The first 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 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 of the Application Platforms category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAS System
Rank 108 140 123
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -17
Permanent jobs citing SAS 115 76 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.192% 1.373% 1.624%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.09% 7.024% 9.289%
Number of salaries quoted 99 66 96
Average salary £45,000 £36,250 £35,033
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.13% +3.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,750 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
All Application Platforms
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1140 1082 1055
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 21.73% 19.55% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 990 958 950
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
SAS
England

SAS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South West region.

South West SAS Salary Trend

SAS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAS across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Wiltshire +53 49 £50,000 +100.00%
Somerset - 30 £32,500 -
Bristol -33 23 £47,500 +35.71%
Gloucestershire +12 7 £32,500 -13.33%
Dorset -10 4 - -
SAS
England

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 98 (56.65%) SPSS
2 94 (54.34%) Finance
3 71 (41.04%) Degree
4 66 (38.15%) Marketing
5 61 (35.26%) Data Analysis
5 61 (35.26%) SQL
6 60 (34.68%) Mathematics
7 58 (33.53%) Credit Risk
8 57 (32.95%) Analytics
9 56 (32.37%) Retail
10 52 (30.06%) Statistics
11 36 (20.81%) Econometrics
12 28 (16.18%) Banking
12 28 (16.18%) SQL Server
13 24 (13.87%) Customer Insight
14 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (12.14%) T-SQL
15 21 (12.14%) FastStats
16 18 (10.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 16 (9.249%) Telecoms
17 16 (9.249%) MATLAB
17 16 (9.249%) SQL Server 2008
17 16 (9.249%) Digital Media
18 15 (8.671%) Data Mining
18 15 (8.671%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 14 (8.092%) Risk Management
19 14 (8.092%) R
20 13 (7.514%) Business Intelligence
20 13 (7.514%) Direct Marketing
21 12 (6.936%) Portfolio Management

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (1.734%) Hibernate
1 3 (1.734%) EJB
1 3 (1.734%) JSP
1 3 (1.734%) Servlets
1 3 (1.734%) Struts
1 3 (1.734%) J2EE
1 3 (1.734%) JSF
Applications
1 98 (56.65%) SPSS
2 21 (12.14%) FastStats
3 9 (5.202%) MS Excel
4 6 (3.468%) MS Office
5 3 (1.734%) S-PLUS
6 2 (1.156%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.156%) Stata
6 2 (1.156%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.890%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.578%) NAS
1 1 (0.578%) SAN
1 1 (0.578%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.18%) SQL Server
2 18 (10.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (9.249%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (8.671%) Data Mining
4 15 (8.671%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (5.780%) Base SAS
6 9 (5.202%) Big Data
7 8 (4.624%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.890%) QlikView
8 5 (2.890%) Xcelsius
8 5 (2.890%) TOAD
8 5 (2.890%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (2.890%) ProClarity
9 4 (2.312%) MS Access
10 3 (1.734%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (1.156%) Data Mart
11 2 (1.156%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (0.578%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (0.578%) MySQL
12 1 (0.578%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 3 (1.734%) JUnit
1 3 (1.734%) JIRA
1 3 (1.734%) Maven
General
1 94 (54.34%) Finance
2 66 (38.15%) Marketing
3 56 (32.37%) Retail
4 28 (16.18%) Banking
5 16 (9.249%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.312%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.156%) Legal
8 1 (0.578%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 110 (63.58%) Analyst
2 33 (19.08%) Risk Analyst
3 32 (18.50%) Credit Risk Analyst
4 25 (14.45%) Insight Analyst
5 24 (13.87%) Data Analyst
6 22 (12.72%) Credit Analyst
7 19 (10.98%) Risk Manager
8 18 (10.40%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (8.092%) SAS Analyst
10 10 (5.780%) Data Manager
10 10 (5.780%) MI Analyst
10 10 (5.780%) Developer
11 8 (4.624%) Customer Insight Analyst
11 8 (4.624%) Customer Analyst
12 6 (3.468%) Customer Insight Manager
13 5 (2.890%) Senior Insight Analyst
13 5 (2.890%) Business Analyst
14 4 (2.312%) Senior Manager
15 3 (1.734%) Senior Customer Insight Analyst
15 3 (1.734%) Database Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 60 (34.68%) Mathematics
2 58 (33.53%) Credit Risk
3 52 (30.06%) Statistics
4 16 (9.249%) Digital Media
5 7 (4.046%) Economics
6 3 (1.734%) Visualisation
6 3 (1.734%) Social Media
7 2 (1.156%) Life Science
8 1 (0.578%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.578%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.578%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.734%) Linux
2 1 (0.578%) Windows 2000
2 1 (0.578%) UNIX
2 1 (0.578%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (35.26%) Data Analysis
2 57 (32.95%) Analytics
3 36 (20.81%) Econometrics
4 24 (13.87%) Customer Insight
5 23 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (8.092%) Risk Management
7 13 (7.514%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (7.514%) Direct Marketing
8 12 (6.936%) Portfolio Management
9 10 (5.780%) Statistical Analysis
9 10 (5.780%) Data Management
10 9 (5.202%) Statistical Modelling
11 8 (4.624%) Data Analytics
11 8 (4.624%) ETL
12 6 (3.468%) Data Modelling
12 6 (3.468%) Validation
13 5 (2.890%) Kimball Methodology
13 5 (2.890%) Customer Analysis
13 5 (2.890%) Project Management
13 5 (2.890%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.26%) SQL
2 21 (12.14%) T-SQL
3 16 (9.249%) MATLAB
4 14 (8.092%) R
5 9 (5.202%) C++
6 7 (4.046%) Java
7 6 (3.468%) VBA
8 2 (1.156%) SAS Macro
8 2 (1.156%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.578%) C
9 1 (0.578%) C#
9 1 (0.578%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (41.04%) Degree
2 3 (1.734%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.890%) QA
2 3 (1.734%) Basel II
3 1 (0.578%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (5.202%) Business Objects
2 6 (3.468%) Oracle
2 6 (3.468%) Tableau
3 5 (2.890%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.890%) Cognos
3 5 (2.890%) Alterian
4 3 (1.734%) Mapinfo
Gloucester, South West
Job Title: Senior Analyst - Decision Science Location: GloucesterSalary: £35,000 plus bonus and benefitsProvides risk analytical capabilities in support of customer lifecycle and capital management strategic objectives across...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 35000
Posted: 26 April 2013
Gloucester, South West
Job Title: Senior Analyst-Decision Science-Unsecured Capital and ImpairmentLocation: GloucesterSalary: £35,000 plus bonus and benefitsProvides risk analytical capabilities in support of customer lifecycle and capital management...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 35000
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cirencester, South West
Additional knowledge of data analysis or reporting tools such as FastStats, SAS or MapInfo would be advantageous as would experience with relational databases and Single Customer View creation.
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
You will need to be confident with data modelling, analysis and statistics... Experience of any of the following would be advantageous VBA, SQL, Access, My SQL, SSRS, Tableau,...
Brightside Group
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Job Title: Manager - Forecasting and Stress TestingLocation: GloucesterSalary: to £50,000 plus bonus and benefits and Car AllowanceProvides risk analytical capabilities in support of customer lifecycle and capital...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: 50000
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £65,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
An excellent understanding of data management concepts: Data Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Meta Data Management, Data Governance, Data Security... - An excellent understanding of predictive analytics techniques...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £30,000 to £60,000 per annum plus attractive benefits and extensi
Posted: 21 May 2013