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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 398 407
Rank change year-on-year -63 +9 -32
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 86 172 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.45% 0.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.46% 2.52% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 113 196
10th Percentile £291 £353 £350
25th Percentile £394 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £601 £588
90th Percentile £720 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -14.67% -6.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £17.19 £25.59
25th Percentile - £19.00 £26.83
Median hourly rate £29.07 £22.42 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year +29.66% -30.80% -7.44%
75th Percentile - £27.07 £46.05
90th Percentile - £31.08 £46.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £20.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year - -38.27% -7.44%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,900 6,817 8,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.06% 17.92% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,942 4,697 5,863
10th Percentile £340 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £542
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -1.20% -1.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -1.55% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 86 161
10th Percentile £22.85 £17.50 £20.88
25th Percentile £29.33 £20.88 £31.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -36.36% +23.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.19 £73.71
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.49 £30.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year +18.30% -43.93% +52.86%

SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SQL Server Reporting Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SQL Server Reporting Services 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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
England -67 81 £433 -21.36% 90
London -16 47 £475 -13.64% 17
UK excluding London -30 31 £400 -14.67% 89
Work from Home +1 27 £458 -14.49% 50
Midlands -25 11 £400 -28.76% 15
West Midlands -24 10 £400 -28.76% 8
South East +12 7 £506 +1.25% 19
South West +24 4 £369 -43.27% 12
North of England -28 4 £417 -20.59% 23
East of England 0 3 £400 +184.65% 10
North West -18 3 £417 +0.97% 18
Scotland - 2 £404 - 5
East Midlands -5 1 - - 7
Yorkshire -22 1 - - 5

SQL Server Reporting Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.16%) SAS
3 1 (1.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (12.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.49%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (3.49%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (2.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.16%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (1.16%) FastStats
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (1.16%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (1.16%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 47 (54.65%) Power Platform
2 21 (24.42%) Azure
3 17 (19.77%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (9.30%) SaaS
5 5 (5.81%) AWS
5 5 (5.81%) PowerApps
6 4 (4.65%) PaaS
6 4 (4.65%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Functions
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (3.49%) IaaS
7 3 (3.49%) Serverless
8 2 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.33%) GCP
8 2 (2.33%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.16%) Boomi
9 1 (1.16%) Datadog
9 1 (1.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) DNS
1 1 (1.16%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (54.65%) Power BI
1 47 (54.65%) SQL Server
2 34 (39.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 21 (24.42%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (13.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (11.63%) Power Query
6 6 (6.98%) Tableau
7 4 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (4.65%) Data Lake
7 4 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (3.49%) GIS
8 3 (3.49%) OLAP
8 3 (3.49%) OLAP Cube
8 3 (3.49%) Oracle Database
9 2 (2.33%) Big Data
9 2 (2.33%) MS Access
9 2 (2.33%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (2.33%) PowerPivot
9 2 (2.33%) Relational Database
9 2 (2.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 25 (29.07%) Finance
3 14 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (13.95%) Banking
5 7 (8.14%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.65%) Local Government
7 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.49%) General Ledger
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
7 3 (3.49%) Retail
8 2 (2.33%) Automotive
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) French Language
9 1 (1.16%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.16%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 32 (37.21%) Developer
2 12 (13.95%) Analyst
3 9 (10.47%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.30%) Consultant
4 8 (9.30%) SQL Developer
5 7 (8.14%) Lead
6 6 (6.98%) Automation Developer
6 6 (6.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 6 (6.98%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Applications Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Report Analyst
7 5 (5.81%) Report Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Data Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 4 (4.65%) Lead Data Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Consultant
8 4 (4.65%) Power BI Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Technical Consultant
9 3 (3.49%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.60%) .NET
2 5 (5.81%) SOAP
3 4 (4.65%) Middleware
3 4 (4.65%) Web Services
3 4 (4.65%) XML
4 3 (3.49%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.49%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (3.49%) REST
5 2 (2.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 2 (2.33%) MDX
5 2 (2.33%) Software Packaging
5 2 (2.33%) WCF
5 2 (2.33%) XML Messaging
6 1 (1.16%) EDI
6 1 (1.16%) HTML
6 1 (1.16%) jQuery
6 1 (1.16%) JSON
6 1 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Replication
2 4 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.65%) SCADA
3 3 (3.49%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.49%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.49%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.49%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.33%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.16%) BYOD
5 1 (1.16%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.16%) FMCG
5 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.16%) NHS
5 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.47%) Windows
2 6 (6.98%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (53.49%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (22.09%) Data Analysis
2 19 (22.09%) Migration
3 16 (18.60%) ETL
4 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.95%) DevOps
6 11 (12.79%) Agile
6 11 (12.79%) CRM
6 11 (12.79%) Visualisation
7 10 (11.63%) Data Integration
7 10 (11.63%) Data Migration
7 10 (11.63%) Data Modelling
8 9 (10.47%) Data Management
9 7 (8.14%) Analytics
9 7 (8.14%) Computer Science
9 7 (8.14%) ITIL
9 7 (8.14%) Performance Tuning
10 6 (6.98%) Data Reconciliation
10 6 (6.98%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (6.98%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (86.05%) SQL
2 19 (22.09%) C#
3 12 (13.95%) T-SQL
4 8 (9.30%) PowerShell
5 7 (8.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (6.98%) PL/SQL
7 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
7 4 (4.65%) VBA
8 3 (3.49%) Perl
9 2 (2.33%) Python
9 2 (2.33%) VBScript
9 2 (2.33%) X++
10 1 (1.16%) Korn
10 1 (1.16%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 7 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) HNC
6 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.16%) MCSA
6 1 (1.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.65%) SLA
2 3 (3.49%) GAAP
2 3 (3.49%) QA
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
3 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.16%) IFRS
4 1 (1.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) SCCM
2 2 (2.33%) Control-M
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.16%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 26 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.12%) Oracle
3 6 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.65%) UiPath
5 3 (3.49%) Databricks
5 3 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.49%) SAP
6 2 (2.33%) IBM
6 2 (2.33%) Informatica
7 1 (1.16%) Advent
7 1 (1.16%) AVEVA
7 1 (1.16%) Google
7 1 (1.16%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.16%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.16%) Rockwell
7 1 (1.16%) Wonderware