SAS Contracts in Wales

SAS System
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring SAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing SAS 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.02% 0.76% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 13.04% 8.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £412 -
Median % change year-on-year +57.77% - -
UK median daily rate £504 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 - -
75th Percentile £20.35 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -66.92% - +23.81%

All Application Platform Skills
Wales

SAS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 23 34 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 7.85% 8.61% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 66
10th Percentile £186 £383 £171
25th Percentile £253 £413 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -20.24% +5.13% +8.33%
75th Percentile £498 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 - £581
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £41.35 £19.33
25th Percentile £20.12 £85.00 £21.27
Median hourly rate £20.24 £87.80 £24.53
Median % change year-on-year -76.95% +257.93% +21.20%
75th Percentile £20.35 - £27.77
90th Percentile - £87.92 £29.71
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SAS in Wales

SAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for SAS in Wales

SAS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAS in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for SAS in Wales

SAS
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the Wales region 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
South Wales +6 3 £650 +57.77% 2
SAS
UK

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) IaaS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Red Team
1 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CREST Certified
1 2 (66.67%) OSCE
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared