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The table below looks at the demand for SAS System skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAS System
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank7896
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads414
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.018 %
As % of the category below1.429 %3.977 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£376
% change on same period last year+3.29 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.25£36.30
% change on same period last year-44.22 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads280352
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.559 %0.440 %
Daily rates quoted6765
Average minimum daily rate£349£305
Average daily rate£378£319
% change on same period last year+18.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£332
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£350
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Hourly rates quoted2925
Average minimum hourly rate£25.09£17.74
Average hourly rate£26.30£18.64
% change on same period last year+41.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.50£19.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.89£22.97
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
SAS UKSAS
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SAS Hourly Rate Trend

SAS
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

14 (33.33 %)SQL
14 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)Finance
23 (25.00 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
32 (16.67 %)SAS Macro
32 (16.67 %)Base SAS
32 (16.67 %)Banking
32 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
41 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
41 (8.333 %)Data Mining
41 (8.333 %)ETL
41 (8.333 %)VBA
41 (8.333 %)Oracle
41 (8.333 %)OLAP
41 (8.333 %)SPSS
41 (8.333 %)Basel II
41 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
41 (8.333 %)Retail
41 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Retail Banking
41 (8.333 %)Corporate Banking
41 (8.333 %)Degree
41 (8.333 %)Data Extraction
41 (8.333 %)Financial Modelling
41 (8.333 %)PL/SQL

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)SPSS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (25.00 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
22 (16.67 %)Base SAS
31 (8.333 %)OLAP
31 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
31 (8.333 %)Data Mining
31 (8.333 %)ETL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Finance
22 (16.67 %)Banking
31 (8.333 %)Retail
31 (8.333 %)Retail Banking
31 (8.333 %)Corporate Banking
31 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (25.00 %)Developer
13 (25.00 %)Consultant
13 (25.00 %)SAS Developer
13 (25.00 %)SAS Consultant
22 (16.67 %)Programmer
22 (16.67 %)SAS Programmer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Data Extraction
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
21 (8.333 %)Data Analysis
21 (8.333 %)Financial Modelling
21 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)SQL
22 (16.67 %)SAS Macro
31 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
31 (8.333 %)VBA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (8.333 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)Basel II
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Oracle