SAS Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAS Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAS Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 338 393
Rank change year-on-year -88 +55 +52
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.016% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.017% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £410 - £499
25th Percentile £463 £306 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £312 £563
Median % change year-on-year +80.29% -44.53% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £318 £591
90th Percentile £735 - £596
UK median daily rate £588 £431 £525
% change year-on-year +36.31% -17.90% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 21,745 11,824 19,258
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 92.32% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,798 7,606 11,835
10th Percentile £275 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £598
90th Percentile £678 £651 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,409 820 2,214
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.13 £15.66
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -23.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £29.07 £35.50
% change year-on-year +46.84% -18.11% -21.11%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

SAS Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAS Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAS Developer in the UK excluding London

SAS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAS Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2026. 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
North of England -68 2 £563 - 2
North West -39 1 £375 -
Midlands -58 1 - -
North East - 1 £750 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
SAS Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SAS
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Apache
3 1 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Base SAS
3 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (33.33%) DataFlux
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Python

SAS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (100.00%) SAS
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 1 (33.33%) Base SAS
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Model Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SAS Macro
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) DataFlux