SAS Contracts in the South East

SAS System
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAS over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 166 195
Rank change year-on-year +22 +29 +55
Contract jobs citing SAS 12 37 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.65% 0.42%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.43% 9.66% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 20
10th Percentile £545 £304 £474
25th Percentile - £325 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £379 £500
Median % change year-on-year +71.50% -24.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £581 £528
90th Percentile £716 £611 £562
England median daily rate £502 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +0.40% - -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £20.86 -
25th Percentile - £21.99 £61.25
Median hourly rate - £23.82 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -61.88% +140.38%
75th Percentile - £37.70 £63.75
90th Percentile - £61.58 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £23.82 £65.00
% change year-on-year +109.89% -63.35% +28.71%

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 350 383 589
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.23% 6.71% 10.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 246 419
10th Percentile £220 £254 £241
25th Percentile £366 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £600 £587 £618
90th Percentile £630 £626 £694
England median daily rate £500 £502 £525
% change year-on-year -0.35% -4.43% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 33
10th Percentile £17.05 £16.00 £22.01
25th Percentile £30.48 £23.52 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +175.00%
75th Percentile £60.72 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £67.63 £75.00 £74.74
England median hourly rate £52.50 £31.91 £47.50
% change year-on-year +64.51% -32.82% +131.71%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SAS in the South East

SAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAS in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SAS in the South East

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAS in the South East over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAS in the South East

SAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAS in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SAS in the South East

SAS
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 29 June 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 +19 11 £650 +30.00% 16
Buckinghamshire +16 10 £650 +8.33% 2
Surrey +20 1 £475 +54.47% 4
Berkshire +15 1 - - 13
SAS
England

SAS
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) Data Hub
2 1 (8.33%) DB2
2 1 (8.33%) Metadata
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (8.33%) MS Access
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Power Query
2 1 (8.33%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 1 (8.33%) Sisense
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (8.33%) Tableau
General
1 4 (33.33%) Banking
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) French Language
2 1 (8.33%) Italian Language
2 1 (8.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Credit Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Credit Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Data Modeller
3 1 (8.33%) Development Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Risk Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SAS Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAS Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (8.33%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Credit Risk
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Analytics
2 8 (66.67%) Stress Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (25.00%) Credit Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 3 (25.00%) Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Credit Risk Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 1 (8.33%) CRM
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
6 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
6 1 (8.33%) ETL
6 1 (8.33%) Fraud Detection
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) IFRS
1 8 (66.67%) IFRS 9
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (8.33%) MicroStrategy