SAS Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAS over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

SAS System UK / England
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	314	299	215
Rank change year-on-year	-15	-84
Contract jobs citing SAS	301	366	556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	0.70%	0.74%	1.11%
As % of the Application Platforms category	4.17%	4.12%	6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted	198	289	394
Median daily rate	£425	£430	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-1.16%	+1.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£305	£313	£313
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£649	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£419	£411	£425
% change year-on-year	+1.94%	-3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	0	2
Median hourly rate	£50.00	-	£30.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£30.40	-	£25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£62.25	-	£35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£50.00	-	-

SAS is in the application platform skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract Application Platform Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills	7225	8882	8914
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	16.71%	17.96%	17.75%
Number of daily rates quoted	7440	9920	9494
Median daily rate	£440	£425	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.52%	+13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£263	£263	£220
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£588	£588	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£350
% change year-on-year	-	+14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted	314	376	457
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£21.00	£21.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+19.04%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£10.50	£11.25	£12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£52.50	£44.88	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£25.00	£26.00	£21.00
% change year-on-year	-3.84%	+23.80%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAS as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.

SAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing SAS in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for SAS in England

SAS
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing SAS in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for SAS in England

SAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for SAS in England

SAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing SAS in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for SAS in England

SAS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the England region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-3	149	£450	-7.21%	54
North of England	+44	67	£425	+6.25%	21
North West	+20	32	£438	+9.37%	6
Yorkshire	0	31	£425	+6.25%	15
South East	+15	30	£363	-14.70%	13
Midlands	+7	29	£375	-16.66%	13
West Midlands	+18	28	£375	-16.66%	7
South West	-10	18	£425	+25.92%	3
North East	+80	7	£558	+59.28%
East of England	-5	5	£305	-44.54%	7
East Midlands	-13	1	£350	+12.00%	6
SAS UK

SAS
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing SAS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for SAS.

1	279 (43.66%)	SQL
2	242 (37.87%)	Finance
3	222 (34.74%)	Analytics
4	182 (28.48%)	Analytical Skills
5	152 (23.79%)	Business Intelligence
6	141 (22.07%)	Hadoop
7	137 (21.44%)	R
8	133 (20.81%)	ETL
9	129 (20.19%)	Big Data
10	121 (18.94%)	Data Warehouse
11	120 (18.78%)	Banking
12	110 (17.21%)	Microsoft Excel
13	108 (16.90%)	Python
14	92 (14.40%)	Degree
15	91 (14.24%)	Tableau

16	83 (12.99%)	Microsoft
17	81 (12.68%)	Data Modelling
18	78 (12.21%)	Data Analysis
19	77 (12.05%)	Oracle
20	76 (11.89%)	Migration
21	75 (11.74%)	Retail
22	74 (11.58%)	Visualisation
23	72 (11.27%)	Mathematics
24	68 (10.64%)	Agile Software Development
24	68 (10.64%)	Stakeholder Management
24	68 (10.64%)	SQL Server
25	67 (10.49%)	Data Analytics
26	66 (10.33%)	Credit Risk
27	65 (10.17%)	SPSS
27	65 (10.17%)	SAS Enterprise Guide

SAS
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	48 (7.51%)	Apache Spark
2	15 (2.35%)	Apache Pig
3	11 (1.72%)	Apache
3	11 (1.72%)	SharePoint
4	7 (1.10%)	Confluence
4	7 (1.10%)	Elasticsearch
4	7 (1.10%)	WebLogic
5	6 (0.94%)	ArcGIS
6	3 (0.47%)	Adobe Experience Manager
6	3 (0.47%)	BizTalk Server
6	3 (0.47%)	Drupal
6	3 (0.47%)	IBM HTTP Server
6	3 (0.47%)	IIS
6	3 (0.47%)	LiveCycle
6	3 (0.47%)	Oracle SOA Suite
6	3 (0.47%)	WebSphere
7	2 (0.31%)	OpenStack
8	1 (0.16%)	CMS
8	1 (0.16%)	SharePoint 2010
8	1 (0.16%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	110 (17.21%)	Microsoft Excel
2	65 (10.17%)	SPSS
3	40 (6.26%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	32 (5.01%)	Stata
5	29 (4.54%)	Microsoft Office
6	13 (2.03%)	MS Visio
7	5 (0.78%)	S-PLUS
8	3 (0.47%)	Spreadsheet
9	2 (0.31%)	Adobe Illustrator
9	2 (0.31%)	OmniGraffle
9	2 (0.31%)	Photoshop
10	1 (0.16%)	Acrobat
10	1 (0.16%)	EViews
10	1 (0.16%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	9 (1.41%)	FastStats
2	8 (1.25%)	Eloqua
3	3 (0.47%)	Dynamics CRM
3	3 (0.47%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	3 (0.47%)	Staffware
3	3 (0.47%)	Unica
4	2 (0.31%)	Oracle EBS
4	2 (0.31%)	Oracle EBS R12
4	2 (0.31%)	Oracle Payables
4	2 (0.31%)	SAP IS-U
4	2 (0.31%)	SDL Web 8
5	1 (0.16%)	Actimize
5	1 (0.16%)	FastStats PeopleStage
5	1 (0.16%)	Infor CRM
5	1 (0.16%)	Oracle BPM
5	1 (0.16%)	Oracle Receivables
5	1 (0.16%)	Relativity
5	1 (0.16%)	SAP MDG
5	1 (0.16%)	SAP MDM
5	1 (0.16%)	WebTrends

Cloud Services
1	28 (4.38%)	Amazon AWS
2	14 (2.19%)	Google Analytics
3	8 (1.25%)	Amazon S3
4	7 (1.10%)	Adobe Analytics
5	6 (0.94%)	Amazon CloudWatch
5	6 (0.94%)	Amazon EC2
5	6 (0.94%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	6 (0.94%)	Cloud Computing
5	6 (0.94%)	Microsoft Azure
6	5 (0.78%)	AWS Lambda
6	5 (0.78%)	Route 53
6	5 (0.78%)	Virtual Private Cloud
7	3 (0.47%)	IBM Cloud
7	3 (0.47%)	Office 365
7	3 (0.47%)	SmartFocus
7	3 (0.47%)	SoftLayer
8	2 (0.31%)	Amazon EMR
9	1 (0.16%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	1 (0.16%)	IBM Blueworks
9	1 (0.16%)	Silverpop

Communications & Networking
1	6 (0.94%)	Internet
2	5 (0.78%)	Cisco ASA
2	5 (0.78%)	SMS
2	5 (0.78%)	SMTP
2	5 (0.78%)	SSL
3	4 (0.63%)	Cisco Nexus
3	4 (0.63%)	DHCP
3	4 (0.63%)	DNS
3	4 (0.63%)	Firewall
3	4 (0.63%)	iSCSI
4	3 (0.47%)	DSL
4	3 (0.47%)	Fibre Channel
4	3 (0.47%)	FTP
4	3 (0.47%)	LDAP
4	3 (0.47%)	MPLS
4	3 (0.47%)	SAN
4	3 (0.47%)	Structured Cabling
4	3 (0.47%)	VRRP
5	2 (0.31%)	SNA
5	2 (0.31%)	WAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	141 (22.07%)	Hadoop
2	129 (20.19%)	Big Data
3	121 (18.94%)	Data Warehouse
4	68 (10.64%)	SQL Server
5	65 (10.17%)	SAS Enterprise Guide
6	61 (9.55%)	Base SAS
7	51 (7.98%)	SAS Data Integration Studio
8	43 (6.73%)	Apache Hive
8	43 (6.73%)	QlikView
9	41 (6.42%)	Power BI
10	39 (6.10%)	BusinessObjects
11	37 (5.79%)	Data Mining
12	36 (5.63%)	Relational Database
13	27 (4.23%)	SAS EBI
14	23 (3.60%)	SQL Server Integration Services
15	21 (3.29%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
16	19 (2.97%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
17	18 (2.82%)	HBase
17	18 (2.82%)	SAS Visual Analytics
18	14 (2.19%)	Amazon Redshift

Development Applications
1	23 (3.60%)	Git (software)
2	15 (2.35%)	JIRA
2	15 (2.35%)	ProC
3	9 (1.41%)	Sonatype Nexus
3	9 (1.41%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4	8 (1.25%)	Jenkins
5	7 (1.10%)	Visual Studio
6	5 (0.78%)	GitLab
7	4 (0.63%)	ClearCase
8	3 (0.47%)	CA Gen
8	3 (0.47%)	ClearQuest
8	3 (0.47%)	ERwin
8	3 (0.47%)	Grunt
8	3 (0.47%)	SonarQube
8	3 (0.47%)	Toad
9	2 (0.31%)	Jasmine
9	2 (0.31%)	Mercurial
9	2 (0.31%)	PhantomJS
9	2 (0.31%)	Talend Open Studio
9	2 (0.31%)	WebStorm

