SAS System
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 508 397
Rank change year-on-year +114 -111 -2
Permanent jobs citing SAS 647 539 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.55% 0.93%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.07% 4.80% 6.60%
Number of salaries quoted 174 331 412
10th Percentile £32,500 - £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,113 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +37.11% -26.91% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,852 £57,931 £72,125
90th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,528 £36,699 £47,500
% change year-on-year +40.41% -22.74% -5.00%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

SAS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,663 11,229 23,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.57% 11.40% 14.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,085 7,564 11,607
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.16% +0.08% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £48,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.46% +6.67% -

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAS in the UK

SAS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAS.

Salary trend for SAS in the UK

SAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAS over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SAS in the UK

SAS
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 611 £55,000 +33.96% 123
Work from Home +214 416 £51,528 -0.19% 61
London +276 348 £57,500 -4.17% 66
UK excluding London -58 275 £51,528 +40.41% 75
South East +56 113 £62,750 +79.29% 31
North of England -18 71 £51,528 +40.41% 21
Yorkshire +35 32 £52,500 +42.80% 11
North West -12 30 £47,500 +35.71% 10
Midlands -17 29 £55,000 +57.14% 12
South West -35 29 £42,500 +9.25% 3
West Midlands +1 17 £55,000 +50.34% 9
Scotland -81 16 £51,528 +15.79% 3
East Midlands -7 12 £32,500 -7.14% 3
North East -6 9 £49,100 +40.29%
Wales 0 8 £43,750 -2.65% 4
East of England +1 5 £37,500 +7.14% 1
Channel Islands -2 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
1 7 (1.08%) Confluence
1 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (0.93%) Apache
3 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 42 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.10%) SPSS
3 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.46%) Stata
Business Applications
1 299 (46.21%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.62%) Relativity
3 2 (0.31%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.15%) FastStats
4 1 (0.15%) Ringtail
4 1 (0.15%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 31 (4.79%) Power Platform
2 26 (4.02%) Azure
3 19 (2.94%) AWS
4 14 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (2.16%) Amazon S3
4 14 (2.16%) GCP
5 11 (1.70%) Dropbox
6 8 (1.24%) Google Analytics
6 8 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.08%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (0.93%) Vertex AI
9 4 (0.62%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.62%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.46%) Rubrik
10 3 (0.46%) SaaS
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.31%) Collibra
11 2 (0.31%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 299 (46.21%) Broadband
2 10 (1.55%) SAN
3 9 (1.39%) iSCSI
4 7 (1.08%) Firewall
4 7 (1.08%) Internet
4 7 (1.08%) VLAN
4 7 (1.08%) Wireless
5 6 (0.93%) VPN
6 5 (0.77%) DNS
7 4 (0.62%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.62%) SMS
7 4 (0.62%) WAN
8 3 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (0.46%) LAN
8 3 (0.46%) VoIP
8 3 (0.46%) WebEx
9 1 (0.15%) HTTP
9 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (8.35%) Tableau
2 41 (6.34%) Big Data
3 31 (4.79%) Power BI
4 30 (4.64%) Data Mining
4 30 (4.64%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.09%) Amazon QuickSight
6 18 (2.78%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.63%) Base SAS
8 15 (2.32%) EDRMS
8 15 (2.32%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (2.16%) DynamoDB
10 13 (2.01%) SQL Server
11 12 (1.85%) Metadata
11 12 (1.85%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 10 (1.55%) QlikView
13 9 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
14 8 (1.24%) Text Mining
15 5 (0.77%) SAS EBI
15 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.55%) JIRA
2 8 (1.24%) ERwin
3 3 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.31%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.31%) RStudio
4 2 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 463 (71.56%) Finance
2 439 (67.85%) Social Skills
3 166 (25.66%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (12.98%) Legal
5 80 (12.36%) Banking
6 40 (6.18%) Publishing
7 38 (5.87%) Marketing
8 30 (4.64%) Law
9 23 (3.55%) Retail
10 18 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.55%) Korean Language
13 10 (1.55%) Military
14 7 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.93%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.93%) Retail Finance
15 6 (0.93%) Wearables
16 4 (0.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 301 (46.52%) Architect
2 299 (46.21%) Solutions Architect
3 111 (17.16%) Senior
4 87 (13.45%) Analyst
5 40 (6.18%) Senior Analyst
5 40 (6.18%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 31 (4.79%) Data Scientist
7 30 (4.64%) Developer
8 25 (3.86%) Data Analyst
9 22 (3.40%) ServiceNow Developer
10 17 (2.63%) Pricing Analyst
11 14 (2.16%) Data Manager
12 12 (1.85%) Consultant
12 12 (1.85%) Credit Analyst
12 12 (1.85%) Credit Risk Analyst
12 12 (1.85%) Lead
12 12 (1.85%) Project Manager
12 12 (1.85%) Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.70%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.86%) CSS
1 25 (3.86%) HTML
2 24 (3.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 22 (3.40%) AngularJS
3 22 (3.40%) Web Services
4 11 (1.70%) XML
5 10 (1.55%) EDI
6 7 (1.08%) Pandas
7 4 (0.62%) D3.js
7 4 (0.62%) PySpark
7 4 (0.62%) Tidyverse
8 3 (0.46%) CodeIgniter
8 3 (0.46%) Google Chart
8 3 (0.46%) ISPF
8 3 (0.46%) Laravel
8 3 (0.46%) React
8 3 (0.46%) Symfony
9 2 (0.31%) Django
9 2 (0.31%) jQuery
9 2 (0.31%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 86 (13.29%) Credit Risk
2 34 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.40%) CMDB
3 22 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.32%) Cybercrime
6 10 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.39%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.39%) Life Science
8 8 (1.24%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
9 7 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.93%) Blog
10 6 (0.93%) Clustering
10 6 (0.93%) Market Risk
11 5 (0.77%) Semantic Web
12 4 (0.62%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.62%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.46%) Mainframe
13 3 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.94%) Windows
2 9 (1.39%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (51.47%) Agile
2 332 (51.31%) Change Management
3 315 (48.69%) Data Management
4 310 (47.91%) Roadmaps
5 304 (46.99%) Performance Management
6 303 (46.83%) ERP
7 299 (46.21%) Enterprise Architecture
7 299 (46.21%) Strategic Roadmap
7 299 (46.21%) TOGAF
8 160 (24.73%) Analytics
9 95 (14.68%) Data Analysis
10 93 (14.37%) Business Intelligence
11 80 (12.36%) Data Science
12 76 (11.75%) Risk Management
13 64 (9.89%) Statistics
14 59 (9.12%) Decision-Making
14 59 (9.12%) Economics
14 59 (9.12%) Visualisation
15 57 (8.81%) Data Analytics
16 56 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 156 (24.11%) SQL
2 135 (20.87%) Python
3 98 (15.15%) R
4 21 (3.25%) MATLAB
5 15 (2.32%) SAS Macro
6 8 (1.24%) Java
7 5 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.62%) PHP
9 3 (0.46%) Assembly Language
9 3 (0.46%) JCL
9 3 (0.46%) REXX
9 3 (0.46%) VBA
10 2 (0.31%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) C++
11 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.15%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (17.93%) Degree
2 20 (3.09%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (0.93%) SAS Certification
4 4 (0.62%) PhD
5 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.31%) VCAP
7 1 (0.15%) CCNP
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.35%) IFRS
2 53 (8.19%) IFRS 9
3 18 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.78%) GDPR
4 14 (2.16%) CDISC
5 9 (1.39%) CRD IV
6 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.77%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) QA
9 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.15%) COREP
9 1 (0.15%) FINREP
9 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) vSphere
4 3 (0.46%) ACF2
4 3 (0.46%) RACF
4 3 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.62%) SCCM
3 3 (0.46%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 320 (49.46%) Oracle
2 307 (47.45%) SAP
3 300 (46.37%) Anaplan
4 299 (46.21%) Hyperion
5 52 (8.04%) Microsoft
6 28 (4.33%) Google
7 22 (3.40%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.78%) Alteryx
9 15 (2.32%) IBM
10 14 (2.16%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.55%) VMware
12 9 (1.39%) Adobe
13 6 (0.93%) Coremetrics
13 6 (0.93%) iManage
13 6 (0.93%) Pega
13 6 (0.93%) Teradata
13 6 (0.93%) UiPath
14 4 (0.62%) Databricks
14 4 (0.62%) Intapp
14 4 (0.62%) Veeam