Hybrid/Remote SAS Contract Job Trends

SAS System
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 262 364
Rank change year-on-year -18 +102 +24
Contract jobs citing SAS 42 61 38
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.50% 0.21%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.65% 4.07% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 23
10th Percentile £473 £363 £357
25th Percentile £492 £430 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -2.44% -0.05%
75th Percentile £540 £638 £600
90th Percentile £585 £723 £665
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £61.33
25th Percentile £30.75 - £61.44
Median hourly rate £31.50 - £62.25
75th Percentile £32.25 - £63.31
90th Percentile - - £63.58
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £20.87 £62.25
% change year-on-year +79.71% -66.48% +23.27%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,150 1,498 1,839
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.47% 12.36% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 1,016 1,276
10th Percentile £289 £313 £305
25th Percentile £400 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +6.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £638
90th Percentile £756 £850 £713
UK median daily rate £492 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 12 44
10th Percentile £17.50 £16.11 £16.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £17.08 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.75 £36.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -34.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £63.38 £47.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.59 £65.15 £73.38
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £41.91 £28.75
% change year-on-year -16.49% +45.77% +43.75%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

SAS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SAS
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SAS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SAS

SAS
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SAS over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

SAS daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SAS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SAS

SAS
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 2 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.76%) CICS
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) AWS
2 6 (14.29%) Azure
3 4 (9.52%) OpenShift
4 2 (4.76%) GCP
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.76%) SaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle CX
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (28.57%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 10 (23.81%) Pentaho
3 8 (19.05%) Oracle Database
4 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (4.76%) DB2
5 2 (4.76%) Metadata
5 2 (4.76%) Power BI
5 2 (4.76%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 2 (4.76%) SAS Visual Analytics
6 1 (2.38%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.38%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (2.38%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (33.33%) Git
1 14 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 11 (26.19%) JIRA
3 7 (16.67%) GitLab
4 4 (9.52%) JUnit
4 4 (9.52%) Selenium
5 2 (4.76%) GCC
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.05%) Finance
3 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 6 (14.29%) Banking
5 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Automotive
7 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (11.90%) Architect
1 5 (11.90%) SAS Engineer
2 4 (9.52%) Release Manager
2 4 (9.52%) Test Specialist
3 3 (7.14%) Analyst
3 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Administrator
4 2 (4.76%) Data Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Developer
4 2 (4.76%) Mainframe Programmer
4 2 (4.76%) Programmer
4 2 (4.76%) Python Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) SAS Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) SAS Architect
4 2 (4.76%) SAS Developer
4 2 (4.76%) Software Engineer
4 2 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.76%) Test Automation Specialist
5 1 (2.38%) SAS Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) REST
2 4 (9.52%) pytest
3 3 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (7.14%) Node.js
3 3 (7.14%) React
4 2 (4.76%) ISPF
4 2 (4.76%) PySpark
5 1 (2.38%) CSS
5 1 (2.38%) HTML
5 1 (2.38%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (2.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Credit Risk
2 3 (7.14%) Mainframe
3 2 (4.76%) Life Science
3 2 (4.76%) Replication
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
1 3 (7.14%) zOS
2 2 (4.76%) OS/2
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (54.76%) CI/CD
2 22 (52.38%) Analytics
3 19 (45.24%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (40.48%) Agile
5 16 (38.10%) Data Pipeline
5 16 (38.10%) DevOps
6 15 (35.71%) Data Integration
6 15 (35.71%) Test Automation
7 14 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (28.57%) Data Modelling
8 12 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
8 12 (28.57%) Scrum
9 11 (26.19%) ETL
10 10 (23.81%) Business Analytics
10 10 (23.81%) Deployment Automation
11 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (21.43%) Data Analytics
11 9 (21.43%) Data Virtualisation
11 9 (21.43%) Integration Patterns
12 8 (19.05%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) Python
2 15 (35.71%) SQL
3 6 (14.29%) R
4 4 (9.52%) Java
5 3 (7.14%) Assembly Language
5 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 3 (7.14%) PL/1
5 3 (7.14%) REXX
5 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.76%) CLIST
6 2 (4.76%) COBOL
6 2 (4.76%) JCL
6 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.38%) SAS Macro
7 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 19 (45.24%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) ACCA
4 1 (2.38%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) IFRS
2 3 (7.14%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.38%) COREP
System Software
1 17 (40.48%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 2 (4.76%) RACF
2 2 (4.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (4.76%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 17 (40.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.76%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (4.76%) OMEGAMON
2 2 (4.76%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) Oracle
2 10 (23.81%) Talend
3 9 (21.43%) Denodo
4 2 (4.76%) IBM
5 1 (2.38%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.38%) Informatica
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.38%) Pega
5 1 (2.38%) Remedy
5 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow