Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the South West region.

 SAS System
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank86149189
Rank change year-on-year
Up+63Up+40
Matching permanent IT job ads1014571
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West2.040 %0.712 %0.619 %
As % of the Application Platforms category12.18 %5.814 %4.913 %
Salaries quoted884565
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,107
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.050 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,300£32,500£24,579
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£50,000£53,750
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£37,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33 %-6.250 %
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8297741445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West16.74 %12.24 %12.60 %
Salaries quoted7196991171
Average salary£32,500£32,500£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--4.410 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,100£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£55,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
SAS EnglandSAS
England

SAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Salary Trend

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

South West SAS Salary Trend

SAS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAS across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

South West SAS Salary Histogram

SAS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the South West region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+6163£32,500-18.75 %
WiltshireUp+413£40,000-14.89 %
SomersetUp+2411£95,000+280.00 %
DevonNew entry-1£18,000-
DorsetNew entry-1£22,000-
SAS EnglandSAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

189 (54.94 %)SQL
272 (44.44 %)Business Intelligence
365 (40.12 %)Finance
448 (29.63 %)Degree
545 (27.78 %)Datawarehouse
641 (25.31 %)Credit Risk
740 (24.69 %)Marketing
833 (20.37 %)Data Analysis
930 (18.52 %)Business Objects
930 (18.52 %)BusinessObjects
1029 (17.90 %)OLAP
1029 (17.90 %)Retail
1128 (17.28 %)VBA
1128 (17.28 %)SPSS
1227 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
1320 (12.35 %)Oracle
1320 (12.35 %)JavaScript
1419 (11.73 %)Economics
1518 (11.11 %)Information Management
1518 (11.11 %)Operations Research
1518 (11.11 %)Mathematics
1617 (10.49 %)Banking
1617 (10.49 %)Cognos
1617 (10.49 %)CSS
1716 (9.877 %)HTML
1716 (9.877 %)ETL
1815 (9.259 %)Teradata
1815 (9.259 %)Contact Management
1914 (8.642 %)Security Cleared
1914 (8.642 %)Oracle OLAP

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
117 (10.49 %)CSS
216 (9.877 %)HTML
313 (8.025 %)DHTML
45 (3.086 %)AJAX
54 (2.469 %)jQuery
63 (1.852 %)J2EE
72 (1.235 %)EJB
72 (1.235 %)WebSphere
72 (1.235 %)SWT
72 (1.235 %)JSP
72 (1.235 %)XML
72 (1.235 %)Swing
81 (0.617 %)Flash
81 (0.617 %)Spring
81 (0.617 %)MDX
South West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.235 %)WebLogic
12 (1.235 %)GlassFish
South West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (17.28 %)SPSS
27 (4.321 %)MS Excel
36 (3.704 %)CA Clarity
42 (1.235 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (0.617 %)HTTP
11 (0.617 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.617 %)iSCSI
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (27.78 %)Datawarehouse
230 (18.52 %)BusinessObjects
329 (17.90 %)OLAP
416 (9.877 %)ETL
514 (8.642 %)Oracle OLAP
613 (8.025 %)Data Mining
712 (7.407 %)DataStage
89 (5.556 %)Base SAS
97 (4.321 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
97 (4.321 %)SQL Server
106 (3.704 %)RDBMS
115 (3.086 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
124 (2.469 %)Data Mart
132 (1.235 %)SQL Server 2005
132 (1.235 %)SQL Server Integration Services
132 (1.235 %)Data Cleansing
132 (1.235 %)Crystal Reports
141 (0.617 %)Essbase
South West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (7.407 %)ERwin
22 (1.235 %)Eclipse
South West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (40.12 %)Finance
240 (24.69 %)Marketing
329 (17.90 %)Retail
417 (10.49 %)Banking
511 (6.790 %)Retail Banking
68 (4.938 %)Health
77 (4.321 %)Insurance
85 (3.086 %)Pensions
94 (2.469 %)Education
101 (0.617 %)Government
101 (0.617 %)Construction
101 (0.617 %)Electronics
101 (0.617 %)Telecoms
101 (0.617 %)Investment Banking
South West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1103 (63.58 %)Analyst
236 (22.22 %)SAS Analyst
320 (12.35 %)SAS Programmer
320 (12.35 %)Programmer
419 (11.73 %)MI Analyst
517 (10.49 %)Data Analyst
615 (9.259 %)Report Analyst
615 (9.259 %)Senior Analyst
615 (9.259 %)Insight Analyst
714 (8.642 %)Analyst Programmer
714 (8.642 %)Business Analyst
714 (8.642 %)SAS Analyst Programmer
714 (8.642 %)Risk Analyst
813 (8.025 %)Consultant
912 (7.407 %)Credit Analyst
912 (7.407 %)Team Leader
912 (7.407 %)Credit Risk Analyst
1011 (6.790 %)Developer
117 (4.321 %)Senior Risk Analyst
126 (3.704 %)Web Analyst
South West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (25.31 %)Credit Risk
219 (11.73 %)Economics
318 (11.11 %)Mathematics
46 (3.704 %)Visualisation
46 (3.704 %)Open Source
55 (3.086 %)Statistics
62 (1.235 %)Data Extraction
71 (0.617 %)FMCG
71 (0.617 %)Device Driver
South West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (8.025 %)UNIX
23 (1.852 %)Windows
23 (1.852 %)Windows XP
23 (1.852 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (1.235 %)Windows Vista
32 (1.235 %)Linux
South West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
172 (44.44 %)Business Intelligence
233 (20.37 %)Data Analysis
327 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
418 (11.11 %)Information Management
418 (11.11 %)Operations Research
515 (9.259 %)Contact Management
612 (7.407 %)Service Delivery
711 (6.790 %)Validation
89 (5.556 %)Risk Management
97 (4.321 %)Data Management
106 (3.704 %)Migration
106 (3.704 %)Business Development
106 (3.704 %)Data Migration
115 (3.086 %)Risk Analysis
115 (3.086 %)Web Development
115 (3.086 %)Stress Testing
115 (3.086 %)Project Management
124 (2.469 %)Stakeholder Management
133 (1.852 %)Business Analysis
133 (1.852 %)UML
South West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
189 (54.94 %)SQL
228 (17.28 %)VBA
320 (12.35 %)JavaScript
43 (1.852 %)C
43 (1.852 %)Java
52 (1.235 %)SAS Macro
52 (1.235 %)T-SQL
61 (0.617 %)PowerShell
61 (0.617 %)C++
61 (0.617 %)PL/SQL
South West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
148 (29.63 %)Degree
214 (8.642 %)Security Cleared
312 (7.407 %)SC Cleared
43 (1.852 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.617 %)ISEB
51 (0.617 %)DV Cleared
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (7.407 %)QA
29 (5.556 %)Basel II
South West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
130 (18.52 %)Business Objects
220 (12.35 %)Oracle
317 (10.49 %)Cognos
415 (9.259 %)Teradata
512 (7.407 %)Informatica
512 (7.407 %)MicroStrategy
512 (7.407 %)Brio
512 (7.407 %)Microsoft
63 (1.852 %)Citrix
63 (1.852 %)Genesys
63 (1.852 %)Alterian
63 (1.852 %)Unica
72 (1.235 %)Epiphany
72 (1.235 %)Sybase
72 (1.235 %)JBoss
81 (0.617 %)Hyperion
81 (0.617 %)DoubleClick
81 (0.617 %)Aprimo