SAS Job Trends in Scotland

SAS System
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring SAS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 138 208
Rank change year-on-year - +70 -75
Permanent jobs citing SAS 0 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 0.28% 0.51%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 3.66% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £37,170
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.29%
75th Percentile - - £39,235
90th Percentile - - £47,494
UK median annual salary £70,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.80% +6.25% +50.00%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 121 191 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.40% 7.67% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 71 40 174
10th Percentile - £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -14.89% -1.17%
75th Percentile £52,875 £62,813 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,576 £98,474 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £53,818
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.45% -4.75%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SAS job vacancy trend in Scotland

SAS
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SAS