SAS Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 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 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 Application Platforms 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
SAS System
Rank 104 109 82
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -27
Contract jobs citing SAS 14 20 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.597% 0.641% 1.483%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.390% 3.367% 9.312%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 14
Average daily rate £345 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £325 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £55.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-65.45% +74.60%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 413 594 494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.62% 19.03% 15.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 305 263
Average daily rate £300 £319 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.80% -9.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £196 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 40 34
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.51 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.50% +0.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAS
England

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester +2 5 £450 +8.43%
Lancashire +17 4 £228 -41.29%
Cheshire +4 1 - -
SAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 20 (44.44%) Finance
2 19 (42.22%) SQL
3 13 (28.89%) Banking
4 11 (24.44%) Base SAS
5 10 (22.22%) UNIX
6 9 (20.00%) Windows
6 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
7 8 (17.78%) XenDesktop
7 8 (17.78%) vSphere
7 8 (17.78%) SCOM
7 8 (17.78%) iSCSI
7 8 (17.78%) Data Integration
7 8 (17.78%) Exchange Server 2007
7 8 (17.78%) Fibre Channel
7 8 (17.78%) MS Exchange
7 8 (17.78%) IIS
7 8 (17.78%) NFS
7 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
7 8 (17.78%) Citrix
7 8 (17.78%) Backup Exec
7 8 (17.78%) VMware
7 8 (17.78%) Cisco
8 7 (15.56%) Retail
9 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (13.33%) MS Office
9 6 (13.33%) OLAP
9 6 (13.33%) AIX
9 6 (13.33%) Analytics
9 6 (13.33%) Marketing

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 1 (2.222%) COM
1 1 (2.222%) ODBC
1 1 (2.222%) XBRL
1 1 (2.222%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 8 (17.78%) Exchange Server 2007
1 8 (17.78%) MS Exchange
1 8 (17.78%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (2.222%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.222%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) iSCSI
1 8 (17.78%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (24.44%) Base SAS
2 6 (13.33%) OLAP
3 3 (6.667%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (4.444%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.222%) Data Mart
General
1 20 (44.44%) Finance
2 13 (28.89%) Banking
3 7 (15.56%) Retail
4 6 (13.33%) Marketing
5 3 (6.667%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.667%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.222%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.222%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.222%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.222%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Developer
2 11 (24.44%) SAS Developer
3 10 (22.22%) Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) SAS Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Services Manager
4 5 (11.11%) SAS Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Technical Manager
4 5 (11.11%) Service Manager
5 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (6.667%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.667%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (6.667%) Campaign Analyst
5 3 (6.667%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Build Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) SAS Programmer
6 2 (4.444%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Data Integration
2 5 (11.11%) Grid Computing
3 3 (6.667%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.222%) NHS
4 1 (2.222%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.222%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.22%) UNIX
2 9 (20.00%) Windows
2 9 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (13.33%) AIX
4 1 (2.222%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Analytics
2 5 (11.11%) Project Planning
2 5 (11.11%) Direct Marketing
3 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (6.667%) Customer Insight
4 2 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (4.444%) Data Analysis
4 2 (4.444%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (4.444%) Migration
4 2 (4.444%) ETL
5 1 (2.222%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.222%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.222%) Validation
5 1 (2.222%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.222%) Wealth Management
5 1 (2.222%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (42.22%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) C
3 1 (2.222%) REXX
3 1 (2.222%) VB
3 1 (2.222%) VBA
3 1 (2.222%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) Basel II
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
1 8 (17.78%) XenDesktop
1 8 (17.78%) vSphere
1 8 (17.78%) NFS
1 8 (17.78%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.667%) XenApp
3 1 (2.222%) RACF
Systems Management
1 8 (17.78%) SCOM
1 8 (17.78%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.222%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Citrix
1 8 (17.78%) VMware
1 8 (17.78%) Cisco
2 5 (11.11%) Unica
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.889%) Business Objects
4 2 (4.444%) Teradata
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