SAS Analyst Contract Job Trends

SAS Analyst
UK

The median SAS Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 551 587
Rank change year-on-year -32 +36 +198
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Analyst 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £478 £638 £368
25th Percentile £484 £656 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £688 £393
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +75.16% -24.52%
75th Percentile £513 £719 £398
90th Percentile £520 £738 £399
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 33,689 31,494 40,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.77% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,297 19,365 27,107
10th Percentile £293 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 978 1,483
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £15.02
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.01 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.54 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +84.72%

SAS Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAS Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAS Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SAS Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAS Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAS Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SAS Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAS Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SAS Analyst
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Work from Home +8 3 £500 -20.00%
England -26 2 £496 -27.85% 1
UK excluding London - 2 £496 - 1
Midlands - 2 £496 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £496 - 1

SAS Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, SAS Analyst 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 featuring SAS Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SAS
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) IIBA
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (33.33%) ANOVA
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

SAS Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (66.67%) User Stories
1 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (33.33%) ANOVA
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) IIBA
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR