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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 112 121
Rank change year-on-year -22 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 14 9 20
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.53% 0.43% 0.70%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.55% 2.88% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £379 £215 -
25th Percentile £407 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £320 £450
Median % change year-on-year +35.16% -28.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £478 £356 £478
90th Percentile £508 £375 £493
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.63
Median hourly rate - - £46.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £27.00 £25.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +8.00% -45.86% +31.94%

All Database & BI 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 394 312 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.78% 14.88% 15.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 221 339
10th Percentile £325 £313 £284
25th Percentile £369 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.88% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £520 £575 £582
90th Percentile £600 £688 £663
England median daily rate £500 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -6.98% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 24
10th Percentile £26.81 £22.72 £37.63
25th Percentile £51.56 £23.62 £41.25
Median hourly rate £69.38 £25.43 £45.46
Median % change year-on-year +172.83% -44.06% -30.06%
75th Percentile £85.25 £29.90 £46.18
90th Percentile £90.50 £65.00 £54.63
England median hourly rate £51.36 £41.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +25.27% -3.53% -25.26%

SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SQL Server Reporting Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

SQL Server Reporting Services job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services in the North West over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the North West

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 10 February 2026. 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 -5 13 £450 +20.00% 7
SQL Server Reporting Services
England

SQL Server Reporting Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 9 (64.29%) Advent Geneva
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 9 (64.29%) DB2
2 9 (64.29%) MySQL
2 9 (64.29%) Relational Database
3 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 7 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics AX Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Systems Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) DBA
3 1 (7.14%) Report Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SQL DBA
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (64.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Fund Accounting
1 8 (57.14%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Data Integration
4 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) ETL
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) Kimball Methodology
4 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) X++
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Advent
2 7 (50.00%) Microsoft