The first table below looks at the demand for SAS Macro skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Macro 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 Programming Languages category for the London 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 Macro
Rank 361 386 416
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +30
Contract jobs citing SAS Macro 20 16 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.092% 0.060% 0.059%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.226% 0.159% 0.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 13
Average daily rate £350 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £325 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £407 £425 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8866 10072 13040
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.87% 37.51% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6409 6848 8791
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 146 176
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.75 £18.68 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
SAS Macro
England

SAS Macro
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAS Macro across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

London SAS Macro Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Macro
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAS Macro Daily Rate Trend

SAS Macro
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SAS Macro Hourly Rate Trend

SAS Macro
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Macro within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bromley +5 4 £338 +3.84%
City of London +14 1 - -
SAS Macro
England

SAS Macro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAS Macro 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 Macro.

1 55 (100.00%) SAS
2 48 (87.27%) Base SAS
3 31 (56.36%) Marketing
4 28 (50.91%) SQL
5 22 (40.00%) SQL Server
6 17 (30.91%) CHAID
7 13 (23.64%) Statistical Modelling
8 12 (21.82%) Finance
9 11 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (18.18%) Analytics
10 10 (18.18%) Customer Insight
11 9 (16.36%) Retail
12 8 (14.55%) Logistic Regression
12 8 (14.55%) Predictive Modelling
12 8 (14.55%) Marketing Analytics
13 7 (12.73%) Epiphany
13 7 (12.73%) Mainframe
14 6 (10.91%) Data Modelling
14 6 (10.91%) OLAP
14 6 (10.91%) Alterian
14 6 (10.91%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 5 (9.091%) MS Excel
15 5 (9.091%) VBA
15 5 (9.091%) Microsoft
15 5 (9.091%) ProC
15 5 (9.091%) Management Information System
16 4 (7.273%) Statistics
16 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
16 4 (7.273%) CDISC
17 3 (5.455%) Banking

SAS Macro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAS Macro 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 Macro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 55 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.818%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.636%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (87.27%) Base SAS
2 22 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 11 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (10.91%) OLAP
4 6 (10.91%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (1.818%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (9.091%) ProC
General
1 31 (56.36%) Marketing
2 12 (21.82%) Finance
3 9 (16.36%) Retail
4 3 (5.455%) Banking
5 1 (1.818%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.818%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (47.27%) Analyst
2 16 (29.09%) SAS Analyst
3 14 (25.45%) Developer
3 14 (25.45%) SAS Developer
4 13 (23.64%) Insight Analyst
5 10 (18.18%) SAS Insight Analyst
6 9 (16.36%) Data Analyst
7 7 (12.73%) SAS Programmer
7 7 (12.73%) Programmer
8 5 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (7.273%) Senior Data Analyst
10 3 (5.455%) Consultant
10 3 (5.455%) SAS Data Analyst
10 3 (5.455%) SAS Consultant
10 3 (5.455%) Senior Programmer
10 3 (5.455%) Senior SAS Programmer
10 3 (5.455%) Statistical Programmer
10 3 (5.455%) Senior Statistical Programmer
11 2 (3.636%) Campaign Analyst
12 1 (1.818%) Customer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Mainframe
2 5 (9.091%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.273%) Statistics
4 1 (1.818%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.818%) Physics
4 1 (1.818%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.818%) Visualisation
4 1 (1.818%) iPad
4 1 (1.818%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.455%) UNIX
1 3 (5.455%) Windows
1 3 (5.455%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) CHAID
2 13 (23.64%) Statistical Modelling
3 10 (18.18%) Analytics
3 10 (18.18%) Customer Insight
4 8 (14.55%) Marketing Analytics
4 8 (14.55%) Logistic Regression
4 8 (14.55%) Predictive Modelling
5 6 (10.91%) Data Modelling
6 4 (7.273%) Data Analysis
7 3 (5.455%) ETL
7 3 (5.455%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.455%) CRM
8 2 (3.636%) Project Management
8 2 (3.636%) Change Management
8 2 (3.636%) Workflow
8 2 (3.636%) Contact Management
8 2 (3.636%) Validation
8 2 (3.636%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (3.636%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (1.818%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.91%) SQL
2 5 (9.091%) VBA
3 1 (1.818%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (5.455%) SAS Certification
2 1 (1.818%) Degree
2 1 (1.818%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.818%) DV Cleared
2 1 (1.818%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) CDISC
2 1 (1.818%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) Epiphany
2 6 (10.91%) Alterian
3 5 (9.091%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.636%) Chordiant
5 1 (1.818%) i2