England SAS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAS System
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Crewe Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Ipswich Kent Knutsford Leeds Leicestershire London Loughborough M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walsall West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	235	127
Rank change on same period last year	-108
Matching contract IT job ads	432	1192
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.576 %	1.206 %
As % of the category below	4.305 %	9.663 %
Daily rates quoted	137	273
Average minimum daily rate	£392	£374
Average daily rate	£415	£396
% change on same period last year	+5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£439	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£397
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	46
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.13	£36.65
Average hourly rate	£38.44	£38.77
% change on same period last year	-0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.75	£40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£45.71	£40.64
% change on same period last year	+12.48 %
Application Platforms England
Matching contract IT job ads	10035	12336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	13.38 %	12.48 %
Daily rates quoted	3035	3209
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£358
Average daily rate	£377	£379
% change on same period last year	-0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	1090	1265
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.54	£22.80
Average hourly rate	£24.12	£24.23
% change on same period last year	-0.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.70	£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
SAS UK

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

SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SAS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-20	176	£459	+16.22 %
South East	-109	55	£339	-11.74 %
South West	+14	42	£408	+20.15 %
North West	-40	41	£394	-5.52 %
Yorkshire	-7	35	£397	+20.60 %
East Midlands	-6	21	£496	+33.78 %
Midlands	-48	20	£365	-18.69 %
East of England	-37	19	£347	+17.37 %
North East	+6	10	£302	-15.61 %
West Midlands	-32	8	£500	+18.65 %

SAS UK

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 320 (30.95 %) Finance 2 200 (19.34 %) Base SAS 3 193 (18.67 %) SQL 4 191 (18.47 %) Datawarehouse 5 177 (17.12 %) Marketing 6 130 (12.57 %) ETL 7 126 (12.19 %) Business Intelligence 8 118 (11.41 %) Banking 9 99 (9.574 %) Pharmaceutical 9 99 (9.574 %) BusinessObjects 9 99 (9.574 %) Business Objects 10 96 (9.284 %) Oracle 11 89 (8.607 %) Retail 12 84 (8.124 %) SAS Macro 13 83 (8.027 %) Credit Risk

14 72 (6.963 %) Data Analysis 15 70 (6.770 %) Data Modelling 16 66 (6.383 %) OLAP 16 66 (6.383 %) UNIX 17 64 (6.190 %) Telecoms 18 63 (6.093 %) Statistical Analysis 19 59 (5.706 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 20 57 (5.513 %) Degree 21 51 (4.932 %) SPSS 22 48 (4.642 %) Security Cleared 23 47 (4.545 %) SQL Server 24 44 (4.255 %) Project Management 24 44 (4.255 %) Statistics 25 41 (3.965 %) Basel II 26 34 (3.288 %) Insurance

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development 1 9 (0.870 %) HTML 1 9 (0.870 %) XML 1 9 (0.870 %) ODBC 2 6 (0.580 %) Middleware 3 5 (0.484 %) .NET 4 3 (0.290 %) WMI 5 2 (0.193 %) WebSphere 5 2 (0.193 %) WinForms 5 2 (0.193 %) WebServices 5 2 (0.193 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.097 %) Struts 6 1 (0.097 %) SAP XI 6 1 (0.097 %) EDI 6 1 (0.097 %) Spring 6 1 (0.097 %) Adobe Flex	Application Platforms 1 3 (0.290 %) Rendezvous 1 3 (0.290 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 3 (0.290 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 1 (0.097 %) ArcGIS 2 1 (0.097 %) WebLogic 2 1 (0.097 %) MQSeries 2 1 (0.097 %) CICS
Applications 1 51 (4.932 %) SPSS 2 31 (2.998 %) MS Excel 3 19 (1.838 %) MS Office 4 17 (1.644 %) MS Visio 5 9 (0.870 %) MS PowerPoint 6 5 (0.484 %) MATLAB 6 5 (0.484 %) Spreadsheet 7 4 (0.387 %) MS Project 8 3 (0.290 %) CA Clarity 9 2 (0.193 %) Stata	Business Applications 1 4 (0.387 %) Oracle Clinical 2 2 (0.193 %) Summit 3 1 (0.097 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.097 %) FRONT ARENA 3 1 (0.097 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 1 (0.097 %) SAP HR 3 1 (0.097 %) SAP FI 3 1 (0.097 %) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking 1 10 (0.967 %) Intranet 2 7 (0.677 %) 3G 3 3 (0.290 %) SSH 3 3 (0.290 %) iSCSI 3 3 (0.290 %) DHCP 3 3 (0.290 %) HTTP 3 3 (0.290 %) DNS 3 3 (0.290 %) SSL 3 3 (0.290 %) SAN 4 2 (0.193 %) GPRS 4 2 (0.193 %) GSM 4 2 (0.193 %) UMTS 4 2 (0.193 %) Internet 5 1 (0.097 %) Firewall 5 1 (0.097 %) Wireless 5 1 (0.097 %) 2G 5 1 (0.097 %) WAN 5 1 (0.097 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 200 (19.34 %) Base SAS 2 191 (18.47 %) Datawarehouse 3 130 (12.57 %) ETL 4 99 (9.574 %) BusinessObjects 5 66 (6.383 %) OLAP 6 59 (5.706 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 7 47 (4.545 %) SQL Server 8 31 (2.998 %) Data Mining 9 25 (2.418 %) Data Mart 10 23 (2.224 %) MS Access 10 23 (2.224 %) Oracle OLAP 11 19 (1.838 %) Oracle 10g 12 16 (1.547 %) BusinessObjects XI 13 13 (1.257 %) SQL Server 2005 13 13 (1.257 %) Oracle Discoverer 14 11 (1.064 %) DB2 14 11 (1.064 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 11 (1.064 %) SAS Enterprise Miner 15 10 (0.967 %) Oracle BI EE 15 10 (0.967 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 19 (1.838 %) TestDirector 2 16 (1.547 %) ProC 3 11 (1.064 %) ERwin 4 2 (0.193 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (0.193 %) Visual Studio 5 1 (0.097 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 1 (0.097 %) Oracle Forms 5 1 (0.097 %) ClearCase 5 1 (0.097 %) JBuilder 5 1 (0.097 %) Rational Rose 5 1 (0.097 %) JDeveloper 5 1 (0.097 %) WinRunner 5 1 (0.097 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (0.097 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 320 (30.95 %) Finance 2 177 (17.12 %) Marketing 3 118 (11.41 %) Banking 4 99 (9.574 %) Pharmaceutical 5 89 (8.607 %) Retail 6 64 (6.190 %) Telecoms 7 34 (3.288 %) Insurance 8 33 (3.191 %) Retail Banking 9 28 (2.708 %) Government 10 26 (2.515 %) Investment Banking 11 19 (1.838 %) Financial Institution 12 18 (1.741 %) Health 13 12 (1.161 %) Pensions 14 7 (0.677 %) Auditing 14 7 (0.677 %) Advertising 15 5 (0.484 %) Education 16 4 (0.387 %) Electric 16 4 (0.387 %) Legal 17 3 (0.290 %) Manufacturing 17 3 (0.290 %) FMCG
Job Titles 1 368 (35.59 %) Analyst 2 203 (19.63 %) Programmer 3 188 (18.18 %) SAS Analyst 4 186 (17.99 %) SAS Programmer 5 134 (12.96 %) Developer 6 109 (10.54 %) Consultant 7 93 (8.994 %) SAS Developer 8 91 (8.801 %) SAS Consultant 9 52 (5.029 %) Data Analyst 10 42 (4.062 %) Business Analyst 11 38 (3.675 %) Architect 12 36 (3.482 %) Report Analyst 13 31 (2.998 %) Senior Analyst 14 26 (2.515 %) Marketing Analyst 15 24 (2.321 %) Credit Risk Analyst 15 24 (2.321 %) Project Manager 15 24 (2.321 %) Risk Analyst 16 23 (2.224 %) Statistician 17 19 (1.838 %) MI Analyst 17 19 (1.838 %) Campaign Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 83 (8.027 %) Credit Risk 2 44 (4.255 %) Statistics 3 31 (2.998 %) Mathematics 4 27 (2.611 %) Data Integration 5 25 (2.418 %) Mainframe 6 17 (1.644 %) Management Information System 7 15 (1.451 %) Data Extraction 8 11 (1.064 %) Computer Science 8 11 (1.064 %) Life Science 9 10 (0.967 %) NHS 10 6 (0.580 %) Data Protection Act 11 4 (0.387 %) Clustering 11 4 (0.387 %) Biometrics 12 3 (0.290 %) Market Risk 13 2 (0.193 %) Derivative 13 2 (0.193 %) Biotechnology 13 2 (0.193 %) Client/Server 13 2 (0.193 %) Handset 13 2 (0.193 %) Fixed Income 13 2 (0.193 %) VSAM
Operating Systems 1 66 (6.383 %) UNIX 2 14 (1.354 %) Linux 3 13 (1.257 %) Solaris 4 12 (1.161 %) AIX 5 11 (1.064 %) Windows 6 6 (0.580 %) MVS 7 3 (0.290 %) zOS 7 3 (0.290 %) Windows 2000 8 2 (0.193 %) Windows NT 9 1 (0.097 %) Windows XP 9 1 (0.097 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.097 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 126 (12.19 %) Business Intelligence 2 72 (6.963 %) Data Analysis 3 70 (6.770 %) Data Modelling 4 63 (6.093 %) Statistical Analysis 5 48 (4.642 %) Security Cleared 6 44 (4.255 %) Project Management 7 32 (3.095 %) Data Management 8 31 (2.998 %) CRM 9 30 (2.901 %) Migration 10 27 (2.611 %) Business Analysis 11 22 (2.128 %) Validation 12 21 (2.031 %) Direct Marketing 13 20 (1.934 %) DV Cleared 13 20 (1.934 %) CHAID 14 18 (1.741 %) SC Cleared 14 18 (1.741 %) Biostatistics 15 15 (1.451 %) Dimensional Modelling 16 13 (1.257 %) RAD 17 12 (1.161 %) Econometrics 18 11 (1.064 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 193 (18.67 %) SQL 2 84 (8.124 %) SAS Macro 3 24 (2.321 %) VBA 4 21 (2.031 %) Shell Script 5 15 (1.451 %) VB 5 15 (1.451 %) PL/SQL 6 11 (1.064 %) C 7 9 (0.870 %) Java 8 6 (0.580 %) Transact-SQL 9 5 (0.484 %) C++ 10 4 (0.387 %) C# 10 4 (0.387 %) Perl 10 4 (0.387 %) VB.NET 10 4 (0.387 %) REXX 10 4 (0.387 %) JCL 11 3 (0.290 %) PowerShell 11 3 (0.290 %) Python 12 2 (0.193 %) SQR 12 2 (0.193 %) JavaScript 12 2 (0.193 %) COBOL	Qualifications 1 57 (5.513 %) Degree 2 6 (0.580 %) SAS Certification 3 5 (0.484 %) ISEB 4 4 (0.387 %) PhD 5 2 (0.193 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.097 %) Sun Certification 6 1 (0.097 %) ACCA 6 1 (0.097 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 41 (3.965 %) Basel II 2 13 (1.257 %) GCP 3 7 (0.677 %) SLA 4 6 (0.580 %) QA 5 1 (0.097 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 3 (0.290 %) NFS 1 3 (0.290 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.097 %) RACF
Systems Management 1 12 (1.161 %) AutoSys 2 8 (0.774 %) Unicenter 3 6 (0.580 %) OMEGAMON 4 3 (0.290 %) OpenView 4 3 (0.290 %) EMC TimeFinder 5 1 (0.097 %) AllFusion Endevor 5 1 (0.097 %) MOM	Vendors 1 99 (9.574 %) Business Objects 2 96 (9.284 %) Oracle 3 22 (2.128 %) Microsoft 4 19 (1.838 %) Cognos 5 16 (1.547 %) IBM 5 16 (1.547 %) Teradata 6 10 (0.967 %) Sun 6 10 (0.967 %) HP 7 9 (0.870 %) Ab Initio 8 8 (0.774 %) SAP 9 6 (0.580 %) Hyperion 9 6 (0.580 %) Informatica 9 6 (0.580 %) Mapinfo 10 5 (0.484 %) Alterian 11 4 (0.387 %) Mantas 11 4 (0.387 %) CA 11 4 (0.387 %) EMC 11 4 (0.387 %) Sybase 12 3 (0.290 %) Citrix 12 3 (0.290 %) Hitachi