The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 28 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing SAS 3 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.429% 1.878% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 11.11% 16.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £373 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.02% +6.42%
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
27 25 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 12.86% 11.74% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 8
Average daily rate £408 £330 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.48% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £203 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 £18.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+80.55% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SAS
East Midlands

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester -4 3 - -
SAS
East Midlands

SAS
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modeller
1 2 (50.00%) SAS Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SAS Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL