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The table below looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the Kent 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4740
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.163 %8.621 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£382£381
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.60
Average hourly rate-£40.80
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.86£37.53
% change on same period last year-41.76 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads86116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.135 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted2816
Average minimum daily rate£308£332
Average daily rate£332£373
% change on same period last year-11.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Hourly rates quoted1621
Average minimum hourly rate£22.42£25.61
Average hourly rate£23.57£27.21
% change on same period last year-13.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.72£28.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.01£23.80
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
SAS South EastSAS
South East

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

Kent SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
22 (66.67 %)Business Objects
22 (66.67 %)MS Excel
22 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
22 (66.67 %)DTS
22 (66.67 %)MS Visio
22 (66.67 %)ETL
22 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft
22 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects
22 (66.67 %)SAN
22 (66.67 %)Banking
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)Transact-SQL
31 (33.33 %)Base SAS

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
12 (66.67 %)MS Visio
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)SAN
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)Crystal Reports
22 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
22 (66.67 %)DTS
22 (66.67 %)ETL
22 (66.67 %)BusinessObjects
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (33.33 %)Base SAS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Banking
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)Database Developer
12 (66.67 %)SQL Developer
12 (66.67 %)SQL Server Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Business Intelligence
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
12 (66.67 %)Transact-SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Business Objects
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft