SAS Architect Contracts

SAS Architect
UK

The median SAS Architect daily rate in the UK is £489, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 - 717
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Architect 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% - 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.36%
75th Percentile £517 - £775
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SAS Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAS Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAS Architect in the UK

SAS Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAS Architect in the UK

SAS Architect
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Architect within the UK 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
UK excluding London - 7 £479 -
England - 5 £489 -
North of England - 4 £479 -
North West - 4 £479 -
Scotland - 3 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
London - 1 £504 -

SAS Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SAS Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAS Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SAS
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) Re-Platforming
4 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Analytics
4 4 (50.00%) Banking
5 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (37.50%) ITSM
5 3 (37.50%) Data Security
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) ETL
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (37.50%) Azure
5 3 (37.50%) AWS
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
5 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
5 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) GDPR
5 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) Project Management

SAS Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Re-Platforming
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Data Security
3 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft