The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

SAS System
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank281177198
Rank change year-on-year
Down-104Up+21
Matching permanent IT job ads105516981031
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.875 %1.385 %1.080 %
As % of the Application Platforms category4.287 %7.283 %6.248 %
Number of salaries quoted8451440882
Average salary£45,000£45,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.88 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,500£30,000£29,640
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£72,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246122331416502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.41 %19.01 %17.28 %
Number of salaries quoted213852008713741
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£36,000
% change year-on-year
-+4.16 %

SAS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SAS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

SAS Demand Trend

SAS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAS within the UK.

SAS Salary Trend

SAS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

SAS Salary Histogram

SAS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-1071011£45,000+1.12 %
LondonDown-83583£52,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-73194£43,000+3.61 %
City of LondonDown-32123£52,500+10.52 %
South WestDown-2375£35,000-1.45 %
BristolUp+2252£35,000-2.77 %
HampshireUp+452£42,750+24.81 %
YorkshireDown-946£32,500+6.55 %
SurreyDown-3243£56,250+32.35 %
East MidlandsDown-3635£34,000-
North WestDown-4435£33,500+3.07 %
West YorkshireDown-1233£32,500+3.17 %
BuckinghamshireDown-830£40,000-15.78 %
GuildfordDown-1226£33,250-6.33 %
ScotlandDown-3526£50,000+49.25 %
East of EnglandDown-2022£41,500+9.21 %
BerkshireDown-5619£45,000+5.88 %
EdinburghDown-2718£52,500+61.53 %
MarlowUp+1816--
West SussexDown-215£25,000-16.66 %
KentUp+3613£31,250-21.87 %
CrawleyNo change013£25,000-20.00 %
South YorkshireNew entry-13£50,000-
NorthamptonshireDown-1412£34,000-10.52 %
West MidlandsDown-3212£46,000+64.28 %
BedfordshireNo change011£41,500-2.35 %
MerseysideDown-4311£37,500+15.38 %
CheshireDown-610£28,500-11.62 %
BasingstokeDown-1010£45,500+46.77 %
ManchesterDown-1110£23,500-37.33 %

SAS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11038 (46.17 %)SQL
2900 (40.04 %)Finance
3706 (31.41 %)Business Intelligence
4613 (27.27 %)Data Warehouse
5534 (23.75 %)Marketing
6510 (22.69 %)Oracle
7474 (21.09 %)Degree
8385 (17.13 %)Business Objects
9371 (16.50 %)ETL
10363 (16.15 %)Banking
11352 (15.66 %)SPSS
12322 (14.32 %)Teradata
13320 (14.23 %)SQL Server
14302 (13.43 %)SAP
15289 (12.86 %)Data Analysis
16288 (12.81 %)Retail
17276 (12.28 %)IBM
18273 (12.14 %)Java
19256 (11.39 %)Data Management
20255 (11.34 %)Microsoft
21240 (10.68 %)Customer Insight
22235 (10.45 %)Statistical Modelling
23232 (10.32 %)Statistics
24231 (10.28 %)CRM
25223 (9.920 %)BusinessObjects
26209 (9.297 %)DataStage
27200 (8.897 %)Informatica
28191 (8.496 %)Data Modelling
29190 (8.452 %)Base SAS
30189 (8.407 %)MS Excel

SAS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1173 (7.696 %).NET
2135 (6.005 %)J2EE
3119 (5.294 %)Data Analytics Architect
443 (1.913 %)HTML
532 (1.423 %)XML
625 (1.112 %)Web Services
719 (0.845 %)ASP.NET
816 (0.712 %)ASP
915 (0.667 %)CSS
1014 (0.623 %)WCF
1113 (0.578 %)Ajax
1113 (0.578 %)WebSphere
1212 (0.534 %)ODBC
1212 (0.534 %)SOAP
1311 (0.489 %)JSP
1311 (0.489 %)LINQ
149 (0.400 %)COM
158 (0.356 %)EDI
158 (0.356 %)Hibernate
158 (0.356 %)Spring
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
161 (2.714 %)SharePoint
231 (1.379 %)WebLogic
321 (0.934 %)IIS
415 (0.667 %)Oracle SOA Suite
512 (0.534 %)MS Exchange
69 (0.400 %)Tomcat
78 (0.356 %)Exchange Server 2003
78 (0.356 %)Exchange Server 2010
87 (0.311 %)Apache
94 (0.178 %)Exchange Server 2007
94 (0.178 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
103 (0.133 %)GlassFish
103 (0.133 %)TeamSite
103 (0.133 %)PowerExchange
103 (0.133 %)Oracle Application Server
112 (0.089 %)WebSphere Application Server
112 (0.089 %)Alfresco
112 (0.089 %)FileNet
121 (0.044 %)CMS
121 (0.044 %)Mathematica
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1352 (15.66 %)SPSS
2189 (8.407 %)MS Excel
384 (3.737 %)MS Office
448 (2.135 %)MATLAB
536 (1.601 %)MS PowerPoint
635 (1.557 %)MS Visio
719 (0.845 %)Spreadsheet
811 (0.489 %)S-PLUS
96 (0.267 %)FastStats
103 (0.133 %)Stata
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
138 (1.690 %)SAP ERP
224 (1.068 %)Oracle BPM
323 (1.023 %)Google Analytics
411 (0.489 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
57 (0.311 %)Unica Affinium
65 (0.222 %)HFM
74 (0.178 %)Dynamics CRM
74 (0.178 %)Dynamics AX
74 (0.178 %)Line 500
74 (0.178 %)Cognos Planning
74 (0.178 %)Hyperion Planning
74 (0.178 %)SAP BPC
83 (0.133 %)Prophet
83 (0.133 %)SiteCatalyst
83 (0.133 %)WebTrends
92 (0.089 %)SAP Oil and Gas
92 (0.089 %)SAP MDM
92 (0.089 %)Pivotal CRM
92 (0.089 %)INSURE/90
92 (0.089 %)Remedy AR System
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (0.979 %)TCP/IP
122 (0.979 %)SAN
218 (0.801 %)Firewall
315 (0.667 %)WAN
315 (0.667 %)HTTP
315 (0.667 %)Fibre Channel
414 (0.623 %)LTE
414 (0.623 %)GPRS
414 (0.623 %)GSM
414 (0.623 %)UMTS
414 (0.623 %)Wireless
511 (0.489 %)LAN
69 (0.400 %)3G
78 (0.356 %)Wi-Fi
78 (0.356 %)VPN
78 (0.356 %)NAS
78 (0.356 %)iSCSI
78 (0.356 %)HSPA
86 (0.267 %)VoIP
95 (0.222 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1613 (27.27 %)Data Warehouse
2371 (16.50 %)ETL
3320 (14.23 %)SQL Server
4223 (9.920 %)BusinessObjects
5209 (9.297 %)DataStage
6190 (8.452 %)Base SAS
7152 (6.762 %)DB2
8135 (6.005 %)QualityStage
8135 (6.005 %)SQL Server Integration Services
9123 (5.472 %)OLAP
10122 (5.427 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11108 (4.804 %)Oracle Exadata
12107 (4.760 %)Data Mining
13103 (4.582 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1498 (4.359 %)Oracle OLAP
1592 (4.093 %)Essbase
1683 (3.692 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1773 (3.247 %)BODI
1871 (3.158 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
1969 (3.069 %)Oracle OWB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (0.534 %)ERwin
112 (0.534 %)Talend Open Studio
210 (0.445 %)Team Foundation Server
38 (0.356 %)JIRA
46 (0.267 %)Mercurial
46 (0.267 %)Hudson
46 (0.267 %)Synon
46 (0.267 %)Maven
46 (0.267 %)Ant
46 (0.267 %)JUnit
46 (0.267 %)ClearCase
55 (0.222 %)TestDirector
64 (0.178 %)Eclipse
73 (0.133 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.133 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.133 %)Subversion
82 (0.089 %)Visual Studio
82 (0.089 %)Oracle Forms
82 (0.089 %)ProC
91 (0.044 %)ClearQuest
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1900 (40.04 %)Finance
2534 (23.75 %)Marketing
3363 (16.15 %)Banking
4288 (12.81 %)Retail
5168 (7.473 %)Telecoms
6100 (4.448 %)Advertising
790 (4.004 %)Pharmaceutical
864 (2.847 %)Games
946 (2.046 %)Manufacturing
1028 (1.246 %)Retail Banking
1127 (1.201 %)Billing
1220 (0.890 %)Law
1220 (0.890 %)Financial Institution
1313 (0.578 %)Investment Banking
149 (0.400 %)Legal
158 (0.356 %)Back Office
164 (0.178 %)Electronics
164 (0.178 %)Corporate Banking
173 (0.133 %)Front Office
182 (0.089 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1850 (37.81 %)Analyst
2319 (14.19 %)Architect
3230 (10.23 %)Consultant
4229 (10.19 %)Developer
5222 (9.875 %)SAS Analyst
6208 (9.253 %)Senior Analyst
7189 (8.407 %)Data Analyst
8157 (6.984 %)Insight Analyst
991 (4.048 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Architect
991 (4.048 %)Solutions Architect
1086 (3.826 %)Business Analyst
1086 (3.826 %)Programmer
1179 (3.514 %)Lead Architect
1275 (3.336 %)Data Manager
1366 (2.936 %)Marketing Analyst
1465 (2.891 %)SAS Insight Analyst
1564 (2.847 %)SAS Programmer
1660 (2.669 %)SAS Developer
1756 (2.491 %)Senior SAS Analyst
1852 (2.313 %)Risk Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1232 (10.32 %)Statistics
2161 (7.162 %)Mathematics
3141 (6.272 %)Credit Risk
485 (3.781 %)Data Integration
574 (3.292 %)Economics
660 (2.669 %)Computer Science
751 (2.269 %)Mainframe
845 (2.002 %)FMCG
944 (1.957 %)Visualisation
1042 (1.868 %)Digital Media
1133 (1.468 %)Management Information System
1222 (0.979 %)Social Media
1319 (0.845 %)SaaS
1418 (0.801 %)Replication
1517 (0.756 %)NHS
1517 (0.756 %)Physics
1616 (0.712 %)Handset
1616 (0.712 %)Data Extraction
1616 (0.712 %)Market Risk
1714 (0.623 %)Neural Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1173 (7.696 %)UNIX
2114 (5.071 %)Windows
377 (3.425 %)Linux
442 (1.868 %)Windows Server 2008
523 (1.023 %)Solaris
620 (0.890 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
620 (0.890 %)Windows Server 2003
714 (0.623 %)zOS
813 (0.578 %)AIX
96 (0.267 %)HPUX
96 (0.267 %)SUSE
104 (0.178 %)Windows 7
104 (0.178 %)Windows 2000
112 (0.089 %)Android
121 (0.044 %)IRIX
121 (0.044 %)Windows CE
121 (0.044 %)MVS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1706 (31.41 %)Business Intelligence
2289 (12.86 %)Data Analysis
3256 (11.39 %)Data Management
4240 (10.68 %)Customer Insight
5235 (10.45 %)Statistical Modelling
6231 (10.28 %)CRM
7191 (8.496 %)Data Modelling
8142 (6.317 %)CHAID
9130 (5.783 %)Statistical Analysis
10128 (5.694 %)Project Management
11110 (4.893 %)E-Commerce
12109 (4.849 %)Information Architecture
13105 (4.671 %)Logistic Regression
14104 (4.626 %)Direct Marketing
1599 (4.404 %)Marketing Strategy
1685 (3.781 %)Stakeholder Management
1772 (3.203 %)Stakeholder Engagement
1862 (2.758 %)Data Analytics
1958 (2.580 %)Business Analysis
2057 (2.536 %)Data Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11038 (46.17 %)SQL
2273 (12.14 %)Java
3109 (4.849 %)C#
4107 (4.760 %)VBA
593 (4.137 %)R
682 (3.648 %)SAS Macro
768 (3.025 %)C
864 (2.847 %)T-SQL
959 (2.625 %)C++
1058 (2.580 %)PL/SQL
1157 (2.536 %)VB
1251 (2.269 %)Python
1347 (2.091 %)Perl
1440 (1.779 %)Shell Script
1539 (1.735 %)JavaScript
1629 (1.290 %)Fortran
1727 (1.201 %)Ruby
1826 (1.157 %)VB.NET
1826 (1.157 %)PHP
1923 (1.023 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1474 (21.09 %)Degree
244 (1.957 %)Security Cleared
341 (1.824 %)SAS Certification
427 (1.201 %)Microsoft Certification
519 (0.845 %)SC Cleared
616 (0.712 %)Cisco Certification
713 (0.578 %)MCSE
812 (0.534 %)MCITP
910 (0.445 %)PhD
910 (0.445 %)CCNA
109 (0.400 %)ISEB
109 (0.400 %)ITIL Certification
118 (0.356 %)CISSP
118 (0.356 %)MCSA
127 (0.311 %)MCTS
127 (0.311 %)CISA
127 (0.311 %)MBA
136 (0.267 %)EnCE
145 (0.222 %)DV Cleared
145 (0.222 %)CSSLP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1164 (7.295 %)QA
2129 (5.738 %)Data Quality
337 (1.646 %)Basel II
429 (1.290 %)SLA
526 (1.157 %)ISO/IEC 27001
619 (0.845 %)Solvency II
713 (0.578 %)CDISC
89 (0.400 %)PCI DSS
98 (0.356 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
106 (0.267 %)FATCA
114 (0.178 %)ISO 9001
122 (0.089 %)COBIT
122 (0.089 %)BS7799
122 (0.089 %)GCP
122 (0.089 %)BS25999
131 (0.044 %)HL7
131 (0.044 %)Basel III
131 (0.044 %)21 CFR Part 11
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
132 (1.423 %)Active Directory
29 (0.400 %)vSphere
37 (0.311 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (0.222 %)XenApp
45 (0.222 %)Veritas Volume Manager
45 (0.222 %)Veritas Cluster Server
52 (0.089 %)Hyper-V
52 (0.089 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.222 %)Foglight
15 (0.222 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.178 %)ZENworks
24 (0.178 %)HP SIM
32 (0.089 %)Ganglia
41 (0.044 %)SolarWinds Orion
41 (0.044 %)YUM
41 (0.044 %)NetBackup
41 (0.044 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (0.044 %)Cacti
41 (0.044 %)OpenView
41 (0.044 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.044 %)Legato
41 (0.044 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1510 (22.69 %)Oracle
2385 (17.13 %)Business Objects
3322 (14.32 %)Teradata
4302 (13.43 %)SAP
5276 (12.28 %)IBM
6255 (11.34 %)Microsoft
7200 (8.897 %)Informatica
8165 (7.340 %)Cognos
9131 (5.827 %)MicroStrategy
10110 (4.893 %)Ab Initio
1187 (3.870 %)Netezza
1283 (3.692 %)Hyperion
1369 (3.069 %)DataFlux
1468 (3.025 %)NCR
1564 (2.847 %)DATAllegro
1660 (2.669 %)Trillium
1753 (2.358 %)Unica
1851 (2.269 %)Cisco
1948 (2.135 %)Alterian
2046 (2.046 %)Ascential