SAS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, SAS appears in 992 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning SAS, with demand share up 2.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
992
Demand vs prior month
up 2.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 13.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bangkok

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Frequently asked questions about SAS

+Is SAS in demand in 2026?

Yes. SAS appears in 992 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning SAS (13.8% of all postings mentioning SAS).

+What jobs require SAS?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning SAS are Actuarial Analyst (33.3% of that role’s postings mention SAS), Quantitative Risk Analyst (22.7% of that role’s postings mention SAS), Advanced Analytics Lead (21.7% of that role’s postings mention SAS).

+What skills are commonly paired with SAS?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), SAS most often appears alongside Python, SQL, R, Tableau, data visualization.

+Where is SAS most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SAS are Bangkok, Toronto, Bengaluru, Boston, Wilmington, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new SAS content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after SAS?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring SAS — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around SAS

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before SAS

Before SASpython → SAS: 61 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → SAS: 60 observed employer moves with this skill pairExcel → SAS: 38 observed employer moves with this skill pairTableau → SAS: 35 observed employer moves with this skill pairR → SAS: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → SAS: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairPySpark → SAS: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL → SAS: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairSASpython: 61 movespython61 movessql: 60 movessql60 movesExcel: 38 movesExcel38 movesTableau: 35 movesTableau35 movesR: 34 movesR34 movesPower BI: 28 movesPower BI28 movesPySpark: 12 movesPySpark12 movesETL: 10 movesETL10 moves

Skills after SAS

After SASSAS → python: 35 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → Power BI: 34 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → Tableau: 32 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → sql: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → R: 24 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → Excel: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → scikit-learn: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairSAS → SQL Server: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairSASpython: 35 movespython35 movesPower BI: 34 movesPower BI34 movesTableau: 32 movesTableau32 movessql: 28 movessql28 movesR: 24 movesR24 movesExcel: 21 movesExcel21 movesscikit-learn: 16 movesscikit-learn16 movesSQL Server: 16 movesSQL Server16 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python61
Before: sql60
Before: Excel38
Before: Tableau35
Before: R34
Before: Power BI28
Before: PySpark12
Before: ETL10
After: python35
After: Power BI34
After: Tableau32
After: sql28
After: R24
After: Excel21
After: scikit-learn16
After: SQL Server16

Roles most likely to require SAS

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Actuarial Analyst733.3%
Quantitative Risk Analyst522.7%
Advanced Analytics Lead521.7%
Marketing Analyst1421.5%
Quantitative Finance Analyst418.2%
Analytics Consultant2017.9%
Analytics Analyst816.0%
Clinical Research Scientist315.0%
Credit Risk Analyst414.3%
Pricing Analyst513.2%

Roles with the most SAS postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Data Scientist13713.8%
Data Analyst878.8%
Data Engineer262.6%
Analytics Consultant202.0%
Analytics Manager141.4%
Business Analyst141.4%
Marketing Analyst141.4%
Quantitative Analyst111.1%
Research Scientist111.1%
Consultant90.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring SAS

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring SAS
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Agoda29
JPMorgan Chase & Co.29
Wf21
Allianz17
USAA17
ING17
Ghr16
City of New York15
Liberty Mutual Insurance14
Mastercard12

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for SAS

NamePostingsShare
Bangkok303.0%
Toronto282.8%
Bengaluru272.7%
Boston252.5%
Wilmington222.2%
New York City181.8%
Chicago171.7%
Columbus131.3%
Hyderabad121.2%

Skills commonly paired with SAS

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning SAS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SAS postings by all SAS postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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window_days
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index