The first table below looks at the demand for Base SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Base SAS over the 3 months to 23 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the North West 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base SAS (SAS Base)
Rank 117 - 121
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Base SAS 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% - 0.193%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.184% - 0.867%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £310 £375
% change year-on-year
+26.61% -17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
543 694 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.17% 22.23% 22.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 364 380
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 43
Average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.43 £11.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Base SAS
England

Base SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Base SAS Daily Rate Trend

Base SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Base SAS Hourly Rate Trend

Base SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 11 (100.00%) SAS
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (54.55%) UNIX
3 4 (36.36%) OLAP
4 3 (27.27%) MS Office
4 3 (27.27%) AIX
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Grid Computing
4 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (18.18%) ETL
6 1 (9.091%) XBRL
6 1 (9.091%) Basel II
6 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
6 1 (9.091%) Windows
6 1 (9.091%) COM
6 1 (9.091%) ODBC
6 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
6 1 (9.091%) Data Mart
6 1 (9.091%) SAS Macro
6 1 (9.091%) Banking
6 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
6 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking

Base SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 1 (9.091%) XBRL
1 1 (9.091%) COM
1 1 (9.091%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) OLAP
2 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.091%) Data Mart
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Developer
1 7 (63.64%) SAS Developer
2 2 (18.18%) SAS Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) SAS Programmer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) SAS Analyst Programmer
3 1 (9.091%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Grid Computing
1 3 (27.27%) Data Integration
2 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) UNIX
2 3 (27.27%) AIX
3 1 (9.091%) Windows
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
4 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SAS Macro
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) Basel II
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft