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

 6 months to
28 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 396 377
Rank change year-on-year -129 -19 -36
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 99 129 213
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.44% 0.48%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.40% 2.34% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 99 169
10th Percentile £381 £319 £375
25th Percentile £408 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £638
90th Percentile £580 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £420 £425
% change year-on-year +13.10% -1.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile - £23.74 -
25th Percentile £26.50 £25.33 £37.63
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.70 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +29.99% -40.03% +31.94%
75th Percentile £47.50 £29.07 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £23.74 £46.18
% change year-on-year +51.64% -48.59% +53.29%

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 7,087 5,512 7,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.94% 18.97% 16.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,866 3,832 5,158
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £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 £760 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 102 165
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.99 £14.14
25th Percentile £30.26 £24.38 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.23 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.26% -19.44% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75.00 £64.67 £56.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.11 £38.50
% change year-on-year +66.09% -21.81% -30.00%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -147 91 £480 -4.00% 55
UK excluding London -94 50 £475 +13.10% 54
London -81 42 £500 -4.81% 8
Work from Home -35 36 £481 -3.02% 14
North of England -60 18 £450 +23.12% 18
Midlands -72 13 £425 +8.97% 9
North West -35 12 £450 +33.14% 9
West Midlands -54 11 £425 +8.97% 7
South East -53 9 £500 +19.05% 14
Yorkshire -50 6 £450 +20.00% 8
East of England -27 4 £211 -51.88% 6
South West -32 4 £550 +10.00% 4
Scotland +3 2 £550 - 1
East Midlands -33 2 - - 2

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 4 (4.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.01%) OpenEdge
2 1 (1.01%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (1.01%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (8.08%) Advent Geneva
2 5 (5.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.03%) SystmOne
4 2 (2.02%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (1.01%) Alphatax
5 1 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.01%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (1.01%) Front Arena
5 1 (1.01%) Global One
5 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 44 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 33 (33.33%) Azure
3 14 (14.14%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 8 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (8.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 7 (7.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (5.05%) AWS
7 5 (5.05%) Power Automate
7 5 (5.05%) PowerApps
7 5 (5.05%) SaaS
8 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.02%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.02%) dbt
9 2 (2.02%) GitHub
9 2 (2.02%) Google Ads
9 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.02%) PaaS
9 2 (2.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.02%) VPN
2 1 (1.01%) DHCP
2 1 (1.01%) DNS
2 1 (1.01%) Firewall
2 1 (1.01%) HTTP
2 1 (1.01%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.01%) LAN
2 1 (1.01%) SAN
2 1 (1.01%) Skype
2 1 (1.01%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.01%) VXLAN
2 1 (1.01%) WAN
2 1 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (63.64%) SQL Server
2 44 (44.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 40 (40.40%) Power BI
4 29 (29.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 25 (25.25%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (10.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (10.10%) Relational Database
7 8 (8.08%) DB2
7 8 (8.08%) MySQL
8 7 (7.07%) Data Lake
8 7 (7.07%) Tableau
9 5 (5.05%) Metadata
10 4 (4.04%) Oracle Database
11 3 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (3.03%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (3.03%) DTS
11 3 (3.03%) QlikView
12 2 (2.02%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (2.02%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (1.01%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 11 (11.11%) Git
2 5 (5.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (5.05%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.03%) Flyway
3 3 (3.03%) GitLab
3 3 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.03%) JIRA
4 2 (2.02%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (35.35%) Social Skills
2 29 (29.29%) Finance
3 24 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.07%) Banking
7 4 (4.04%) Legal
7 4 (4.04%) Retail
8 3 (3.03%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.02%) Electronics
9 2 (2.02%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.01%) Back Office
10 1 (1.01%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.01%) Front Office
10 1 (1.01%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.01%) Local Government
10 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (33.33%) Developer
2 16 (16.16%) Data Engineer
3 13 (13.13%) DBA
3 13 (13.13%) SQL DBA
4 11 (11.11%) Senior
5 10 (10.10%) Consultant
6 9 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 7 (7.07%) Architect
8 6 (6.06%) Data Architect
9 5 (5.05%) Senior Data Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) SQL Server DBA
10 4 (4.04%) Business Consultant
10 4 (4.04%) Business Developer
10 4 (4.04%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 4 (4.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Oracle DBA
10 4 (4.04%) SQL Developer
11 3 (3.03%) Applications Support
11 3 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.16%) .NET
2 6 (6.06%) XML
3 5 (5.05%) JSON
3 5 (5.05%) REST
4 4 (4.04%) YAML
5 3 (3.03%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.03%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.03%) AWS CDK
5 3 (3.03%) SOAP
6 2 (2.02%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.02%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (2.02%) CSS
6 2 (2.02%) EDI
6 2 (2.02%) HTML
6 2 (2.02%) HTML5
6 2 (2.02%) Playwright
6 2 (2.02%) pytest
7 1 (1.01%) CSS3
7 1 (1.01%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.08%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (6.06%) Virtual Team
2 6 (6.06%) Wiki
3 5 (5.05%) NHS
3 5 (5.05%) Replication
4 3 (3.03%) Clustering
4 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.02%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.02%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.02%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.02%) SCADA
6 1 (1.01%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.01%) Eurex
6 1 (1.01%) IoT
6 1 (1.01%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.01%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.07%) Windows
2 5 (5.05%) Linux
3 2 (2.02%) Unix
3 2 (2.02%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (52.53%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (29.29%) ETL
2 29 (29.29%) Migration
3 24 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (20.20%) Data Migration
5 19 (19.19%) Agile
6 17 (17.17%) Data Modelling
7 15 (15.15%) Data Governance
7 15 (15.15%) Decision-Making
8 14 (14.14%) Analytics
8 14 (14.14%) ERP
9 13 (13.13%) CI/CD
9 13 (13.13%) DevOps
9 13 (13.13%) Dimensional Modelling
9 13 (13.13%) Performance Optimisation
9 13 (13.13%) Performance Tuning
10 12 (12.12%) Data Engineering
11 10 (10.10%) Data Integration
11 10 (10.10%) High Availability
11 10 (10.10%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 73 (73.74%) SQL
2 20 (20.20%) T-SQL
3 12 (12.12%) C#
4 8 (8.08%) PowerShell
5 7 (7.07%) Python
6 6 (6.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (6.06%) PL/SQL
7 4 (4.04%) Bicep
7 4 (4.04%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.04%) X++
8 2 (2.02%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.02%) Perl
8 2 (2.02%) VBA
9 1 (1.01%) C
9 1 (1.01%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.06%) Degree
3 4 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.03%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.01%) OCP
6 1 (1.01%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.08%) QA
3 4 (4.04%) GDPR
4 2 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.01%) GRC
5 1 (1.01%) NIST
5 1 (1.01%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.02%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.02%) Firmware
1 2 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.03%) Foglight
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.02%) SCCM
3 1 (1.01%) Control-M
3 1 (1.01%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.01%) SCOM
3 1 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (52.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.08%) Advent
2 8 (8.08%) Oracle
3 5 (5.05%) Databricks
4 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.02%) Civica
5 2 (2.02%) EMC
5 2 (2.02%) Epicor
5 2 (2.02%) Informatica
5 2 (2.02%) UiPath
6 1 (1.01%) BMC
6 1 (1.01%) Murex
6 1 (1.01%) Palantir
6 1 (1.01%) Remedy
6 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.01%) SAP
6 1 (1.01%) Veeam
6 1 (1.01%) VMware
6 1 (1.01%) Wonderware
6 1 (1.01%) Yardi
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