Base SAS (SAS Base)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Base SAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Base SAS over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 880 990 1171
Rank change year-on-year +110 +181 -351
Permanent jobs citing Base SAS 17 11 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.010% 0.026%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.094% 0.047% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile £47,225 £51,500 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +23.81% +0.96%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +0.96%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Base SAS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 18,020 23,309 42,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.53% 21.80% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,635 14,260 21,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,725 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% +4.04%

Base SAS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Base SAS over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Base SAS within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +140 17 £80,000 +23.08% 2
London +158 8 £72,500 +11.54% 1
Work from Home +93 4 £53,750 -17.31% 2
UK excluding London +13 1 £55,000 - 1
North of England - 1 £55,000 -
North East - 1 £55,000 -

Base 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 17 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (47.06%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
3 1 (5.88%) Big Data
3 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) SAS EBI
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) SAS Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Statistician
3 2 (11.76%) Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Programmer
3 2 (11.76%) SAS Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) SAS Programmer
4 1 (5.88%) Associate Director
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Scientist
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.88%) Mathematician
4 1 (5.88%) SAS Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Data Integration
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Biostatistics
3 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Data Science
3 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (17.65%) Statistics
3 3 (17.65%) Validation
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.88%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.88%) Data Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Predictive Modelling
5 1 (5.88%) Scorecard
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SAS Macro
2 5 (29.41%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 2 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.76%) VCAP
3 1 (5.88%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) CDISC
2 3 (17.65%) Good Clinical Practice
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft