Senior SAS Consultant Contract Job Trends

Senior SAS Consultant
UK

The median Senior SAS Consultant daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026.

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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior SAS Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £403 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - -

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 45,082 26,443 39,660
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.30% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,504 17,178 25,818
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,000 1,028 2,760
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.09 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.63 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.61 £25.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year +72.35% -36.75% -5.88%

Senior SAS Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior SAS Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior SAS Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior SAS Consultant
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior SAS Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Midlands - 1 £400 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £400 - 1
England - 1 £400 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £400 - 1

Senior SAS Consultant Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2026, Senior SAS Consultant 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 Senior SAS Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide

Senior SAS Consultant 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 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
1 1 (100.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Memory Management