The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 65 88 87
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -1
Contract jobs citing SAS 15 7 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.301% 0.435% 0.871%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.608% 2.229% 4.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 5
Average daily rate £418 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.06% +7.07%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
227 314 399
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 19.69% 19.49% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 170 195
Average daily rate £350 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £160 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 21
Average hourly rate £17.00 £16.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £23.70 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
SAS
South East

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Staines 0 2 - -
Guildford - 2 £250 -
Reigate - 2 - -
SAS
South East

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 18 (64.29%) SQL
2 14 (50.00%) Oracle
3 9 (32.14%) Finance
4 8 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 8 (28.57%) Business Objects
4 8 (28.57%) Analytics
5 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (25.00%) Mercurial
5 7 (25.00%) WebLogic
5 7 (25.00%) DB2
5 7 (25.00%) Java
5 7 (25.00%) JBoss
5 7 (25.00%) Apache
5 7 (25.00%) ClearCase
5 7 (25.00%) Perforce
5 7 (25.00%) WebSphere
6 6 (21.43%) Configuration Management
6 6 (21.43%) Tomcat
6 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 6 (21.43%) R
7 5 (17.86%) Mathematics
7 5 (17.86%) ETL
7 5 (17.86%) Degree
8 4 (14.29%) Operations Research
8 4 (14.29%) Marketing
8 4 (14.29%) NetBackup
8 4 (14.29%) Teradata
8 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
8 4 (14.29%) UNIX

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (10.71%) ISPF
3 1 (3.571%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) WebLogic
1 7 (25.00%) Apache
2 6 (21.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.71%) MS Office
3 1 (3.571%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 7 (25.00%) DB2
3 2 (7.143%) Data Mining
3 2 (7.143%) Base SAS
4 1 (3.571%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (3.571%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (3.571%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Mercurial
1 7 (25.00%) ClearCase
2 3 (10.71%) ChangeMan
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) SAS Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) DBA
5 3 (10.71%) Teradata DBA
5 3 (10.71%) SAS Programmer
5 3 (10.71%) Programmer
5 3 (10.71%) Support Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) SAS Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) SAS Insight Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Insight Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 1 (3.571%) Campaign Manager
7 1 (3.571%) SAS Marketing Analyst
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (3.571%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Mathematics
2 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 3 (10.71%) Mainframe
4 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.571%) Data Extraction
5 1 (3.571%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) UNIX
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
3 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Analytics
2 6 (21.43%) Configuration Management
3 5 (17.86%) ETL
4 4 (14.29%) Operations Research
5 3 (10.71%) Data Management
6 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.143%) Project Management
6 2 (7.143%) Database Marketing
6 2 (7.143%) Master Data Management
7 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.571%) Time Management
7 1 (3.571%) Customer Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Market Research
7 1 (3.571%) CRM
7 1 (3.571%) Information Management
7 1 (3.571%) Telemarketing
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) Java
3 6 (21.43%) R
4 3 (10.71%) REXX
4 3 (10.71%) JCL
5 1 (3.571%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 3 (10.71%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 14 (50.00%) Oracle
2 8 (28.57%) Business Objects
3 7 (25.00%) JBoss
3 7 (25.00%) Perforce
4 4 (14.29%) Teradata
5 3 (10.71%) CA
5 3 (10.71%) IBM
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
5 3 (10.71%) Netezza
6 2 (7.143%) Twitter
7 1 (3.571%) Cognos
7 1 (3.571%) SAP
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