Crystal Reports Contract Job Trends

SAP Crystal Reports
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Crystal Reports skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 655 538 526
Rank change year-on-year -117 -12 +108
Contract jobs citing Crystal Reports 11 15 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.046% 0.096%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.13% 0.25% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 35
10th Percentile £425 - £355
25th Percentile £431 £170 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £250 £580
Median % change year-on-year +120.00% -56.90% +28.89%
75th Percentile £675 £519 £663
90th Percentile £681 £569 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate - £250 £375
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -14.29%

All Database & BI Skills
UK

Crystal Reports 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,166 5,909 6,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.09% 18.08% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,443 3,946 4,764
10th Percentile £358 £338 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year - -5.75% -2.03%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £702 £749 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £482
% change year-on-year - -1.45% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 91 85
10th Percentile £16.42 £22.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.15 £20.75
Median hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +14.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £76.00 £80.00 £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.48% +18.30% -43.93%

Crystal Reports
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Crystal Reports relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Crystal Reports job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Crystal Reports.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Crystal Reports

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Crystal Reports over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Crystal Reports in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Crystal Reports.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Crystal Reports

Crystal Reports
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Crystal Reports within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 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
England -119 11 £550 +161.90% 31
London -77 10 £550 - 17
Work from Home -65 2 - - 13
UK excluding London -108 1 - - 14
Midlands - 1 - - 7
West Midlands - 1 - -

Crystal Reports
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (45.45%) Findur
2 2 (18.18%) Front Arena
2 2 (18.18%) Global One
3 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (45.45%) Relational Database
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (9.09%) DataStage
3 1 (9.09%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Git
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Back Office
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Front Office
3 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Local Government
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Findur Developer
2 3 (27.27%) OpenLink Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Support
3 2 (18.18%) Applications Support Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Support Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Report Writer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
2 2 (18.18%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (18.18%) FIXML
2 2 (18.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Derivative
1 2 (18.18%) Eurex
1 2 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (18.18%) Swaptions
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) SDLC
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Data Modelling
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (18.18%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (18.18%) Release Management
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Perl
3 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Control-M
1 2 (18.18%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Murex
2 2 (18.18%) OpenLink
3 1 (9.09%) Capita
3 1 (9.09%) Epicor
3 1 (9.09%) SAP