The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 41 71 42
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -29
Permanent jobs citing SAS 56 23 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.786% 1.741% 3.886%
As % of the Application Platforms category 20.97% 9.200% 26.03%
Number of salaries quoted 32 21 39
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +53.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,150 £40,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,775 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
All Application Platforms
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
267 250 242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 22.82% 18.93% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 173 183 176
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SAS
Scotland

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh SAS Jobs Demand Trend

SAS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAS across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh SAS Salary Trend

SAS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAS across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Edinburgh SAS Salary Histogram

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAS.

1 96 (75.59%) Finance
2 67 (52.76%) SQL
3 49 (38.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 46 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
5 45 (35.43%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (32.28%) Business Objects
7 36 (28.35%) Credit Risk
8 33 (25.98%) Analytics
9 30 (23.62%) Banking
10 26 (20.47%) Project Management
11 23 (18.11%) Business Analysis
12 20 (15.75%) Retail
12 20 (15.75%) SPSS
12 20 (15.75%) Data Mining
13 15 (11.81%) UNIX
13 15 (11.81%) Degree
14 14 (11.02%) Oracle
14 14 (11.02%) Basel II
15 13 (10.24%) UML
15 13 (10.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
16 12 (9.449%) Solvency II
16 12 (9.449%) Data Management
16 12 (9.449%) Business Development
16 12 (9.449%) ISEB
17 11 (8.661%) Predictive Analytics
18 10 (7.874%) Information Management
18 10 (7.874%) Teradata
18 10 (7.874%) Microsoft
18 10 (7.874%) Mainframe
18 10 (7.874%) Informatica

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.575%) DHTML
1 2 (1.575%) HTML
1 2 (1.575%) .NET
1 2 (1.575%) ASP.NET
1 2 (1.575%) CSS
1 2 (1.575%) Web Services
1 2 (1.575%) XML
1 2 (1.575%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.150%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.575%) Windows Azure
3 1 (0.787%) TeamSite
Applications
1 20 (15.75%) SPSS
2 1 (0.787%) MS Office
2 1 (0.787%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.575%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (1.575%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.575%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.787%) Oracle ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (35.43%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (15.75%) Data Mining
3 13 (10.24%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 10 (7.874%) Base SAS
5 9 (7.087%) Oracle BI EE
5 9 (7.087%) SQL Server
6 8 (6.299%) Big Data
7 7 (5.512%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (4.724%) DataStage
8 6 (4.724%) OLAP
8 6 (4.724%) Spotfire
8 6 (4.724%) Oracle OLAP
8 6 (4.724%) QlikView
8 6 (4.724%) IBM InfoSphere
8 6 (4.724%) Pentaho
8 6 (4.724%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.362%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.575%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.575%) TOAD
10 2 (1.575%) SAP BI
General
1 96 (75.59%) Finance
2 30 (23.62%) Banking
3 20 (15.75%) Retail
4 6 (4.724%) Financial Institution
5 4 (3.150%) Marketing
6 2 (1.575%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.575%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.787%) Automotive
7 1 (0.787%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (38.58%) Analyst
2 40 (31.50%) Consultant
3 18 (14.17%) Business Analyst
4 15 (11.81%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (10.24%) Technical Analyst
5 13 (10.24%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 13 (10.24%) Business Consultant
5 13 (10.24%) Risk Manager
5 13 (10.24%) Technical Business Analyst
5 13 (10.24%) SAS Consultant
6 8 (6.299%) Data Consultant
6 8 (6.299%) Senior Consultant
7 7 (5.512%) Data Analytics Consultant
8 6 (4.724%) MI Manager
8 6 (4.724%) Credit Risk Analyst
8 6 (4.724%) Information Manager
9 5 (3.937%) Data Analyst
9 5 (3.937%) Senior Manager
9 5 (3.937%) Financial Analyst
9 5 (3.937%) SAS BI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 36 (28.35%) Credit Risk
2 10 (7.874%) Mainframe
3 6 (4.724%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.724%) Statistics
4 5 (3.937%) Data Conversion
4 5 (3.937%) Data Integration
5 4 (3.150%) Mathematics
5 4 (3.150%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.575%) Visualisation
7 1 (0.787%) FMCG
7 1 (0.787%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.81%) UNIX
2 4 (3.150%) Windows
3 1 (0.787%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (38.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 46 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (25.98%) Analytics
4 26 (20.47%) Project Management
5 23 (18.11%) Business Analysis
6 13 (10.24%) UML
7 12 (9.449%) Data Management
7 12 (9.449%) Business Development
8 11 (8.661%) Predictive Analytics
9 10 (7.874%) Information Management
10 8 (6.299%) Data Modelling
10 8 (6.299%) ETL
10 8 (6.299%) Master Data Management
10 8 (6.299%) Data Analytics
11 7 (5.512%) Data Architecture
11 7 (5.512%) Data Analysis
12 6 (4.724%) Data Cleansing
12 6 (4.724%) Statistical Modelling
13 4 (3.150%) Change Control
13 4 (3.150%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 67 (52.76%) SQL
2 2 (1.575%) Java
2 2 (1.575%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.575%) R
3 1 (0.787%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (11.81%) Degree
2 12 (9.449%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) Basel II
2 12 (9.449%) Solvency II
3 5 (3.937%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.150%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (2.362%) QA
6 2 (1.575%) Basel III
7 1 (0.787%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.362%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.787%) SRDF
Vendors
1 41 (32.28%) Business Objects
2 14 (11.02%) Oracle
3 10 (7.874%) Teradata
3 10 (7.874%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.874%) Informatica
4 7 (5.512%) SAP
4 7 (5.512%) Cognos
5 6 (4.724%) IBM
5 6 (4.724%) MicroStrategy
5 6 (4.724%) Netezza
5 6 (4.724%) DataFlux
5 6 (4.724%) Tableau
5 6 (4.724%) Ab Initio
6 1 (0.787%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.787%) Sage
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: 4 June 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Pension + Benefits + Training
Posted: 29 May 2013
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Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
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ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £85,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
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Salary: From £60,000 to £85,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Salary: Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
Posted: 12 June 2013
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ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £43,000 to £70,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £53,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
Posted: 12 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: From £40,000 to £53,000 per annum plus a highly competitive package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £68,000 to £110,000 per annum (solution up to enterprise) plus a
Posted: 12 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 75000
Posted: 29 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Salary: Bonus + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £68,000 to £110,000 per annum (technical up to enterprise) plus a
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Salary: Bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Asset Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £23000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
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