The first table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank - 63 54
Permanent jobs citing SAS 0 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.356% 0.536%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 1.361% 2.000%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
Average salary - £31,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -16.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
All Application Platforms
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
89 147 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.50% 26.16% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 79 138 95
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £22,600
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
SAS
North West

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire SAS Salary Trend

SAS
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware