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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 196 210
Rank change year-on-year +16 +14 +65
Permanent jobs citing SAS 2 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.044% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.53% 2.61% 2.07%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £28,500
25th Percentile - - £37,403
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £47,557
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.35%
75th Percentile - - £77,615
90th Percentile - - £95,063
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% -9.83%

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 376 459 532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.18% 8.20% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 225 272 456
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,075 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SAS job vacancy trend 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 29 November 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
Bristol +19 1 - -
Dorset - 1 - - 1
SAS
England

SAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modeller
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Modeller
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks