SAS Developer Contract Job Trends in London

SAS Developer
England > London

The median SAS Developer daily rate in London is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 343 384
Rank change year-on-year -64 +41 +88
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.008% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.009% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £456 - £465
25th Percentile £522 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.62%
75th Percentile £822 - £550
90th Percentile £899 - -
England median daily rate £459 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,071 11,462 16,365
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 93.48% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,297 7,772 11,824
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £518 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 158 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.30 £20.22
Median hourly rate £38.25 £31.67 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +20.77% +13.89% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £49.94 £46.77
90th Percentile £76.66 £63.08 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.80 £37.63
% change year-on-year +51.01% -20.80% -16.39%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAS Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SAS Developer job vacancy trend in London

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAS Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAS Developer in London

SAS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2026, SAS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SAS
2 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Apache Hive
4 1 (25.00%) Base SAS
4 1 (25.00%) Big Data
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Control-M
4 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Economics
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Linux

SAS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (25.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (25.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
1 1 (25.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (50.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SAS Macro
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Control-M
1 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP