The first table below looks at the demand for the SAS Programmer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS Programmer in their job title 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 Job Titles 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS Programmer
Rank 496 565 553
Rank change year-on-year
+69 -12
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Programmer 33 19 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.033% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.035% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 13
Average daily rate £388 £400 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.12% +1.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £470 £416
UK excluding London average daily rate £394 £375 £393
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 £60.00 £162.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-83.33% -63.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year
-83.33% -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SAS Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAS Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

SAS Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAS Programmer Daily Rate Trend

SAS Programmer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAS Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

SAS Programmer Daily Rate Histogram

SAS Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAS Programmer Hourly Rate Trend

SAS Programmer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Programmer within the UK 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
England +61 33 £388 +6.89%
South East +29 15 £400 -
London +47 14 £380 -5.00%
M4 Corridor - 5 - -
Basingstoke - 4 £388 -
Hampshire - 4 £388 -
Berkshire - 3 £475 -
Slough - 3 £475 -
Surrey - 3 £425 -
East Midlands -4 2 £53 -81.33%
North West - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £53 -
Bromley - 1 £363 -
Nottingham - 1 £53 -

SAS Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAS Programmer in their job title 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 with SAS Programmer in their job title.

1 47 (100.00%) SAS
2 19 (40.43%) Base SAS
3 17 (36.17%) CDISC
4 15 (31.91%) SAS Macro
5 13 (27.66%) SQL
6 11 (23.40%) Finance
7 9 (19.15%) Validation
8 7 (14.89%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (12.77%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (10.64%) SAP
11 4 (8.511%) VBA
11 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
11 4 (8.511%) SAP BW
12 3 (6.383%) Statistics
12 3 (6.383%) SAS Enterprise Guide
12 3 (6.383%) Analytics
12 3 (6.383%) GCP
12 3 (6.383%) ETL
13 2 (4.255%) Business Objects
13 2 (4.255%) Data Mining
13 2 (4.255%) UNIX
13 2 (4.255%) Oracle
13 2 (4.255%) VB
13 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence
13 2 (4.255%) SAS Certification
13 2 (4.255%) Change Management
13 2 (4.255%) Marketing
13 2 (4.255%) Degree
13 2 (4.255%) Credit Risk
13 2 (4.255%) Data Analysis

SAS Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAS Programmer in their job title 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 with SAS Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.128%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 47 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (2.128%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (40.43%) Base SAS
2 7 (14.89%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.511%) SAP BW
4 3 (6.383%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 2 (4.255%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.128%) Data Mart
6 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.128%) OLAP
General
1 11 (23.40%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (4.255%) Marketing
4 1 (2.128%) Retail
4 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.511%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.383%) Statistics
3 2 (4.255%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.128%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.255%) UNIX
2 1 (2.128%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.128%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) AIX
2 1 (2.128%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Validation
2 3 (6.383%) Analytics
2 3 (6.383%) ETL
3 2 (4.255%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (4.255%) Change Management
3 2 (4.255%) Data Analysis
3 2 (4.255%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (2.128%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (2.128%) Statistical Modelling
4 1 (2.128%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.128%) Project Management
4 1 (2.128%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.91%) SAS Macro
2 13 (27.66%) SQL
3 4 (8.511%) VBA
4 2 (4.255%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (4.255%) SAS Certification
1 2 (4.255%) Degree
2 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.128%) PMP
2 1 (2.128%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (36.17%) CDISC
2 3 (6.383%) GCP
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) SAP
2 2 (4.255%) Business Objects
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle
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