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This section looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the Halifax 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£380
% change on same period last year-2.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.83£42.16
% change on same period last year-3.13 %
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Halifax
Matching contract IT job ads257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.007 %
Daily rates quoted81
Average minimum daily rate£330£275
Average daily rate£345£288
% change on same period last year+19.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£12.00-
Average hourly rate£12.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
SAS West YorkshireSAS
West Yorkshire

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

Halifax SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)Business Objects
11 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
11 (100.00 %)Base SAS

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
11 (100.00 %)Base SAS
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Insurance
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Programmer
11 (100.00 %)SAS Programmer
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB
Halifax IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Business Objects