| SAS System |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 27 | 20 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 | -1 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire | 2.066 % | 4.478 % | 5.263 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 16.67 % | 32.14 % | 25.58 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Average daily rate | £145 | £418 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £400 | £350 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £45.50 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 30 | 28 | 86 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire | 12.40 % | 13.93 % | 20.57 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 10 | 17 | 29 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £230 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £145 | £208 | £240 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £350 | £432 | £475 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.75 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
