The first table below looks at the demand for SAS Macro skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Macro over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS Macro
Rank 489 570 530
Rank change year-on-year
+81 -40
Contract jobs citing SAS Macro 45 16 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.095% 0.027% 0.093%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.257% 0.078% 0.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 34
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £325 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 - £388
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17528 20495 22548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.19% 34.57% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10822 12098 13078
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £563 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 734 915
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.00 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%

SAS Macro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAS Macro Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Macro
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAS Macro Daily Rate Trend

SAS Macro
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS Macro within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

SAS Macro Daily Rate Histogram

SAS Macro
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAS Macro Hourly Rate Trend

SAS Macro
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Macro within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +79 39 £378 -5.62%
London +35 20 £350 -12.50%
South West - 8 £413 -
South East - 8 £375 -
Edinburgh - 6 £350 -
Scotland - 6 £350 -
M4 Corridor - 5 - -
Bristol - 5 £425 -
Bromley +2 4 £338 +3.84%
Basingstoke - 2 £375 -
Gloucester - 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 £375 -
Gloucestershire - 2 - -
City of London +5 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £53 -
North West - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £450 -
Surrey - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £53 -
Nottingham - 1 £53 -

SAS Macro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAS Macro 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 Macro.

1 85 (100.00%) SAS
2 64 (75.29%) Base SAS
3 46 (54.12%) SQL
4 40 (47.06%) Marketing
5 22 (25.88%) SQL Server
6 19 (22.35%) CHAID
7 18 (21.18%) Finance
8 16 (18.82%) Statistical Modelling
9 15 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (16.47%) ProC
11 12 (14.12%) Analytics
12 11 (12.94%) Customer Insight
13 9 (10.59%) Logistic Regression
13 9 (10.59%) CDISC
13 9 (10.59%) Retail
14 8 (9.412%) ETL
14 8 (9.412%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (9.412%) Statistics
14 8 (9.412%) Predictive Modelling
14 8 (9.412%) Marketing Analytics
15 7 (8.235%) SAS Enterprise Guide
15 7 (8.235%) Data Integration
15 7 (8.235%) Mainframe
15 7 (8.235%) OLAP
15 7 (8.235%) Validation
15 7 (8.235%) Epiphany
15 7 (8.235%) Management Information System
16 6 (7.059%) Alterian
16 6 (7.059%) Data Analysis
16 6 (7.059%) VBA

SAS Macro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAS Macro 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 Macro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.176%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 85 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.353%) SPSS
2 2 (2.353%) MS Project
3 1 (1.176%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.706%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (75.29%) Base SAS
2 22 (25.88%) SQL Server
3 15 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (8.235%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 7 (8.235%) OLAP
5 2 (2.353%) Oracle 9i
5 2 (2.353%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.176%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.176%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 14 (16.47%) ProC
General
1 40 (47.06%) Marketing
2 18 (21.18%) Finance
3 9 (10.59%) Retail
4 5 (5.882%) Banking
5 3 (3.529%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.353%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.176%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.176%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 36 (42.35%) Analyst
2 25 (29.41%) Developer
2 25 (29.41%) SAS Developer
2 25 (29.41%) SAS Analyst
3 17 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
4 16 (18.82%) SAS Programmer
4 16 (18.82%) Programmer
5 14 (16.47%) SAS Insight Analyst
6 9 (10.59%) Data Analyst
7 6 (7.059%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.706%) Senior Data Analyst
9 3 (3.529%) Statistical Programmer
9 3 (3.529%) Senior Statistical Programmer
9 3 (3.529%) SAS Data Analyst
9 3 (3.529%) SAS Consultant
9 3 (3.529%) Senior Programmer
9 3 (3.529%) Senior SAS Programmer
9 3 (3.529%) Consultant
10 2 (2.353%) Analyst Programmer
10 2 (2.353%) SAS Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.412%) Statistics
2 7 (8.235%) Data Integration
2 7 (8.235%) Mainframe
2 7 (8.235%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.059%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.353%) Visualisation
4 2 (2.353%) SaaS
4 2 (2.353%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.176%) iPad
5 1 (1.176%) Physics
5 1 (1.176%) Data Extraction
5 1 (1.176%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.706%) UNIX
1 4 (4.706%) Windows
2 3 (3.529%) Linux
3 2 (2.353%) Solaris
4 1 (1.176%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.35%) CHAID
2 16 (18.82%) Statistical Modelling
3 12 (14.12%) Analytics
4 11 (12.94%) Customer Insight
5 9 (10.59%) Logistic Regression
6 8 (9.412%) ETL
6 8 (9.412%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (9.412%) Predictive Modelling
6 8 (9.412%) Marketing Analytics
7 7 (8.235%) Validation
8 6 (7.059%) Data Analysis
8 6 (7.059%) Data Modelling
9 5 (5.882%) Operations Research
10 4 (4.706%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (3.529%) CRM
12 2 (2.353%) Workflow
12 2 (2.353%) Contact Management
12 2 (2.353%) Risk Assessment
12 2 (2.353%) Migration
12 2 (2.353%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (54.12%) SQL
2 6 (7.059%) VBA
3 1 (1.176%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (7.059%) Degree
2 3 (3.529%) SAS Certification
3 1 (1.176%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.176%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.176%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) CDISC
2 2 (2.353%) Basel II
3 1 (1.176%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 7 (8.235%) Epiphany
2 6 (7.059%) Alterian
3 5 (5.882%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.529%) Oracle
5 2 (2.353%) Chordiant
6 1 (1.176%) i2
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