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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 529 404
Rank change year-on-year +129 -125 -11
Permanent jobs citing SAS 653 522 1,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.53% 0.92%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.11% 4.62% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 181 318 407
10th Percentile £32,500 - £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,951 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +41.20% -29.03% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,931 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,375 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,528 £35,667 £47,250
% change year-on-year +44.47% -24.52% -5.50%

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 10,685 11,308 22,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.70% 11.40% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 7,629 11,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,663
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,667 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +1.21% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,875 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,710 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.92% +6.02% -

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 18 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 18 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 +167 613 £55,000 +41.38% 130
Work from Home +227 420 £51,528 +0.54% 69
London +273 348 £57,500 -4.17% 67
UK excluding London -70 281 £51,528 +44.47% 73
South East +48 112 £63,000 +80.00% 25
North of England +6 75 £51,528 +47.22% 23
Yorkshire +45 36 £51,528 +40.16% 15
North West -5 30 £47,500 +35.71% 8
South West -43 29 £42,500 +12.33% 5
Midlands -18 28 £55,000 +57.14% 13
Scotland -81 18 £51,528 +24.41% 3
West Midlands +4 16 £55,000 +50.34% 10
East Midlands -9 12 £32,500 -7.14% 3
Wales 0 10 £45,000 +0.13% 4
North East -6 9 £49,100 +40.29%
East of England -3 5 £37,500 +7.14%
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 13 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.84%) Apache
3 7 (1.07%) Confluence
3 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.46%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 42 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.36%) SPSS
3 4 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.46%) Stata
5 2 (0.31%) EViews
Business Applications
1 299 (45.79%) 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 31 (4.75%) Power Platform
2 27 (4.13%) Azure
3 19 (2.91%) AWS
4 14 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (2.14%) Amazon S3
4 14 (2.14%) GCP
5 11 (1.68%) Dropbox
6 8 (1.23%) Google Analytics
6 8 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.07%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (0.92%) Vertex AI
9 4 (0.61%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.61%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.46%) Rubrik
10 3 (0.46%) SaaS
11 2 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.31%) Collibra
11 2 (0.31%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 299 (45.79%) Broadband
2 10 (1.53%) SAN
3 9 (1.38%) iSCSI
4 7 (1.07%) Firewall
4 7 (1.07%) Internet
4 7 (1.07%) VLAN
4 7 (1.07%) Wireless
5 6 (0.92%) VPN
6 5 (0.77%) DNS
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 54 (8.27%) Tableau
2 42 (6.43%) Big Data
3 31 (4.75%) Data Mining
3 31 (4.75%) Power BI
4 30 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.06%) Amazon QuickSight
6 18 (2.76%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.60%) Base SAS
8 15 (2.30%) EDRMS
8 15 (2.30%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (2.14%) DynamoDB
10 13 (1.99%) SQL Server
11 12 (1.84%) Metadata
11 12 (1.84%) SAS Data Integration Studio
12 10 (1.53%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (1.53%) QlikView
13 9 (1.38%) Text Mining
14 5 (0.77%) SAS EBI
14 5 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.53%) JIRA
2 8 (1.23%) ERwin
3 3 (0.46%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.31%) Git
4 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.31%) RStudio
4 2 (0.31%) Spinnaker
General
1 470 (71.98%) Finance
2 447 (68.45%) Social Skills
3 175 (26.80%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (13.48%) Banking
5 84 (12.86%) Legal
6 40 (6.13%) Publishing
7 38 (5.82%) Marketing
8 31 (4.75%) Retail
9 30 (4.59%) Law
10 24 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.53%) Korean Language
13 10 (1.53%) Military
14 9 (1.38%) Retail Finance
15 7 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.92%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.92%) Wearables
17 4 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 301 (46.09%) Architect
2 299 (45.79%) Solutions Architect
3 114 (17.46%) Senior
4 92 (14.09%) Analyst
5 44 (6.74%) Senior Analyst
6 40 (6.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 32 (4.90%) Data Scientist
8 29 (4.44%) Developer
9 25 (3.83%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.37%) ServiceNow Developer
11 14 (2.14%) Data Manager
11 14 (2.14%) Pricing Analyst
12 12 (1.84%) Consultant
12 12 (1.84%) Credit Analyst
12 12 (1.84%) Credit Risk Analyst
12 12 (1.84%) Lead
12 12 (1.84%) Project Manager
12 12 (1.84%) Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.68%) Senior Credit Risk Analyst
13 11 (1.68%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.83%) CSS
1 25 (3.83%) HTML
2 24 (3.68%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 22 (3.37%) AngularJS
3 22 (3.37%) Web Services
4 11 (1.68%) XML
5 10 (1.53%) EDI
6 7 (1.07%) Pandas
7 4 (0.61%) D3.js
7 4 (0.61%) PySpark
7 4 (0.61%) Tidyverse
8 3 (0.46%) CodeIgniter
8 3 (0.46%) Google Chart
8 3 (0.46%) ISPF
8 3 (0.46%) Laravel
8 3 (0.46%) React
8 3 (0.46%) Symfony
9 2 (0.31%) Django
9 2 (0.31%) MDX
9 2 (0.31%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 94 (14.40%) Credit Risk
2 34 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.37%) CMDB
3 22 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.30%) Cybercrime
6 10 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 9 (1.38%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.38%) Life Science
8 8 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.07%) Biopharmaceutical
9 7 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.92%) Blog
10 6 (0.92%) Clustering
10 6 (0.92%) Market Risk
11 5 (0.77%) Semantic Web
12 4 (0.61%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.61%) Taxonomies
13 3 (0.46%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.46%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.91%) 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
1 341 (52.22%) Agile
2 332 (50.84%) Change Management
3 315 (48.24%) Data Management
4 310 (47.47%) Roadmaps
5 304 (46.55%) Performance Management
6 303 (46.40%) ERP
7 299 (45.79%) Enterprise Architecture
7 299 (45.79%) Strategic Roadmap
7 299 (45.79%) TOGAF
8 165 (25.27%) Analytics
9 95 (14.55%) Data Analysis
10 94 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (12.56%) Risk Management
12 79 (12.10%) Data Science
13 73 (11.18%) Statistics
14 67 (10.26%) Economics
15 61 (9.34%) Decision-Making
15 61 (9.34%) Mathematics
16 59 (9.04%) Stress Testing
17 58 (8.88%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 154 (23.58%) SQL
2 140 (21.44%) Python
3 105 (16.08%) R
4 23 (3.52%) 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%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.15%) Scala
11 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 126 (19.30%) Degree
2 20 (3.06%) Numerate Degree
3 6 (0.92%) SAS Certification
4 4 (0.61%) PhD
5 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.31%) VCAP
7 1 (0.15%) CCNP
7 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (9.19%) IFRS
2 59 (9.04%) IFRS 9
3 18 (2.76%) GDPR
4 16 (2.45%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.30%) CRD IV
6 14 (2.14%) CDISC
7 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.77%) Good Clinical Practice
9 4 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.31%) QA
11 1 (0.15%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 1 (0.15%) COREP
11 1 (0.15%) FINREP
11 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (1.53%) 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 2 (0.31%) 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
1 320 (49.00%) Oracle
2 307 (47.01%) SAP
3 300 (45.94%) Anaplan
4 299 (45.79%) Hyperion
5 53 (8.12%) Microsoft
6 28 (4.29%) Google
7 22 (3.37%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.76%) Alteryx
9 15 (2.30%) IBM
10 14 (2.14%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.53%) VMware
12 9 (1.38%) Adobe
13 6 (0.92%) Coremetrics
13 6 (0.92%) iManage
13 6 (0.92%) Pega
13 6 (0.92%) Teradata
13 6 (0.92%) UiPath
14 4 (0.61%) Databricks
14 4 (0.61%) Intapp
14 4 (0.61%) Veeam