SQL Server Reporting Services Contract Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
UK

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 465 395
Rank change year-on-year -136 -70 +8
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 87 91 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.27% 0.43%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.06% 1.51% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 67 106
10th Percentile £400 £361 £344
25th Percentile £425 £404 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £546
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -17.62% +9.25%
75th Percentile £617 £547 £587
90th Percentile £725 £710 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +21.88% -11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £17.19
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate - - £22.42
75th Percentile - - £27.07
90th Percentile - - £31.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - -46.67%

All Database & BI Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,204 6,032 6,683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.84% 18.18% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,455 4,050 4,499
10th Percentile £356 £340 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £737 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £485
% change year-on-year - -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 82 89
10th Percentile £17.03 £20.78 £17.50
25th Percentile £21.63 £29.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.00 £39.48 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +16.36% -33.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.69 £61.60
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £35.49 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.53% +18.30% -40.63%

SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SQL Server Reporting Services job vacancy trend in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SQL Server Reporting Services
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 14 October 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 -126 81 £525 +16.67% 90
London -102 50 £550 +22.22% 44
Work from Home -63 32 £550 +18.92% 36
UK excluding London -107 31 £488 +21.88% 50
North of England -64 15 £473 -0.53% 21
North West -43 12 £475 +14.05% 8
East of England -25 6 £576 +44.00% 6
South East -64 5 £450 -11.11% 7
Yorkshire -33 3 £400 -20.00% 12
Midlands -57 3 £525 +31.25% 9
East Midlands - 2 £444 - 6
Scotland -25 1 £488 -2.50% 6
West Midlands -54 1 £600 +50.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

SQL Server Reporting Services
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (16.09%) Confluence
2 9 (10.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.30%) Apache
3 2 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.15%) IIS
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (13.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (5.75%) Elite 3E
4 3 (3.45%) Aladdin
4 3 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (2.30%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (2.30%) NetSuite
6 1 (1.15%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (1.15%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 45 (51.72%) Power Platform
2 37 (42.53%) Azure
3 11 (12.64%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (11.49%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (10.34%) Snowflake
6 8 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (6.90%) Azure Storage
8 6 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (6.90%) PowerApps
9 5 (5.75%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (5.75%) GitHub
9 5 (5.75%) Serverless
10 4 (4.60%) Power Automate
10 4 (4.60%) SaaS
11 3 (3.45%) Azure Functions
11 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
11 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (2.30%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) DMZ
1 1 (1.15%) Firewall
1 1 (1.15%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.15%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (1.15%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (64.37%) SQL Server
2 43 (49.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 36 (41.38%) Power BI
4 29 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 27 (31.03%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (11.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (8.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (8.05%) Data Lake
8 4 (4.60%) Power Query
8 4 (4.60%) Tableau
9 3 (3.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (3.45%) Metadata
9 3 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (3.45%) Qlik Sense
9 3 (3.45%) SAP BW
9 3 (3.45%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (2.30%) Data Mart
10 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (17.24%) JIRA
2 8 (9.20%) Git
3 7 (8.05%) Visual Studio
4 6 (6.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (2.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.15%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.15%) MLflow
6 1 (1.15%) Toad
6 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (40.23%) Finance
2 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.64%) Banking
5 9 (10.34%) Retail
6 8 (9.20%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.75%) Local Government
8 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 2 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.15%) Front Office
11 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Law
11 1 (1.15%) Marketing
11 1 (1.15%) Publishing
11 1 (1.15%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (20.69%) Developer
2 17 (19.54%) DBA
3 13 (14.94%) SQL DBA
4 11 (12.64%) Analyst
4 11 (12.64%) Architect
5 9 (10.34%) Administrator
6 7 (8.05%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 7 (8.05%) Data Engineer
6 7 (8.05%) Lead
6 7 (8.05%) SQL Server DBA
7 6 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) Data Business Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse Business Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Senior
7 6 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (6.90%) SQL Developer
8 5 (5.75%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (21.84%) .NET
2 11 (12.64%) XML
3 10 (11.49%) Web Services
4 9 (10.34%) REST
5 7 (8.05%) .NET Framework
5 7 (8.05%) SOAP
6 6 (6.90%) JSON
7 5 (5.75%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (5.75%) CSS
7 5 (5.75%) HTML
7 5 (5.75%) Middleware
7 5 (5.75%) Terraform
7 5 (5.75%) WCF
7 5 (5.75%) XSLT
8 4 (4.60%) ASP.NET
9 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
9 3 (3.45%) EDI
9 3 (3.45%) Entity Framework
9 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 3 (3.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Clustering
2 10 (11.49%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.05%) Data Structures
4 5 (5.75%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.45%) BYOD
5 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.45%) Replication
6 2 (2.30%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.30%) Robotics
6 2 (2.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.15%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.30%) Linux
3 2 (2.30%) Unix
3 2 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (49.43%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (47.13%) Migration
3 26 (29.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (27.59%) Data Modelling
5 22 (25.29%) ETL
6 21 (24.14%) CI/CD
7 20 (22.99%) Analytics
8 17 (19.54%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (18.39%) Agile
9 16 (18.39%) Data Migration
10 15 (17.24%) DevOps
11 14 (16.09%) High Availability
12 13 (14.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (14.94%) Validation
13 11 (12.64%) CRM
13 11 (12.64%) Data Pipeline
13 11 (12.64%) Incident Management
14 10 (11.49%) Change Management
14 10 (11.49%) Data Analysis
15 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 79 (90.80%) SQL
2 26 (29.89%) T-SQL
3 18 (20.69%) PowerShell
4 14 (16.09%) C#
5 13 (14.94%) JavaScript
6 10 (11.49%) Python
7 7 (8.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (6.90%) TypeScript
9 5 (5.75%) VB.NET
9 5 (5.75%) XPath
10 4 (4.60%) X++
11 3 (3.45%) Bicep
12 2 (2.30%) PL/SQL
13 1 (1.15%) Java
13 1 (1.15%) Korn
13 1 (1.15%) R
13 1 (1.15%) VB
13 1 (1.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (21.84%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) Degree
4 6 (6.90%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.75%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (26.44%) Data Quality
2 10 (11.49%) QA
3 3 (3.45%) GDPR
4 2 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.30%) SLA
4 2 (2.30%) Solvency II
5 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (12.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (8.05%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.45%) Docker
4 1 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Clustering
2 6 (6.90%) SCOM
3 2 (2.30%) Failover Clustering
3 2 (2.30%) Grafana
4 1 (1.15%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (47.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.24%) Databricks
3 12 (13.79%) BMC
3 12 (13.79%) Remedy
4 11 (12.64%) VMware
5 6 (6.90%) Commvault
6 5 (5.75%) Intapp
6 5 (5.75%) SAP
7 4 (4.60%) Oracle
8 3 (3.45%) Dynatrace
8 3 (3.45%) eFront
8 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.30%) SYSPRO
10 1 (1.15%) Anaplan
10 1 (1.15%) Civica
10 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
10 1 (1.15%) Informatica
10 1 (1.15%) NEC
10 1 (1.15%) Northgate
10 1 (1.15%) OpenAI
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