Base SAS (SAS Base)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Base SAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Base SAS over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 639 1051 1009
Rank change year-on-year +412 -42 -274
Permanent jobs citing Base SAS 88 39 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.031% 0.073%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.77% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 2
10th Percentile - £42,000 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £44,125 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £48,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% -28.15% +64.63%
75th Percentile £32,500 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £64,000 £70,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £44,000 -
% change year-on-year -34.09% - -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Base SAS is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 11,443 29,578 35,268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 23.41% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,634 17,865 22,676
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +2.04%

Base SAS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Base SAS over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Base SAS in the UK

Base SAS
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Base SAS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
England +379 88 £29,000 -40.21% 7
UK excluding London +313 87 £29,000 -34.09% 3
Work from Home +325 83 - - 4
South East +215 70 - -
North of England - 14 £32,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 13 - -
South West - 3 £29,000 -
North West - 1 £32,500 - 1

Base SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 88 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (75.00%) Metadata
2 3 (3.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.14%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.14%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (1.14%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 83 (94.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 83 (94.32%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (3.41%) Police
2 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (75.00%) Programmer
1 66 (75.00%) SAS Programmer
1 66 (75.00%) SAS Statistical Programmer
1 66 (75.00%) Statistical Programmer
2 35 (39.77%) Senior
2 35 (39.77%) Senior Programmer
2 35 (39.77%) Senior SAS Programmer
2 35 (39.77%) Senior Statistical Programmer
3 31 (35.23%) Principal Statistical Programmer
4 4 (4.55%) Developer
5 3 (3.41%) Applications Developer
6 1 (1.14%) Consultant
6 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse Developer
6 1 (1.14%) SAS Consultant
6 1 (1.14%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (77.27%) XML
2 3 (3.41%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 83 (94.32%) Life Science
1 83 (94.32%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (94.32%) Biotechnology
1 83 (94.32%) Collaborative Working
1 83 (94.32%) Computer Science
1 83 (94.32%) Creative Thinking
1 83 (94.32%) Line Management
1 83 (94.32%) Mathematics
1 83 (94.32%) Problem-Solving
1 83 (94.32%) Statistics
2 49 (55.68%) Immunology
3 48 (54.55%) Biostatistics
3 48 (54.55%) Clinical Data Management
3 48 (54.55%) Data Management
3 48 (54.55%) Decision-Making
3 48 (54.55%) Project Management
3 48 (54.55%) Time Management
4 17 (19.32%) Performance Management
5 15 (17.05%) People Management
6 7 (7.95%) Commercialisation
7 3 (3.41%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.14%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 85 (96.59%) SAS Macro
2 4 (4.55%) SQL
3 3 (3.41%) C#
3 3 (3.41%) Java
4 1 (1.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 83 (94.32%) Degree
2 31 (35.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (94.32%) CDISC
2 66 (75.00%) QA
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (3.41%) Oracle