SAS Job Trends in Northern Ireland

SAS System
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring SAS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 47 43
Rank change year-on-year - -4 +44
Permanent jobs citing SAS 0 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland - 0.71% 0.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 6.82% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,465 £51,528
% change year-on-year +3.11% +27.05% -7.28%

All Application Platform Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 9 44 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.81% 10.43% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 31
10th Percentile £35,075 £28,425 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,063 £40,375 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £52,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +26.51% -3.49%
75th Percentile £65,313 £53,750 £64,875
90th Percentile £68,125 £92,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.77% -3.64%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

SAS job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

SAS
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing SAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing SAS