SQL Server Reporting Services Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SQL Server Reporting Services skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 114 123
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +36
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 4 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.33% 0.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.19% 2.56% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 17
10th Percentile £368 £351 £300
25th Percentile £384 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -13.51% +15.63%
75th Percentile £455 £449 £488
90th Percentile £475 £476 -
England median daily rate £429 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -22.05% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.39
25th Percentile - - £27.83
Median hourly rate - - £28.60
75th Percentile - - £29.33
90th Percentile - - £29.73
England median hourly rate £29.07 £20.00 £39.90
% change year-on-year +45.35% -49.87% +13.99%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
North West

SQL Server Reporting Services falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 335 313 470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 15.34% 13.04% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 201 338
10th Percentile £313 £350 £324
25th Percentile £360 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £514 £538 £582
90th Percentile £598 £606 £675
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 13
10th Percentile - £27.20 £27.68
25th Percentile £21.02 £35.00 £39.60
Median hourly rate £30.64 £47.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -9.52% -8.85%
75th Percentile £52.19 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.13 £67.85 £64.60
England median hourly rate £44.25 £36.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +22.07% -34.09% +22.22%

SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SQL Server Reporting Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Reporting Services in the North West

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Reporting Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Reporting Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Server Reporting Services
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Manchester -4 2 £358 -17.23% 14
Merseyside +2 1 £475 +7.04% 3
SQL Server Reporting Services
England

SQL Server Reporting Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Advent Geneva
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) DB2
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Report Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Report Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Database Security
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Fund Accounting
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) X++
2 1 (25.00%) Korn
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) MCSA
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Advent