The first table below looks at the demand for Base SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Base SAS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base SAS (SAS Base)
Rank 74 - 70
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Base SAS 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.104% - 0.096%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.457% - 0.431%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £310 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
219 296 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 22.84% 23.99% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 167 132
Average daily rate £315 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £200 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £400 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 17
Average hourly rate £82.50 £32.25 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+155.81% +43.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.29 £19.00 £16.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £190.00 £43.50 £40.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
Base SAS
North West

Base SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Base SAS across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Manchester Base SAS Jobs Demand Trend

Base SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Base SAS Daily Rate Trend

Base SAS
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Base 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 Base SAS.

1 8 (100.00%) SAS
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) OLAP
4 2 (25.00%) MS Office
4 2 (25.00%) UNIX
4 2 (25.00%) AIX
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Grid Computing
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) ETL
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
5 1 (12.50%) Time Management
5 1 (12.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 1 (12.50%) VBA
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse

Base SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Base 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 Base SAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) OLAP
2 1 (12.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) SAS Developer
3 1 (12.50%) MI Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SAS Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAS Programmer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Grid Computing
1 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (12.50%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) UNIX
1 2 (25.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft