The first table below looks at the demand for SAS Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Certification 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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
SAS Certification
Rank 522 553 581
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +28
Contract jobs citing SAS Certification 8 25 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.043% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.096% 0.248% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 2
Average daily rate £450 £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £400 £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £455 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

SAS Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAS Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

SAS Certification Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAS Certification within the UK.

SAS Certification Daily Rate Trend

SAS Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

SAS Certification Daily Rate Histogram

SAS Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAS Certification within the UK.

SAS Certification Hourly Rate Trend

SAS Certification
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Certification within the UK 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
England +32 8 £450 +5.88%
London +4 5 £475 +11.76%
West Midlands - 3 £390 -
Worcestershire - 3 £390 -
Worcester - 2 £390 -
City of London +4 1 £500 +17.64%

SAS Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAS Certification 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 Certification.

1 13 (100.00%) SAS
2 7 (53.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 6 (46.15%) Base SAS
4 5 (38.46%) Data Mining
5 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
5 4 (30.77%) VBA
5 4 (30.77%) OLAP
6 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 3 (23.08%) Retail
6 3 (23.08%) Statistical Analysis
6 3 (23.08%) Credit Risk
6 3 (23.08%) SAS Macro
6 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle
6 3 (23.08%) ETL
6 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
6 3 (23.08%) Statistical Modelling
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Predictive Modelling
7 2 (15.38%) SAS Enterprise Miner
7 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (15.38%) UNIX
7 2 (15.38%) Windows
7 2 (15.38%) Linux
7 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
7 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.692%) Banking
8 1 (7.692%) Validation
8 1 (7.692%) Marketing

SAS Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAS Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 6 (46.15%) Base SAS
3 5 (38.46%) Data Mining
4 4 (30.77%) OLAP
5 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (15.38%) SAS Enterprise Miner
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Marketing
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
1 8 (61.54%) SAS Developer
2 4 (30.77%) SAS Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Programmer
3 2 (15.38%) SAS Programmer
4 1 (7.692%) Business Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (7.692%) SAS BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Credit Risk
2 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) UNIX
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
2 3 (23.08%) ETL
2 3 (23.08%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (23.08%) Statistical Modelling
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Predictive Modelling
4 1 (7.692%) Data Governance
4 1 (7.692%) Change Control
4 1 (7.692%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
1 4 (30.77%) VBA
2 3 (23.08%) SAS Macro
3 1 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 1 (7.692%) JBoss