SAS Jobs in Scotland

SAS System
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring SAS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAS over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 244 158
Rank change year-on-year +81 -86 -37
Permanent jobs citing SAS 7 22 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 0.34% 1.13%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.15% 2.20% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 40
10th Percentile - £35,105 £35,000
25th Percentile - £37,953 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £43,200 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year - -9.16% -5.34%
75th Percentile - £63,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £73,000 £103,911
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £44,033
% change year-on-year +18.18% +24.91% -19.77%

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 222 999 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.80% 15.53% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 62 206 239
10th Percentile £29,225 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.38% -4.89%
75th Percentile £93,778 £55,000 £64,654
90th Percentile £98,474 £73,000 £77,542
UK median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% -

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SAS in Scotland

SAS
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAS in Scotland.

Salary trend for SAS in Scotland

SAS
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +126 5 - - 6
Edinburgh +16 2 - - 1
SAS
UK

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) ER Studio
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modeller
1 5 (71.43%) Finance Modeller
1 5 (71.43%) SAS Modeller
2 3 (42.86%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SAS Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SAS Data Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Service Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Statistical Modeller
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Data Extraction
4 2 (28.57%) Fraud Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) Physical Data Model
4 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Data Science
5 1 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (14.29%) QA