SAS Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAS Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAS Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 560 -
Rank change year-on-year +37 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an SAS Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.003% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 £55,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £56,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.44% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £56,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +50.44% -29.38% +28.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 39,872 32,821 39,254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.29% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 24,506 15,917 30,150
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,768
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

SAS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SAS Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAS Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAS Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for SAS Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for SAS Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAS Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East - 1 £85,000 - 7
SAS Engineer
UK

SAS Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, SAS Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAS Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Cloudera
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

SAS Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cloudera