General
1	242 (37.87%)	Finance
2	120 (18.78%)	Banking
3	75 (11.74%)	Retail
4	54 (8.45%)	Marketing
5	23 (3.60%)	Retail Banking
6	17 (2.66%)	Telecoms
7	14 (2.19%)	Publishing
8	13 (2.03%)	Legal
9	12 (1.88%)	Investment Banking
10	10 (1.56%)	Pharmaceutical
11	9 (1.41%)	Advertising
12	5 (0.78%)	Corporate Banking
13	4 (0.63%)	Electronics
13	4 (0.63%)	Financial Institution
14	3 (0.47%)	Billing
14	3 (0.47%)	Manufacturing
15	2 (0.31%)	Front Office
15	2 (0.31%)	General Ledger
15	2 (0.31%)	German Language
15	2 (0.31%)	Private Banking

Job Titles
1	205 (32.08%)	Analyst
2	138 (21.60%)	Developer
3	81 (12.68%)	SAS Developer
4	72 (11.27%)	Data Analyst
5	50 (7.82%)	SAS Analyst
6	48 (7.51%)	Data Scientist
7	46 (7.20%)	Consultant
8	41 (6.42%)	Architect
9	40 (6.26%)	Business Analyst
10	26 (4.07%)	Administrator
11	25 (3.91%)	SQL Analyst
12	22 (3.44%)	Data Architect
13	21 (3.29%)	Risk Analyst
13	21 (3.29%)	SAS Consultant
14	20 (3.13%)	Data Engineer
15	18 (2.82%)	Business Intelligence Developer
16	17 (2.66%)	SAS Administrator
17	16 (2.50%)	Data Consultant
18	15 (2.35%)	Credit Risk Analyst
18	15 (2.35%)	SQL Data Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	21 (3.29%)	HTML
2	20 (3.13%)	CSS
2	20 (3.13%)	REST
2	20 (3.13%)	XML
3	14 (2.19%)	HTML5
4	13 (2.03%)	CSS3
5	11 (1.72%)	Ajax
6	10 (1.56%)	Ext JS
7	9 (1.41%)	JSON
7	9 (1.41%)	Web Services
8	8 (1.25%)	Natural Language Processing
9	7 (1.10%)	.NET
9	7 (1.10%)	D3.js
10	6 (0.94%)	MLlib
10	6 (0.94%)	UIMA
11	5 (0.78%)	jQuery
11	5 (0.78%)	MDX
11	5 (0.78%)	Software Packaging
12	3 (0.47%)	Flash
12	3 (0.47%)	J2EE

Miscellaneous
1	182 (28.48%)	Analytical Skills
2	66 (10.33%)	Credit Risk
3	26 (4.07%)	Computer Science
4	15 (2.35%)	Data Structures
5	14 (2.19%)	Algorithms
5	14 (2.19%)	Management Information System
6	13 (2.03%)	Data Protection Act
7	12 (1.88%)	User Experience
8	10 (1.56%)	Mainframe
9	9 (1.41%)	Greenfield Project
9	9 (1.41%)	Virtual Team
10	8 (1.25%)	Data Centre
10	8 (1.25%)	PKI
11	6 (0.94%)	Client/Server
12	5 (0.78%)	Fintech
12	5 (0.78%)	NHS
12	5 (0.78%)	Social Media
13	4 (0.63%)	Social Network
14	3 (0.47%)	iPad
14	3 (0.47%)	Mobile App

Operating Systems
1	48 (7.51%)	Unix
2	46 (7.20%)	Linux
3	33 (5.16%)	Windows
4	6 (0.94%)	CentOS
5	5 (0.78%)	Windows Server
6	4 (0.63%)	Windows Server 2012
6	4 (0.63%)	zOS
7	3 (0.47%)	MVS
8	2 (0.31%)	AIX
8	2 (0.31%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	2 (0.31%)	Solaris
9	1 (0.16%)	Data ONTAP
9	1 (0.16%)	HPUX
9	1 (0.16%)	Oracle Linux
9	1 (0.16%)	Ubuntu
9	1 (0.16%)	Windows Server 2003
9	1 (0.16%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	222 (34.74%)	Analytics
2	152 (23.79%)	Business Intelligence
3	133 (20.81%)	ETL
4	81 (12.68%)	Data Modelling
5	78 (12.21%)	Data Analysis
6	76 (11.89%)	Migration
7	74 (11.58%)	Visualisation
8	72 (11.27%)	Mathematics
9	68 (10.64%)	Agile Software Development
9	68 (10.64%)	Stakeholder Management
10	67 (10.49%)	Data Analytics
11	56 (8.76%)	Data Management
12	51 (7.98%)	Statistics
13	49 (7.67%)	Machine Learning
14	46 (7.20%)	Data Visualisation
15	43 (6.73%)	Project Management
16	41 (6.42%)	Data Integration
16	41 (6.42%)	Statistical Analysis
17	38 (5.95%)	E-Commerce
18	32 (5.01%)	CRM

