SAS Developer Contract Job Trends in England

SAS Developer
UK > England

The median SAS Developer daily rate in England is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 520 591
Rank change year-on-year -1 +71 +174
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 4 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.036% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.039% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 10
10th Percentile £441 £510 £379
25th Percentile £484 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +18.92% -6.57%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £575
90th Percentile £674 £608 £625
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +2.27% +15.79% -4.04%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,195 30,650 40,901
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 93.04% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,241 19,528 28,697
10th Percentile £281 £301 £303
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,344 1,579 1,339
10th Percentile £13.51 £14.41 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -46.77% +7.72% +65.51%
75th Percentile £55.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +61.35%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SAS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAS Developer in England

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in England

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAS Developer in England over the 6 months to 7 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAS Developer in England

SAS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in England

SAS Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +13 2 £425 -22.73%
North West - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £700 -
North of England - 1 - -
SAS Developer
UK

SAS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 September 2025, SAS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) SAS
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) DataOps
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Wealth Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Stress Testing
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing

SAS Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (25.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) DataOps
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) IFRS
1 1 (25.00%) IFRS 9