Hybrid/Remote SAS Job Trends

SAS System
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SAS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 401 216 397
Rank change year-on-year -185 +181 +4
Permanent jobs citing SAS 15 363 119
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.093% 1.57% 0.47%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.99% 12.65% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 33 60
10th Percentile £38,100 £41,250 £37,879
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £51,375
Median % change year-on-year - +16.79% +2.26%
75th Percentile £82,500 £71,991 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,500 £92,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £47,529
% change year-on-year - +26.24% -13.58%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

SAS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,521 2,870 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.40% 12.38% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,019 1,921 2,410
10th Percentile £31,200 £32,500 £33,275
25th Percentile £40,826 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £90,000 £116,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £147,500 £101,191
UK median annual salary £53,688 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -2.39% -2.65% +2.73%

SAS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SAS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SAS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SAS
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SAS

SAS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SAS over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

SAS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SAS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Power BI
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) DB2
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) QlikView
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.67%) SAS EBI
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) ER Studio
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Data Modeller
2 3 (20.00%) Finance Modeller
2 3 (20.00%) Programmer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Programmer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Statistical Programmer
2 3 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Statistical Programmer
2 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Pricing Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Technical Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Service Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ISPF
1 1 (6.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (6.67%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
2 4 (26.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (26.67%) Statistics
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) System Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Management
5 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) R
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (6.67%) Assembly Language
4 1 (6.67%) JCL
4 1 (6.67%) REXX
4 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
4 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) CDISC
1 3 (20.00%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Job Entry Subsystem
1 1 (6.67%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Databricks
2 1 (6.67%) eFront
2 1 (6.67%) IBM
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle
2 1 (6.67%) Syncsort