%) CDISC
3 18 (37.50%) Base SAS
4 16 (33.33%) SAS Macro
5 13 (27.08%) SQL
6 11 (22.92%) Finance
7 9 (18.75%) Validation
8 7 (14.58%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (10.42%) SAP
11 4 (8.333%) Statistics
11 4 (8.333%) VBA
11 4 (8.333%) Management Information System
11 4 (8.333%) SAP BW
12 3 (6.250%) GCP
12 3 (6.250%) ETL
12 3 (6.250%) Analytics
13 2 (4.167%) SAS Enterprise Guide
13 2 (4.167%) Marketing
13 2 (4.167%) Degree
13 2 (4.167%) Credit Risk
13 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
13 2 (4.167%) Statistical Analysis
13 2 (4.167%) Business Objects
13 2 (4.167%) Data Mining
13 2 (4.167%) UNIX
13 2 (4.167%) Oracle
13 2 (4.167%) VB
13 2 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
13 2 (4.167%) SAS Certification

SAS Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAS Programmer in their job title 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 with SAS Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.083%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 48 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.083%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (37.50%) Base SAS
2 7 (14.58%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.333%) SAP BW
4 2 (4.167%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (4.167%) Data Mining
5 1 (2.083%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.083%) OLAP
5 1 (2.083%) Data Mart
General
1 11 (22.92%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (4.167%) Marketing
4 1 (2.083%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.083%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.333%) Statistics
1 4 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.167%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.083%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.083%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.167%) UNIX
2 1 (2.083%) Windows
2 1 (2.083%) AIX
2 1 (2.083%) Linux
2 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (18.75%) Validation
2 3 (6.250%) ETL
2 3 (6.250%) Analytics
3 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
3 2 (4.167%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (4.167%) Change Management
4 1 (2.083%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.083%) Project Management
4 1 (2.083%) ITIL
4 1 (2.083%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.083%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) SAS Macro
2 13 (27.08%) SQL
3 4 (8.333%) VBA
4 2 (4.167%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.167%) Degree
1 2 (4.167%) SAS Certification
2 1 (2.083%) PMP
2 1 (2.083%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (39.58%) CDISC
2 3 (6.250%) GCP
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) SAP
2 2 (4.167%) Business Objects
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle
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