The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAS 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 Application Platforms category for the Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 105 55 26
Rank change year-on-year
-50 -29
Contract jobs citing SAS 8 61 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.424% 2.651% 4.858%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.980% 13.38% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 42 34
Average daily rate £450 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.06% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £11.50 £51.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -77.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.63 £55.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year
-58.86% +74.60%
All Application Platforms
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
404 456 416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 21.41% 19.82% 23.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 251 182
Average daily rate £308 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £153 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 32
Average hourly rate £23.50 £17.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.23% -19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.12 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.90 £30.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAS
England

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SAS Daily Rate Trend

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAS across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region 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
West Yorkshire -41 6 - -
SAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (43.90%) SQL
2 17 (41.46%) Finance
3 11 (26.83%) Banking
3 11 (26.83%) Retail
4 9 (21.95%) Data Management
4 9 (21.95%) Oracle
5 8 (19.51%) Java
5 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
5 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
6 6 (14.63%) Teradata
6 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
6 6 (14.63%) ITIL
6 6 (14.63%) WebLogic
6 6 (14.63%) Retail Banking
7 5 (12.20%) Problem Management
7 5 (12.20%) Base SAS
7 5 (12.20%) Customer Insight
7 5 (12.20%) Analytics
7 5 (12.20%) C#
7 5 (12.20%) C++
7 5 (12.20%) .NET
7 5 (12.20%) UML
7 5 (12.20%) NHS
7 5 (12.20%) Migration
7 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.756%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.756%) SPSS
8 4 (9.756%) Data Integration
8 4 (9.756%) Credit Risk

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 5 (12.20%) .NET
2 2 (4.878%) HTML
2 2 (4.878%) CSS
2 2 (4.878%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) SharePoint
2 6 (14.63%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.439%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) MS Excel
2 4 (9.756%) SPSS
3 3 (7.317%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (7.317%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (4.878%) MS Project
4 2 (4.878%) MS Office
4 2 (4.878%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (2.439%) HTTP
1 1 (2.439%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (12.20%) Base SAS
3 3 (7.317%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (4.878%) MySQL
4 2 (4.878%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.439%) OLAP
General
1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 11 (26.83%) Banking
2 11 (26.83%) Retail
3 6 (14.63%) Retail Banking
4 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.878%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Applications Specialist
2 7 (17.07%) Support Specialist
2 7 (17.07%) Applications Support
2 7 (17.07%) Senior Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Data Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Applications Support Specialist
3 6 (14.63%) Developer
3 6 (14.63%) SAS Developer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Data Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) SAS Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) MI Analyst
5 4 (9.756%) Business Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Customer Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Insight Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Customer Insight Analyst
6 3 (7.317%) Consultant
6 3 (7.317%) Information Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Credit Analyst
7 2 (4.878%) Senior Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) NHS
2 4 (9.756%) Data Integration
2 4 (9.756%) Credit Risk
3 3 (7.317%) Reference Data
4 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.439%) Statistics
5 1 (2.439%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.878%) UNIX
2 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (2.439%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Data Management
2 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
2 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 5 (12.20%) Problem Management
3 5 (12.20%) Customer Insight
3 5 (12.20%) Analytics
3 5 (12.20%) UML
3 5 (12.20%) Migration
3 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
4 4 (9.756%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.317%) Data Analysis
5 3 (7.317%) Project Management
5 3 (7.317%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.878%) ETL
6 2 (4.878%) Supplier Management
7 1 (2.439%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Business Development
7 1 (2.439%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) SQL
2 8 (19.51%) Java
3 5 (12.20%) C#
3 5 (12.20%) C++
4 3 (7.317%) SAS Macro
4 3 (7.317%) VBA
5 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) Degree
1 3 (7.317%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.317%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.439%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) Basel II
1 3 (7.317%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.317%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.439%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Oracle
2 6 (14.63%) Teradata
3 3 (7.317%) hybris
3 3 (7.317%) TIBCO
3 3 (7.317%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.439%) Blue Coat
4 1 (2.439%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (2.439%) Symantec
4 1 (2.439%) Cisco
4 1 (2.439%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.439%) Websense
4 1 (2.439%) HP
4 1 (2.439%) NetApp
4 1 (2.439%) Business Objects
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