The first table below looks at the demand for Base SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Base SAS over the 3 months to 17 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base SAS (SAS Base)
Rank 211 238 229
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -9
Contract jobs citing Base SAS 12 9 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.089% 0.220%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.809% 0.513% 1.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 10
Average daily rate £369 £298 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.94% -25.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £288 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £342 £414
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £299 £375
% change year-on-year
+31.38% -20.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
1483 1756 2218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.98% 17.29% 21.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 779 880 1042
Average daily rate £355 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 48 123
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.90% -27.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.50 £19.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £45.00 £45.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Base SAS Hourly Rate Trend

Base SAS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Base SAS within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
M4 Corridor - 5 - -
Hampshire - 4 £375 -
Kent -2 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Base SAS
England

Base SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (100.00%) SAS
2 12 (63.16%) SQL
3 8 (42.11%) SAS Macro
4 7 (36.84%) UNIX
5 6 (31.58%) Oracle
5 6 (31.58%) Retail
6 5 (26.32%) CDISC
6 5 (26.32%) ETL
6 5 (26.32%) Validation
7 4 (21.05%) Migration
7 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
7 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
8 3 (15.79%) DB2
8 3 (15.79%) COBOL
8 3 (15.79%) PL/SQL
8 3 (15.79%) JCL
8 3 (15.79%) Ganglia
8 3 (15.79%) Software Architecture
8 3 (15.79%) QA
9 2 (10.53%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
9 2 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (10.53%) SaaS
9 2 (10.53%) ProC
9 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
9 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
9 2 (10.53%) MS Project
9 2 (10.53%) Oracle 10g

Base SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Taleo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) DB2
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle 9i
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (10.53%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) ProC
General
1 6 (31.58%) Retail
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.263%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
3 1 (5.263%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Developer
2 9 (47.37%) SAS Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Programmer
3 5 (26.32%) SAS Programmer
4 3 (15.79%) Systems Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) SAS Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) SaaS
2 1 (5.263%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
2 1 (5.263%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) ETL
1 5 (26.32%) Validation
2 4 (21.05%) Migration
2 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
3 3 (15.79%) Software Architecture
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) ERP
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Change Management
5 1 (5.263%) HOOD
5 1 (5.263%) Data Management
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 8 (42.11%) SAS Macro
3 3 (15.79%) JCL
3 3 (15.79%) COBOL
3 3 (15.79%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.263%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) CDISC
2 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Ganglia
2 1 (5.263%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) Informatica
2 1 (5.263%) Teradata
2 1 (5.263%) Netezza
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