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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 119 190
Rank change year-on-year -20 +71 +13
Permanent jobs citing SAS 2 29 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.072% 1.13% 0.29%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.09% 15.68% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £51,288 -
25th Percentile - £75,563 £50,172
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £77,606 £63,807
Median % change year-on-year - +21.63% -38.74%
75th Percentile - £79,648 £78,088
90th Percentile - - £86,575
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +27.27% -4.35%

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 183 185 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 6.62% 7.22% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 46 97 165
10th Percentile £25,500 - £31,250
25th Percentile £29,188 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £91,934
UK median annual salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -4.55%

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

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 14 January 2026. 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 +10 1 - -
Edinburgh -29 1 - -
SAS
UK

SAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) ER Studio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modeller
2 1 (50.00%) Finance Modeller
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SAS Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SAS Data Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SAS Modeller
2 1 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks