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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 155 | 159 | 201 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +42 | +42 |
| Contract jobs citing SAS | 6 | 25 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.17% | 0.54% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 1.69% | 6.41% | 2.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £308 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £356 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £760 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.00% | +11.11% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £600 | £497 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £634 | £520 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25.36 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33.21 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.62 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.81% | +35.87% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £63.21 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £71.79 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £37.50 | £48.25 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.28% | -25.77% | +17.12% |
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 | 356 | 390 | 580 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 10.22% | 8.49% | 10.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 216 | 247 | 387 |
| 10th Percentile | £207 | £259 | £211 |
| 25th Percentile | £357 | £363 | £328 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -2.70% | -2.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £565 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £638 | £678 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 26 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.25 | £25.06 | £25.09 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.75 | £30.10 | £51.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.77 | £65.09 | £58.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -49.65% | +12.13% | +190.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £70.00 | £69.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.95 | - | £75.33 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.45 | £47.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.74% | +11.76% | +107.32% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised 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.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAS.
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Contract Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley | +6 | 6 | £760 | +26.67% | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | +3 | 4 | £760 | +26.67% | |
| Berkshire | +20 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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: