SAS Developer Contracts

SAS Developer
UK

The median SAS Developer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 684 828
Rank change year-on-year +112 +144 -111
Contract jobs requiring an SAS Developer 12 13 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.023% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.025% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 15
10th Percentile £473 £355 £476
25th Percentile £494 £414 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +26.44%
75th Percentile £556 - £582
90th Percentile £578 - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +12.50% -6.98% +32.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

SAS Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAS Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAS Developer in the UK

SAS Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAS Developer.

Daily rate trend for SAS Developer in the UK

SAS Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAS Developer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAS Developer in the UK

SAS Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAS Developer.

Hourly rate trend for SAS Developer in the UK

SAS Developer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +85 11 £550 +10.00% 2
London +84 7 £550 +48.65% 2
Work from Home +120 6 £500 - 2
UK excluding London +25 4 £563 +12.50% 1
South East +13 2 £600 +20.00%
West Midlands +18 1 - -
Midlands +17 1 - -
North of England +16 1 £525 -
North West +15 1 £525 -

SAS Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, SAS Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAS Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) SAS
2 4 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) SailPoint
3 3 (25.00%) Big Data
3 3 (25.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (16.67%) Credit Risk
4 2 (16.67%) Stress Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 2 (16.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle
4 2 (16.67%) Java
4 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
4 2 (16.67%) IFRS
4 2 (16.67%) IFRS 9
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analytics

SAS Developer Skill Set
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 12 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Big Data
1 3 (25.00%) SAS Data Integration Studio
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 2 (16.67%) SAS Enterprise Guide
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (8.33%) Danish Language
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Credit Risk
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Stress Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Code Quality
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) Internal Audit
4 1 (8.33%) Logistic Regression
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) IFRS
1 2 (16.67%) IFRS 9
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle