SAS Developer Contract Job Trends

SAS Developer
UK

The median SAS Developer daily rate in the UK is £588, 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 620 523 575
Rank change year-on-year -97 +52 +123
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.014% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.015% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £386 £328 £490
25th Percentile £403 £361 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £431 £525
Median % change year-on-year +36.31% -17.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £819 £511 £581
90th Percentile £898 £549 £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £312 £563
% change year-on-year +80.29% -44.53% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 43,041 27,334 40,483
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.61% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,619 17,888 26,425
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £408 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% -1.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,759 1,027 2,641
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £29.07 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.84% -18.11% -21.11%
75th Percentile £65.60 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.52% -23.33% -11.76%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAS Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAS Developer in the UK

SAS Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAS Developer
Top 9 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 Developer within the UK 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
England -95 7 £588 +36.31% 2
London -63 4 £663 +20.45%
UK excluding London -88 3 £563 +80.29% 2
Work from Home -20 2 £425 -22.73%
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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

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 featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SAS
2 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
3 3 (42.86%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) SAS Data Integration Studio
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (28.57%) Base SAS
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
4 2 (28.57%) Model Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) SAS Macro
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Statistics
4 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Apache
5 1 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (14.29%) Apache Hive
5 1 (14.29%) AWS
5 1 (14.29%) Big Data
5 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Control-M

SAS Developer 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 7 (100.00%) SAS
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 2 (28.57%) Base SAS
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Hive
3 1 (14.29%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
3 1 (14.29%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (14.29%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk
3 1 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) ETL
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
3 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 2 (28.57%) Model Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Statistics
3 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (14.29%) Data Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SAS Macro
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Control-M
1 1 (14.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) DataFlux
1 1 (14.29%) HP