The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.136% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.882% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
17 41 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 19.32% 19.16% 6.393%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 5
Average daily rate £155 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-52.30% +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £277 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £445 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +59.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAS
West Midlands

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SAS Daily 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 - -
SAS
West Midlands

SAS
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Report Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) MI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL