SAS Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAS System
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 3 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 83 125
Rank change year-on-year - +42 +2
Contract jobs citing SAS 0 8 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 5.26% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £475 £315
25th Percentile - £519 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £650 £380
Median % change year-on-year - +71.05% -24.00%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £492 £498 £460
% change year-on-year -1.11% +8.15% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.61
Median hourly rate - - £23.22
75th Percentile - - £24.13
90th Percentile - - £24.31
England median hourly rate - - £23.22

All Application Platform Skills
South East

SAS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 238 152 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.94% 11.85% 6.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 94 120
10th Percentile £233 £274 £178
25th Percentile £403 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £419
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +18.27% -18.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £556
90th Percentile £670 £659 £608
England median daily rate £498 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -4.33% +9.47% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 16
10th Percentile £19.92 £48.11 £14.88
25th Percentile £26.37 £52.78 £22.61
Median hourly rate £37.12 £60.13 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.26% +23.33% -7.14%
75th Percentile £59.56 £64.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.02 £64.63 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £62.50 £24.47
% change year-on-year -60.00% +155.47% +10.40%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

SAS job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAS

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAS

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes