SAS System
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SAS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 526 417
Rank change year-on-year +136 -109 +3
Permanent jobs citing SAS 650 532 1,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.51% 0.88%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.08% 4.41% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 178 331 392
10th Percentile £32,705 - £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,113 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.11% -27.07% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,563 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £89,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,528 £35,667 £47,500
% change year-on-year +44.47% -24.91% -5.00%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

SAS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,690 12,060 21,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.90% 11.52% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7,047 7,947 11,793
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,290 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAS in the UK

SAS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SAS in the UK

SAS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SAS in the UK

SAS
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +184 609 £55,000 +33.96% 105
Work from Home +248 421 £51,528 -1.85% 39
London +284 345 £56,250 -6.25% 49
UK excluding London -34 283 £51,528 +44.47% 55
South East +75 110 £67,500 +92.86% 14
North of England +7 76 £51,528 +47.22% 21
Yorkshire +56 38 £51,528 +40.41% 7
North West +4 29 £48,750 +39.29% 14
Midlands -2 29 £52,500 +50.00% 11
South West -18 29 £42,500 +12.33% 3
Scotland -81 19 £51,528 +24.41% 1
West Midlands +16 16 £55,000 +33.33% 8
East Midlands -14 13 £32,500 -7.14% 3
Wales +6 11 £45,000 +12.50% 3
North East -2 9 £49,100 +40.29%
East of England +5 5 £37,500 +7.14% 4
Channel Islands -2 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

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 16 (2.46%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.31%) Apache
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.92%) Confluence
5 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 42 (6.46%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (5.08%) SPSS
4 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.46%) Stata
6 2 (0.31%) EViews
Business Applications
1 299 (46.00%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.62%) Relativity
3 2 (0.31%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.15%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.15%) FastStats
4 1 (0.15%) Ringtail
4 1 (0.15%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 32 (4.92%) Power Platform
2 26 (4.00%) Azure
3 16 (2.46%) AWS
4 12 (1.85%) Amazon S3
4 12 (1.85%) GCP
5 11 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (1.69%) Dropbox
6 8 (1.23%) Google Analytics
6 8 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.08%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (0.92%) Vertex AI
9 5 (0.77%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.62%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.46%) Rubrik
11 3 (0.46%) SaaS
12 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 1 (0.15%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 299 (46.00%) Broadband
2 9 (1.38%) SAN
3 8 (1.23%) iSCSI
4 7 (1.08%) Firewall
4 7 (1.08%) Internet
5 6 (0.92%) VLAN
5 6 (0.92%) Wireless
6 5 (0.77%) DNS
6 5 (0.77%) VPN
7 4 (0.62%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.62%) SMS
7 4 (0.62%) WAN
8 3 (0.46%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (0.46%) LAN
8 3 (0.46%) VoIP
8 3 (0.46%) WebEx
9 1 (0.15%) HTTP
9 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (8.77%) Tableau
2 43 (6.62%) Big Data
3 34 (5.23%) Data Mining
4 32 (4.92%) Power BI
5 27 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.08%) Amazon QuickSight
7 18 (2.77%) Relational Database
8 17 (2.62%) Base SAS
9 15 (2.31%) EDRMS
10 14 (2.15%) SQL Server
11 13 (2.00%) NoSQL
12 12 (1.85%) SAS Data Integration Studio
13 11 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.69%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (1.54%) Metadata
14 10 (1.54%) QlikView
15 9 (1.38%) Text Mining
16 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.38%) ERwin
1 9 (1.38%) JIRA
2 3 (0.46%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.31%) Git
3 2 (0.31%) RStudio
General
1 476 (73.23%) Finance
2 448 (68.92%) Social Skills
3 176 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (14.00%) Banking
5 84 (12.92%) Legal
6 40 (6.15%) Publishing
7 39 (6.00%) Marketing
8 34 (5.23%) Retail
9 30 (4.62%) Law
10 27 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.54%) Korean Language
13 10 (1.54%) Military
14 9 (1.38%) Retail Finance
15 6 (0.92%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.92%) Wearables
16 5 (0.77%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.77%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 301 (46.31%) Architect
2 299 (46.00%) Solutions Architect
3 119 (18.31%) Senior
4 90 (13.85%) Analyst
5 47 (7.23%) Senior Analyst
6 40 (6.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 30 (4.62%) Data Scientist
8 28 (4.31%) Developer
9 25 (3.85%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.38%) ServiceNow Developer
11 15 (2.31%) Data Manager
12 13 (2.00%) Pricing Analyst
13 12 (1.85%) Consultant
13 12 (1.85%) Project Manager
14 11 (1.69%) Credit Analyst
14 11 (1.69%) Credit Risk Analyst
14 11 (1.69%) Risk Analyst
14 11 (1.69%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
14 11 (1.69%) Senior Manager
14 11 (1.69%) Senior Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.85%) CSS
1 25 (3.85%) HTML
2 24 (3.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 22 (3.38%) AngularJS
3 22 (3.38%) Web Services
4 11 (1.69%) XML
5 10 (1.54%) EDI
6 7 (1.08%) Pandas
7 4 (0.62%) D3.js
7 4 (0.62%) PySpark
7 4 (0.62%) Tidyverse
8 3 (0.46%) CodeIgniter
8 3 (0.46%) Google Chart
8 3 (0.46%) Keras
8 3 (0.46%) Laravel
8 3 (0.46%) MDX
8 3 (0.46%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.46%) React
8 3 (0.46%) Symfony
8 3 (0.46%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 94 (14.46%) Credit Risk
2 31 (4.77%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.38%) CMDB
3 22 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (3.38%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.31%) Cybercrime
5 11 (1.69%) Data Structures
6 10 (1.54%) Life Science
7 9 (1.38%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
8 7 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.92%) Blog
9 6 (0.92%) Clustering
9 6 (0.92%) Market Risk
9 6 (0.92%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.62%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.62%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.46%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.46%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.77%) Windows
2 8 (1.23%) Linux
3 4 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (52.77%) Agile
2 332 (51.08%) Change Management
3 316 (48.62%) Data Management
4 308 (47.38%) Roadmaps
5 304 (46.77%) Performance Management
6 301 (46.31%) ERP
7 299 (46.00%) Enterprise Architecture
7 299 (46.00%) Strategic Roadmap
7 299 (46.00%) TOGAF
8 164 (25.23%) Analytics
9 98 (15.08%) Business Intelligence
10 92 (14.15%) Data Analysis
11 86 (13.23%) Data Science
12 83 (12.77%) Risk Management
13 76 (11.69%) Statistics
14 68 (10.46%) Economics
15 62 (9.54%) Stress Testing
16 61 (9.38%) Data Modelling
17 60 (9.23%) Machine Learning
17 60 (9.23%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 147 (22.62%) SQL
2 139 (21.38%) Python
3 108 (16.62%) R
4 23 (3.54%) MATLAB
5 15 (2.31%) SAS Macro
6 7 (1.08%) Java
7 5 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.62%) PHP
9 3 (0.46%) Assembly Language
9 3 (0.46%) JCL
9 3 (0.46%) REXX
10 2 (0.31%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.31%) C++
10 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 131 (20.15%) Degree
2 18 (2.77%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (0.92%) SAS Certification
4 5 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (0.77%) PhD
5 4 (0.62%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.31%) VCAP
8 1 (0.15%) CCNP
8 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.69%) IFRS
2 62 (9.54%) IFRS 9
3 18 (2.77%) CRD IV
3 18 (2.77%) GDPR
4 15 (2.31%) CDISC
5 13 (2.00%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.08%) PMO
7 6 (0.92%) Good Clinical Practice
8 4 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) QA
10 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 9 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) vSphere
4 3 (0.46%) ACF2
4 3 (0.46%) RACF
4 3 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.62%) SCCM
3 3 (0.46%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 318 (48.92%) Oracle
2 309 (47.54%) SAP
3 300 (46.15%) Anaplan
4 299 (46.00%) Hyperion
5 54 (8.31%) Microsoft
6 26 (4.00%) Google
7 22 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.92%) Alteryx
9 16 (2.46%) IBM
10 14 (2.15%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.38%) Adobe
11 9 (1.38%) VMware
12 7 (1.08%) Teradata
13 6 (0.92%) Coremetrics
13 6 (0.92%) iManage
13 6 (0.92%) Pega
13 6 (0.92%) UiPath
14 5 (0.77%) Databricks
15 4 (0.62%) Intapp
15 4 (0.62%) Veeam