SAS Contracts in South Wales

SAS System
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 37 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing SAS 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.23% 0.89% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.65% 9.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £412 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.77% - -
Wales median daily rate £650 £412 -
% change year-on-year +57.77% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 - -
75th Percentile £20.35 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £20.24 - -

All Application Platform Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 17 32 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 6.97% 9.52% 17.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 55
10th Percentile £186 £383 £192
25th Percentile £221 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +2.50% +10.62%
75th Percentile £601 £625 £550
90th Percentile £650 - £583
Wales median daily rate £409 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -20.24% +5.13% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £41.35 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £85.00 £18.03
Median hourly rate £20.24 £87.80 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -76.95% +386.16% -10.77%
75th Percentile £20.35 - £18.09
90th Percentile - £87.92 -
Wales median hourly rate £20.24 £87.80 £24.53
% change year-on-year -76.95% +257.93% +21.20%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for SAS in South Wales

SAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for SAS in South Wales

SAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for SAS in South Wales

SAS
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cardiff +4 2 £650 +57.77% 1
Newport - 1 - - 1
SAS
Wales

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Red Team
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared