The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 20 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 Glasgow 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 77 52 57
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +5
Contract jobs citing SAS 1 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.106% 0.894% 0.292%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.585% 5.426% 1.266%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £400 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +167.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £374 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.07% +6.71%
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
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
171 129 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 18.08% 16.48% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 50 79
Average daily rate £338 £312 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.25% -10.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
SAS
Scotland

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL