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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 107 124
Rank change year-on-year -24 +17 +33
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 7 11 22
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.30% 0.47% 0.79%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.02% 3.86% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 16
10th Percentile £386 £261 £294
25th Percentile £427 £337 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £400 £488
90th Percentile - £420 -
England median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +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 - £20.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -55.56% +28.57%

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 347 285 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.64% 12.22% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 175 328
10th Percentile £313 £315 £265
25th Percentile £361 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £513 £558 £582
90th Percentile £623 £615 £675
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 15
10th Percentile £21.02 £28.50 £28.26
25th Percentile £30.51 £37.81 £43.59
Median hourly rate £64.50 £56.25 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% +21.81% -33.30%
75th Percentile £79.63 £65.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £67.38 £64.20
England median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year +24.29% -29.29% -1.00%

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
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 29 October 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 -3 5 £450 +11.46% 8
Merseyside -3 1 £475 +58.33% 3
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Advent Geneva
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) DB2
2 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
3 2 (28.57%) Power BI
4 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Report Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Report Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Fund Accounting
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Database Security
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) X++
3 1 (14.29%) Korn
3 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCSA
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Advent