Programming Languages
1	279 (43.66%)	SQL
2	137 (21.44%)	R
3	108 (16.90%)	Python
4	52 (8.14%)	VBA
5	45 (7.04%)	Java
6	33 (5.16%)	MATLAB
7	27 (4.23%)	SAS Macro
8	25 (3.91%)	JavaScript
8	25 (3.91%)	Scala
9	19 (2.97%)	Shell Script
10	15 (2.35%)	PROC SQL
11	11 (1.72%)	PL/SQL
11	11 (1.72%)	VB
12	10 (1.56%)	T-SQL
13	9 (1.41%)	Perl
14	8 (1.25%)	C#
14	8 (1.25%)	C++
14	8 (1.25%)	PHP
14	8 (1.25%)	Prolog
15	7 (1.10%)	Bash Shell

Qualifications
1	92 (14.40%)	Degree
2	26 (4.07%)	Security Cleared
3	15 (2.35%)	Computer Science Degree
3	15 (2.35%)	Numerate Degree
3	15 (2.35%)	SC Cleared
4	13 (2.03%)	SAS Certification
5	7 (1.10%)	CCA
5	7 (1.10%)	Master's Degree
6	6 (0.94%)	BPSS Clearance
6	6 (0.94%)	Postgraduate
7	5 (0.78%)	PhD
8	4 (0.63%)	DV Cleared
9	3 (0.47%)	APMG
9	3 (0.47%)	ISEB
10	2 (0.31%)	ACCA
10	2 (0.31%)	BC Cleared
10	2 (0.31%)	CIMA
10	2 (0.31%)	ISTQB
10	2 (0.31%)	ITIL Certification
11	1 (0.16%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	52 (8.14%)	Data Quality
2	39 (6.10%)	IFRS
3	37 (5.79%)	IFRS 9
4	15 (2.35%)	QA
5	11 (1.72%)	Basel II
6	7 (1.10%)	CDISC
7	6 (0.94%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
8	5 (0.78%)	SLA
9	4 (0.63%)	Disclosure Scotland
10	3 (0.47%)	GPG13
10	3 (0.47%)	IAS 39
11	2 (0.31%)	Actionable Recommendations
11	2 (0.31%)	GDPR
11	2 (0.31%)	PMO
12	1 (0.16%)	Basel III
12	1 (0.16%)	GCP
12	1 (0.16%)	ISO 9000
12	1 (0.16%)	Solvency II

System Software
1	13 (2.03%)	Active Directory
2	12 (1.88%)	Apache Flume
3	4 (0.63%)	Hyper-V
3	4 (0.63%)	vCloud
4	3 (0.47%)	HDFS
5	2 (0.31%)	Samba
5	2 (0.31%)	Virtual Machines
5	2 (0.31%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	1 (0.16%)	Ceph
6	1 (0.16%)	Veritas Cluster Server
6	1 (0.16%)	Veritas File System
6	1 (0.16%)	Virtual Servers
6	1 (0.16%)	vSphere
6	1 (0.16%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	6 (0.94%)	Puppet
2	5 (0.78%)	Rsyslog
3	4 (0.63%)	vRealize
4	3 (0.47%)	Opscode Chef
4	3 (0.47%)	Oracle EDQ
4	3 (0.47%)	vMotion
5	2 (0.31%)	Oozie
5	2 (0.31%)	vCenter Server
6	1 (0.16%)	Ansible
6	1 (0.16%)	Backup Exec
6	1 (0.16%)	Kibana
6	1 (0.16%)	Nagios
6	1 (0.16%)	Salt
6	1 (0.16%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
6	1 (0.16%)	Tivoli
6	1 (0.16%)	Veritas Storage Foundation

Vendors
1	91 (14.24%)	Tableau
2	83 (12.99%)	Microsoft
3	77 (12.05%)	Oracle
4	51 (7.98%)	Teradata
5	42 (6.57%)	SAP
6	37 (5.79%)	IBM
7	22 (3.44%)	Adobe
8	20 (3.13%)	Informatica
9	19 (2.97%)	Cognos
10	18 (2.82%)	VMware
11	17 (2.66%)	HP
12	14 (2.19%)	Red Hat
13	13 (2.03%)	RapidMiner
14	12 (1.88%)	Google
14	12 (1.88%)	TIBCO
15	11 (1.72%)	MicroStrategy
16	9 (1.41%)	Symantec
17	8 (1.25%)	Ab Initio
17	8 (1.25%)	Apteco
17	8 (1.25%)	DataFlux