Hybrid/Remote SAS Developer Contract Job Trends

SAS Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median SAS Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £442, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 - 340
Rank change year-on-year - - +123
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 5 0 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.040% - 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £399 - £458
25th Percentile £408 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 - £500
75th Percentile £459 - £531
90th Percentile - - £550
UK median daily rate £459 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,583 9,038 13,675
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.86% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,375 6,128 9,246
10th Percentile £350 £330 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -2.69%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 221 565
10th Percentile £17.35 £14.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.65 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +65.95% -22.55% -14.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +51.79% -25.33% -16.67%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAS Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAS Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SAS Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid SAS Developer job vacancies

SAS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SAS
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) GitLab
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Talend
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Artifactory
4 1 (20.00%) Base SAS
4 1 (20.00%) Basel III
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Denodo
4 1 (20.00%) Economics
4 1 (20.00%) Informatica
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Model Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation

SAS Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (100.00%) SAS
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Base SAS
1 1 (20.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) Artifactory
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Risk
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Economics
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Basel III
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) Talend
2 1 (20.00%) Denodo
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica