SAS Job Trends in the South West

SAS System
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SAS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 207 210
Rank change year-on-year +39 +3 +80
Permanent jobs citing SAS 4 32 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.23% 5.28% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £42,500 £45,029
Median % change year-on-year - -5.62% -9.94%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £55,600
90th Percentile - - £70,839
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £44,033
% change year-on-year - +36.26% -19.94%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 325 606 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.34% 8.08% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 214 358 445
10th Percentile £28,825 £30,000 £30,735
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +1.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SAS in the South West

SAS
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SAS

SAS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Dorset +20 4 - -
SAS
England

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) ER Studio
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modeller
1 4 (100.00%) Finance Modeller
2 1 (25.00%) SAS Modeller
2 1 (25.00%) Statistical Modeller
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Fraud Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) R
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality