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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 373 397
Rank change year-on-year -151 +24 -57
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 106 160 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.52% 0.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.54% 2.76% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 121 170
10th Percentile £370 £331 £375
25th Percentile £406 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £638
90th Percentile £580 £688 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +4.17% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £29.70 £23.49 -
25th Percentile £34.50 £25.00 £37.63
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.32 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +70.97% -43.01% +31.94%
75th Percentile £47.50 £29.07 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £23.74 £46.18
% change year-on-year +89.55% -48.59% +31.94%

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 6,896 5,806 7,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.15% 18.94% 16.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,749 3,959 5,160
10th Percentile £344 £351 £340
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 96 174
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.59 £15.68
25th Percentile £29.00 £24.25 £20.98
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.11 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.39% -29.16% -25.26%
75th Percentile £74.68 £64.56 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.80 £69.38 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £27.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +81.82% -31.25% -29.37%

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 7 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

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 7 March 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 -156 100 £450 -14.29% 71
UK excluding London -89 52 £469 +4.17% 68
London -79 48 £463 -14.75% 14
Work from Home -39 38 £463 -10.63% 20
North of England -63 20 £450 - 17
North West -30 14 £433 +35.16% 10
Midlands -75 14 £444 -1.39% 14
West Midlands -61 12 £444 -20.97% 7
South East -34 9 £500 +19.05% 18
Yorkshire -63 6 £488 -14.02% 6
South West -36 4 £425 -26.09% 8
East of England -20 3 £211 -51.88% 7
Scotland +13 2 £550 -
East Midlands -34 2 - - 7

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 3 (2.83%) Confluence
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.94%) OpenEdge
2 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (8.49%) Advent Geneva
2 5 (4.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.83%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.89%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.89%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.94%) Alphatax
5 1 (0.94%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 50 (47.17%) Power Platform
2 37 (34.91%) Azure
3 17 (16.04%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (8.49%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (8.49%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (8.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (7.55%) SaaS
6 7 (6.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (4.72%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.72%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.83%) AWS
8 3 (2.83%) Azure Functions
8 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (2.83%) PaaS
8 3 (2.83%) Serverless
8 3 (2.83%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.89%) dbt
9 2 (1.89%) GitHub
9 2 (1.89%) IaaS
9 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.89%) VPN
2 1 (0.94%) DHCP
2 1 (0.94%) DNS
2 1 (0.94%) Firewall
2 1 (0.94%) HTTP
2 1 (0.94%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.94%) LAN
2 1 (0.94%) SAN
2 1 (0.94%) Skype
2 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.94%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.94%) WAN
2 1 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (63.21%) SQL Server
2 45 (42.45%) Power BI
3 43 (40.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 28 (26.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 26 (24.53%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (10.38%) Relational Database
7 10 (9.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (8.49%) DB2
8 9 (8.49%) MySQL
9 7 (6.60%) Data Lake
10 4 (3.77%) Metadata
10 4 (3.77%) Oracle Database
10 4 (3.77%) Tableau
11 2 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (1.89%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (1.89%) DTS
11 2 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (1.89%) QlikView
12 1 (0.94%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (9.43%) Git
2 6 (5.66%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (2.83%) JIRA
5 2 (1.89%) Flyway
5 2 (1.89%) GitLab
5 2 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 34 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 32 (30.19%) Finance
3 21 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.32%) Manufacturing
4 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.43%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.66%) Banking
7 4 (3.77%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.77%) Legal
7 4 (3.77%) Retail
8 3 (2.83%) Local Government
9 2 (1.89%) Electronics
9 2 (1.89%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.94%) Law
10 1 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (35.85%) Developer
2 19 (17.92%) Data Engineer
3 11 (10.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 11 (10.38%) Consultant
3 11 (10.38%) DBA
3 11 (10.38%) Senior
3 11 (10.38%) SQL DBA
4 9 (8.49%) Architect
5 6 (5.66%) Data Architect
6 5 (4.72%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 5 (4.72%) Power BI Developer
6 5 (4.72%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Business Consultant
7 4 (3.77%) Business Developer
7 4 (3.77%) Data Migration Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Migration Engineer
7 4 (3.77%) Oracle DBA
7 4 (3.77%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (17.92%) .NET
2 6 (5.66%) XML
3 5 (4.72%) JSON
3 5 (4.72%) REST
4 4 (3.77%) YAML
5 3 (2.83%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.83%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.83%) SOAP
6 2 (1.89%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.89%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.89%) CSS
6 2 (1.89%) EDI
6 2 (1.89%) HTML
6 2 (1.89%) HTML5
6 2 (1.89%) Playwright
6 2 (1.89%) pytest
7 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.94%) PySpark
7 1 (0.94%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (6.60%) Virtual Team
3 6 (5.66%) Wiki
4 5 (4.72%) NHS
5 4 (3.77%) Replication
6 3 (2.83%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.89%) Clustering
7 2 (1.89%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.89%) SCADA
8 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.94%) FMCG
8 1 (0.94%) IoT
8 1 (0.94%) Life Science
8 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.94%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.66%) Windows
2 5 (4.72%) Linux
3 2 (1.89%) Unix
3 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (52.83%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (29.25%) Migration
3 29 (27.36%) ETL
4 27 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (21.70%) Data Migration
6 18 (16.98%) Agile
7 17 (16.04%) Data Modelling
8 15 (14.15%) DevOps
8 15 (14.15%) ERP
8 15 (14.15%) Performance Optimisation
9 14 (13.21%) CI/CD
9 14 (13.21%) Performance Tuning
10 13 (12.26%) Data Governance
10 13 (12.26%) Decision-Making
10 13 (12.26%) Dimensional Modelling
11 12 (11.32%) Analytics
12 11 (10.38%) Data Engineering
12 11 (10.38%) Integration Patterns
13 10 (9.43%) Data Integration
14 9 (8.49%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 75 (70.75%) SQL
2 19 (17.92%) T-SQL
3 13 (12.26%) C#
4 8 (7.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 7 (6.60%) PowerShell
5 7 (6.60%) Python
5 7 (6.60%) X++
6 5 (4.72%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.77%) Bicep
8 3 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.83%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.89%) VBA
10 1 (0.94%) C
10 1 (0.94%) Perl
10 1 (0.94%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.72%) Degree
2 5 (4.72%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.94%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.94%) OCP
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.43%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.60%) QA
3 5 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.72%) GDPR
4 1 (0.94%) GRC
4 1 (0.94%) NIST
4 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.94%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (1.89%) Firmware
1 2 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.94%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (1.89%) Foglight
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.94%) SCOM
3 1 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (48.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.49%) Advent
3 8 (7.55%) Oracle
4 3 (2.83%) Databricks
5 2 (1.89%) Civica
5 2 (1.89%) EMC
5 2 (1.89%) Epicor
5 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.89%) UiPath
6 1 (0.94%) Informatica
6 1 (0.94%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.94%) Palantir
6 1 (0.94%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.94%) Veeam
6 1 (0.94%) VMware
6 1 (0.94%) Wonderware
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