SAS Job Trends in Cardiff

SAS System
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring SAS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 52 34
Rank change year-on-year - -18 +38
Permanent jobs citing SAS 0 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff - 0.26% 3.87%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 1.64% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £42,874
25th Percentile - £37,500 £43,312
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year - -22.37% +17.78%
75th Percentile - £42,500 £55,192
90th Percentile - - £66,778
South Wales median annual salary - £40,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year - -22.37% +17.78%

All Application Platform Skills
Cardiff

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 12 61 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.29% 16.01% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 48 48
10th Percentile £29,100 £27,788 £37,020
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £43,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -33.33% -2.50%
75th Percentile - £49,688 £56,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,625 £72,433
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +5.56%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

SAS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

SAS
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SAS