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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 537 415
Rank change year-on-year +145 -122 +1
Permanent jobs citing SAS 651 524 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.50% 0.88%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.07% 4.41% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 183 321 393
10th Percentile £32,934 - £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £39,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.03% -29.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £73,000 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £81,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,528 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +47.22% -26.32% -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 10,731 11,885 21,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.88% 11.45% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,090 7,873 11,772
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 £54,255
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.37% +3.34%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,200 £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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +176 609 £55,000 +41.38% 108
Work from Home +245 422 £51,528 -0.91% 51
London +276 345 £57,500 -4.17% 52
UK excluding London -28 282 £51,528 +47.22% 54
South East +54 111 £65,250 +86.43% 8
North of England +8 75 £51,528 +47.22% 20
Yorkshire +42 36 £51,528 +40.41% 7
North West 0 30 £47,500 +35.71% 13
South West -39 29 £42,500 +12.33% 5
Midlands +4 28 £55,000 +57.14% 14
Scotland -80 19 £51,528 +28.46% 1
West Midlands +8 16 £55,000 +46.67% 10
East Midlands -6 12 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Wales 0 11 £45,000 +12.50% 3
North East -4 9 £49,100 +40.29%
East of England +8 5 £37,500 +7.14% 5
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 (2.30%) 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 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 33 (5.07%) SPSS
4 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.46%) Stata
6 2 (0.31%) EViews
Business Applications
1 299 (45.93%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.61%) 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 33 (5.07%) Power Platform
2 26 (3.99%) Azure
3 16 (2.46%) AWS
4 13 (2.00%) GCP
5 11 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (1.69%) Amazon S3
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 4 (0.61%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.61%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.46%) Rubrik
10 3 (0.46%) SaaS
11 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 299 (45.93%) 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 (0.61%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.61%) SMS
7 4 (0.61%) 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 56 (8.60%) Tableau
2 42 (6.45%) Big Data
3 33 (5.07%) Data Mining
3 33 (5.07%) Power BI
4 27 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (2.92%) Amazon QuickSight
6 18 (2.76%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.61%) Base SAS
8 15 (2.30%) EDRMS
8 15 (2.30%) SQL Server
9 12 (1.84%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.84%) SAS Data Integration Studio
10 11 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (1.69%) DynamoDB
10 11 (1.69%) Metadata
11 10 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
11 10 (1.54%) QlikView
12 9 (1.38%) Text Mining
13 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (1.38%) JIRA
2 8 (1.23%) ERwin
3 3 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.31%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) RStudio
5 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) Spinnaker
General
1 475 (72.96%) Finance
2 452 (69.43%) Social Skills
3 178 (27.34%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (13.98%) Banking
5 84 (12.90%) Legal
6 40 (6.14%) Publishing
7 39 (5.99%) Marketing
8 34 (5.22%) Retail
9 30 (4.61%) Law
10 27 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (2.30%) 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%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.61%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 301 (46.24%) Architect
2 299 (45.93%) Solutions Architect
3 118 (18.13%) Senior
4 92 (14.13%) Analyst
5 47 (7.22%) Senior Analyst
6 40 (6.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 30 (4.61%) Data Scientist
8 28 (4.30%) Developer
9 25 (3.84%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.38%) ServiceNow Developer
11 14 (2.15%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.15%) Pricing Analyst
12 12 (1.84%) Consultant
12 12 (1.84%) Project Manager
13 11 (1.69%) Credit Analyst
13 11 (1.69%) Credit Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.69%) Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.69%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.69%) Senior Manager
13 11 (1.69%) Senior Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.84%) CSS
1 25 (3.84%) 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 (0.61%) D3.js
7 4 (0.61%) PySpark
7 4 (0.61%) Tidyverse
8 3 (0.46%) Google Chart
8 3 (0.46%) ISPF
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 95 (14.59%) Credit Risk
2 30 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.38%) CMDB
3 22 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.30%) Cybercrime
6 10 (1.54%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.38%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.38%) Life Science
8 7 (1.08%) Biopharmaceutical
8 7 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.92%) Blog
9 6 (0.92%) Clustering
9 6 (0.92%) Market Risk
10 4 (0.61%) Reference Data
10 4 (0.61%) Taxonomies
11 3 (0.46%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.46%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.92%) Windows
2 9 (1.38%) Linux
3 5 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (0.46%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 343 (52.69%) Agile
2 332 (51.00%) Change Management
3 315 (48.39%) Data Management
4 308 (47.31%) Roadmaps
5 304 (46.70%) Performance Management
6 301 (46.24%) ERP
7 299 (45.93%) Enterprise Architecture
7 299 (45.93%) Strategic Roadmap
7 299 (45.93%) TOGAF
8 166 (25.50%) Analytics
9 98 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
10 94 (14.44%) Data Analysis
11 84 (12.90%) Risk Management
12 83 (12.75%) Data Science
13 75 (11.52%) Statistics
14 68 (10.45%) Economics
15 62 (9.52%) Stress Testing
16 59 (9.06%) Data Analytics
16 59 (9.06%) Machine Learning
16 59 (9.06%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 148 (22.73%) SQL
2 140 (21.51%) Python
3 108 (16.59%) R
4 22 (3.38%) MATLAB
5 15 (2.30%) SAS Macro
6 8 (1.23%) Java
7 5 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.61%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.61%) 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
1 130 (19.97%) Degree
2 18 (2.76%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (0.92%) SAS Certification
4 5 (0.77%) PhD
5 4 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
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 (9.68%) IFRS
2 62 (9.52%) IFRS 9
3 18 (2.76%) CRD IV
3 18 (2.76%) GDPR
4 15 (2.30%) CDISC
5 14 (2.15%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.92%) Good Clinical Practice
6 6 (0.92%) PMO
7 4 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) QA
9 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 9 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) 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 (0.61%) SCCM
3 3 (0.46%) OMEGAMON
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 318 (48.85%) Oracle
2 308 (47.31%) SAP
3 300 (46.08%) Anaplan
4 299 (45.93%) Hyperion
5 54 (8.29%) Microsoft
6 27 (4.15%) Google
7 22 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.92%) Alteryx
9 15 (2.30%) IBM
10 14 (2.15%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.38%) Adobe
11 9 (1.38%) VMware
12 6 (0.92%) Coremetrics
12 6 (0.92%) iManage
12 6 (0.92%) Pega
12 6 (0.92%) Teradata
12 6 (0.92%) UiPath
13 5 (0.77%) Databricks
14 4 (0.61%) Intapp
14 4 (0.61%) Veeam