The first table below looks at the demand for SAS 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 153 182 179
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -3
Contract jobs citing SAS 287 272 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.329% 1.016% 0.999%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.145% 6.312% 5.977%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 201 198
Average daily rate £400 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £373 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.02% +6.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.80 £30.00 £32.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.20 £30.00 £111.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.63 £55.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-58.86% +74.60%
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4017 4309 5220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.60% 16.09% 16.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2587 2679 3212
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 124 176
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +3.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.35 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
SAS
England

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London SAS Daily Rate Histogram

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London SAS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 London 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
City of London -33 58 £450 +5.88%
Bromley +12 16 £325 -
Canary Wharf -9 4 £525 -12.50%
Docklands, London +6 3 £475 -
Paddington - 3 £263 -
SAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 204 (37.64%) SQL
2 170 (31.37%) Finance
3 135 (24.91%) Marketing
4 111 (20.48%) Analytics
5 103 (19.00%) Base SAS
6 81 (14.94%) VBA
7 75 (13.84%) Oracle
7 75 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
8 73 (13.47%) Banking
9 70 (12.92%) Data Analysis
10 64 (11.81%) Retail
11 60 (11.07%) Data Mining
12 57 (10.52%) Customer Insight
13 55 (10.15%) SAS Macro
13 55 (10.15%) Data Warehouse
14 51 (9.410%) SQL Server
15 50 (9.225%) Credit Risk
15 50 (9.225%) Degree
16 49 (9.041%) Statistics
17 44 (8.118%) UNIX
18 42 (7.749%) Data Modelling
18 42 (7.749%) SPSS
18 42 (7.749%) CHAID
19 41 (7.565%) Teradata
19 41 (7.565%) SAS Enterprise Guide
20 39 (7.196%) MS Excel
20 39 (7.196%) ETL
21 38 (7.011%) Statistical Modelling
21 38 (7.011%) Mathematics
22 35 (6.458%) Predictive Modelling

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (2.399%) ISPF
2 8 (1.476%) MapReduce
3 6 (1.107%) MDX
3 6 (1.107%) XML
4 4 (0.738%) .NET
5 3 (0.554%) J2EE
5 3 (0.554%) Middleware
6 2 (0.369%) HTML
6 2 (0.369%) ASP
6 2 (0.369%) Web Services
6 2 (0.369%) Mason
7 1 (0.185%) REST
7 1 (0.185%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.185%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 13 (2.399%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.661%) Apache
3 8 (1.476%) Apache Pig
4 6 (1.107%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.554%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (0.554%) Adobe CQ
6 2 (0.369%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.369%) CICS
7 1 (0.185%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.185%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.185%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.185%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.185%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.185%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.185%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.185%) Documentum
7 1 (0.185%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.185%) WorkSite
7 1 (0.185%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 42 (7.749%) SPSS
2 39 (7.196%) MS Excel
3 15 (2.768%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.214%) MS Office
4 12 (2.214%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.738%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.554%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.292%) Google Analytics
1 7 (1.292%) SAP BPC
2 5 (0.923%) Taleo
3 4 (0.738%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.738%) WebTrends
4 3 (0.554%) SAP FI-BL
5 1 (0.185%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.845%) HTTP
2 4 (0.738%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.369%) SAN
3 2 (0.369%) Broadband
4 1 (0.185%) WAN
4 1 (0.185%) FTP
4 1 (0.185%) VPN
4 1 (0.185%) NFC
4 1 (0.185%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (19.00%) Base SAS
2 60 (11.07%) Data Mining
3 55 (10.15%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (9.410%) SQL Server
5 41 (7.565%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 24 (4.428%) OLAP
7 21 (3.875%) Big Data
8 20 (3.690%) QlikView
9 18 (3.321%) MS Access
10 14 (2.583%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (2.583%) Hadoop
11 12 (2.214%) SAS Enterprise Miner
12 10 (1.845%) SAP BI
13 9 (1.661%) DataStage
13 9 (1.661%) DB2
13 9 (1.661%) Oracle OLAP
13 9 (1.661%) Apache Cassandra
13 9 (1.661%) HBase
14 8 (1.476%) Mahout
14 8 (1.476%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.661%) ChangeMan
2 5 (0.923%) ProC
3 2 (0.369%) JIRA
3 2 (0.369%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.185%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.185%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.185%) Mercurial
General
1 170 (31.37%) Finance
2 135 (24.91%) Marketing
3 73 (13.47%) Banking
4 64 (11.81%) Retail
5 17 (3.137%) Retail Banking
6 14 (2.583%) Investment Banking
7 11 (2.030%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.030%) Advertising
8 9 (1.661%) Legal
9 3 (0.554%) Publishing
9 3 (0.554%) Private Banking
10 2 (0.369%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.369%) Games
10 2 (0.369%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.369%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.185%) Back Office
11 1 (0.185%) Law
11 1 (0.185%) Music
11 1 (0.185%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 256 (47.23%) Analyst
2 117 (21.59%) SAS Analyst
3 80 (14.76%) Developer
4 73 (13.47%) Data Analyst
5 55 (10.15%) Insight Analyst
6 52 (9.594%) SAS Developer
7 39 (7.196%) SAS Insight Analyst
8 35 (6.458%) Consultant
9 33 (6.089%) Senior Analyst
10 29 (5.351%) Business Analyst
11 23 (4.244%) Programmer
12 21 (3.875%) SAS Programmer
13 20 (3.690%) SAS Consultant
14 16 (2.952%) Product Specialist
15 14 (2.583%) Credit Risk Analyst
15 14 (2.583%) Marketing Analyst
16 13 (2.399%) Architect
16 13 (2.399%) Project Manager
17 12 (2.214%) Customer Analyst
18 11 (2.030%) SAS Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.225%) Credit Risk
2 49 (9.041%) Statistics
3 38 (7.011%) Mathematics
4 23 (4.244%) Mainframe
4 23 (4.244%) Data Integration
5 20 (3.690%) Economics
6 18 (3.321%) Computer Science
7 14 (2.583%) Physics
8 13 (2.399%) Management Information System
9 10 (1.845%) Visualisation
10 7 (1.292%) Data Extraction
10 7 (1.292%) Grid Computing
10 7 (1.292%) Neural Network
11 6 (1.107%) Social Network
11 6 (1.107%) E-Learning
11 6 (1.107%) iPad
12 5 (0.923%) Reference Data
13 4 (0.738%) Machine Learning
14 3 (0.554%) Market Risk
14 3 (0.554%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.118%) UNIX
2 11 (2.030%) Windows
2 11 (2.030%) Linux
3 6 (1.107%) AIX
4 3 (0.554%) Solaris
4 3 (0.554%) Windows XP
4 3 (0.554%) zOS
5 2 (0.369%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (20.48%) Analytics
2 75 (13.84%) Business Intelligence
3 70 (12.92%) Data Analysis
4 57 (10.52%) Customer Insight
5 42 (7.749%) CHAID
5 42 (7.749%) Data Modelling
6 39 (7.196%) ETL
7 38 (7.011%) Statistical Modelling
8 35 (6.458%) Predictive Modelling
9 26 (4.797%) Project Management
10 24 (4.428%) CRM
11 22 (4.059%) Stakeholder Management
12 21 (3.875%) Migration
12 21 (3.875%) Data Management
13 19 (3.506%) Direct Marketing
14 18 (3.321%) Logistic Regression
15 16 (2.952%) Business Analysis
16 15 (2.768%) Asset Management
17 14 (2.583%) Wealth Management
17 14 (2.583%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 204 (37.64%) SQL
2 81 (14.94%) VBA
3 55 (10.15%) SAS Macro
4 20 (3.690%) Java
5 19 (3.506%) R
6 13 (2.399%) REXX
6 13 (2.399%) Shell Script
7 12 (2.214%) T-SQL
8 11 (2.030%) C++
8 11 (2.030%) PL/SQL
8 11 (2.030%) JCL
9 9 (1.661%) Scala
9 9 (1.661%) Python
10 5 (0.923%) VB
11 3 (0.554%) C#
12 2 (0.369%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.369%) Korn
13 1 (0.185%) C
13 1 (0.185%) Perl
Qualifications
1 50 (9.225%) Degree
2 12 (2.214%) PhD
3 10 (1.845%) SAS Certification
3 10 (1.845%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.292%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.923%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.369%) MBA
7 1 (0.185%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.185%) PMP
7 1 (0.185%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.185%) OCP
7 1 (0.185%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.185%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.476%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.292%) CDISC
3 3 (0.554%) Solvency II
4 2 (0.369%) QA
5 1 (0.185%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.185%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (0.369%) RACF
1 2 (0.369%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (0.185%) Terminal Services
2 1 (0.185%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.185%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (1.292%) CA Endevor
2 1 (0.185%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 75 (13.84%) Oracle
2 41 (7.565%) Teradata
3 33 (6.089%) Microsoft
4 25 (4.613%) Informatica
5 20 (3.690%) Business Objects
6 18 (3.321%) SAP
6 18 (3.321%) IBM
7 15 (2.768%) Cognos
8 12 (2.214%) StatPro
9 11 (2.030%) MicroStrategy
10 10 (1.845%) JDA
11 8 (1.476%) CA
11 8 (1.476%) Sybase
11 8 (1.476%) Netezza
12 7 (1.292%) Google
12 7 (1.292%) Hyperion
12 7 (1.292%) Epiphany
13 6 (1.107%) Alterian
13 6 (1.107%) Chordiant
13 6 (1.107%) Actimize
London
You must have extensive experience on hands on Qlikview development Knowledge and experience in Oracle SQL and / or SAS will be helpful but not a necessity APPLY NOW!!
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Social Insight Analyst Essential Experience: - Degree educated - ideally in Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, HCI, Mathematics - Strong experience using listening platforms such as Radian 6, Loudpixel, Sysomos, Topsy, etc-...
TRG
Rate: 50000-60000 Per Annum
Posted: 23 April 2013
London
Experience & Expertise - Solid experience in the AML, Compliance and Financial Crime space Understanding or experience in Anti Money Laundering, Payments, Compliance, Analytics, Risk. - Good knowledge of compliance tools,...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
I am looking for an experienced SAS Test Analyst to join a top bank based inLondon... Requirements for the role: Test Analyst experience Technical background Banking experience Strong...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
East London
Role and Responsibilities: Build and Configure SAS Staging and Data Marts (including ETL processes) using SAS DI Studio... Test and support SIT / UAT test activities where required... Experience...
Eaglecliff
Rate: From £400 to £450 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Working with the technology leads, build team, vendors, SAs and DBAs, you will: understand the configuration of Oracle databases, Unix servers, Java application servers and B-One installations.
Jonathan Garth
Rate: From £34 to £35 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
2 x SAS Analyst Developer - Credit Risk - MortgagesMy leading retail banking client is URGENTLY looking for two experienced SAS Analyst Developer to work within Mortgage Credit Risk.The...
Rate: Market - Please Quote
Posted: 28 April 2013
London
You will be required to evolve complex source system data into a target data model You must have extensive experience as a hands on Oracle PL / SQL Development...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £440 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
The Test Analyst with mainly focus on confirming that the developed solution to produce the monthly CRA Data Sharing files is operating as specified.You must be an...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £450 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
City, London
SQL Developer / SSRS / SSIS / SSAS / T-SQL... We also provide resource for more niche requirements, within areas such as Sharepoint, Hyperion, Qlikview, DataStage, Informatica, Xcelsius, MicroStrategy, Teradata, Netezza,...
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
SQL Developer / SSRS / SSIS / SSAS / T-SQL... We also provide resource for more niche requirements, within areas such as Sharepoint, Hyperion, Qlikview, DataStage, Informatica, Xcelsius, MicroStrategy, Teradata, Netezza,...
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
SQL Developer / SSRS / SSIS / SSAS / T-SQL... We also provide resource for more niche requirements, within areas such as Sharepoint, Hyperion, Qlikview, DataStage, Informatica, Xcelsius, MicroStrategy, Teradata, Netezza,...
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Venturi Business Intelligence is a boutique arm of Venturi Ltd supplying candidates experienced in Business Objects, Cognos, Oracle BI, Microsoft BI, SAP BI/BW, and other Business Intelligence...
Venturi
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
You will also be required to prepare test strategy documents covering test objectives, scope, environment, deliverables, roles and responsibilities, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies Generating reports on...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013