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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 406 392
Rank change year-on-year -132 -14 -51
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 98 127 214
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.43% 0.49%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.36% 2.29% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 98 169
10th Percentile £371 £324 £375
25th Percentile £407 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -8.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £638
90th Percentile £580 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £469 £423 £425
% change year-on-year +10.95% -0.59% -7.61%
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% +32.33%
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% +32.72%

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 7,219 5,548 7,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.99% 18.98% 16.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,971 3,852 5,159
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £413 £420 £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 £489 £488
% change year-on-year -2.81% +0.26% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 105 154
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.42 £14.00
25th Percentile £30.77 £24.25 £20.78
Median hourly rate £51.00 £33.11 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.03% -17.23% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.84 £65.62 £53.44
90th Percentile £83.95 £77.00 £71.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.67% -14.29% -36.36%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -133 90 £475 -6.63% 55
UK excluding London -93 51 £469 +10.95% 54
London -89 40 £500 -4.76% 8
Work from Home -44 34 £500 - 14
North of England -63 20 £450 +20.00% 18
North West -39 13 £450 +26.40% 9
Midlands -68 13 £425 +7.59% 9
West Midlands -52 11 £425 +7.59% 7
South East -49 8 £500 +19.05% 14
Yorkshire -52 7 £400 +6.67% 8
East of England -29 4 £211 -51.88% 6
South West -33 4 £550 +10.00% 4
Scotland +6 2 £550 - 1
East Midlands -32 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 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.02%) OpenEdge
2 1 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.02%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Advent Geneva
2 5 (5.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.06%) SystmOne
4 2 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (2.04%) Front Arena
4 2 (2.04%) Global One
4 2 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (1.02%) Alphatax
5 1 (1.02%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 41 (41.84%) Power Platform
2 28 (28.57%) Azure
3 11 (11.22%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (9.18%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (5.10%) AWS
6 5 (5.10%) Power Automate
6 5 (5.10%) SaaS
7 4 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.08%) PowerApps
8 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.06%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.04%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.04%) dbt
9 2 (2.04%) GitHub
9 2 (2.04%) IaaS
9 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.04%) PaaS
9 2 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) VPN
2 1 (1.02%) DHCP
2 1 (1.02%) DNS
2 1 (1.02%) Firewall
2 1 (1.02%) HTTP
2 1 (1.02%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.02%) LAN
2 1 (1.02%) SAN
2 1 (1.02%) Skype
2 1 (1.02%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.02%) VXLAN
2 1 (1.02%) WAN
2 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (65.31%) SQL Server
2 44 (44.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 37 (37.76%) Power BI
4 30 (30.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 26 (26.53%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (10.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (10.20%) Relational Database
7 8 (8.16%) DB2
7 8 (8.16%) MySQL
7 8 (8.16%) Tableau
8 7 (7.14%) Data Lake
9 5 (5.10%) Metadata
10 4 (4.08%) Crystal Reports
10 4 (4.08%) DTS
10 4 (4.08%) Oracle Database
11 3 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (3.06%) QlikView
12 2 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (2.04%) Semantic Layer
13 1 (1.02%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (11.22%) Git
2 4 (4.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.06%) Flyway
3 3 (3.06%) GitLab
3 3 (3.06%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.06%) JIRA
3 3 (3.06%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 34 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 27 (27.55%) Finance
3 24 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 9 (9.18%) Banking
5 9 (9.18%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (9.18%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.08%) Legal
7 3 (3.06%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.06%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Social Housing
8 2 (2.04%) Back Office
8 2 (2.04%) Electronics
8 2 (2.04%) Front Office
8 2 (2.04%) Local Government
9 1 (1.02%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.02%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.02%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (32.65%) Developer
2 15 (15.31%) Data Engineer
3 14 (14.29%) DBA
3 14 (14.29%) SQL DBA
4 11 (11.22%) Consultant
5 10 (10.20%) Senior
6 9 (9.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 5 (5.10%) Architect
7 5 (5.10%) Data Architect
7 5 (5.10%) Senior Data Engineer
7 5 (5.10%) SQL Server DBA
8 4 (4.08%) Applications Support
8 4 (4.08%) Business Consultant
8 4 (4.08%) Business Developer
8 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Engineer
8 4 (4.08%) Oracle DBA
8 4 (4.08%) SQL Developer
9 3 (3.06%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (3.06%) Senior Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.33%) .NET
2 6 (6.12%) XML
3 5 (5.10%) JSON
3 5 (5.10%) REST
4 4 (4.08%) YAML
5 3 (3.06%) .NET Framework
5 3 (3.06%) ASP.NET
5 3 (3.06%) AWS CDK
5 3 (3.06%) SOAP
6 2 (2.04%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.04%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (2.04%) CSS
6 2 (2.04%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (2.04%) FIXML
6 2 (2.04%) HTML
6 2 (2.04%) HTML5
6 2 (2.04%) Middleware
6 2 (2.04%) Playwright
6 2 (2.04%) pytest
7 1 (1.02%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (6.12%) NHS
2 6 (6.12%) Replication
2 6 (6.12%) Virtual Team
2 6 (6.12%) Wiki
3 4 (4.08%) Clustering
4 3 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.04%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.04%) Derivative
5 2 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Eurex
5 2 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.04%) SCADA
5 2 (2.04%) Swaptions
6 1 (1.02%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.02%) Life Science
6 1 (1.02%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.16%) Windows
2 5 (5.10%) Linux
3 2 (2.04%) Unix
3 2 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (52.04%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (29.59%) ETL
2 29 (29.59%) Migration
3 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (19.39%) Agile
4 19 (19.39%) Data Migration
5 18 (18.37%) Data Modelling
6 16 (16.33%) Analytics
7 15 (15.31%) Data Governance
7 15 (15.31%) Decision-Making
8 14 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
9 13 (13.27%) Dimensional Modelling
9 13 (13.27%) ERP
10 12 (12.24%) Data Engineering
10 12 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
11 11 (11.22%) CI/CD
12 10 (10.20%) Data Integration
12 10 (10.20%) High Availability
12 10 (10.20%) Kanban
13 9 (9.18%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 74 (75.51%) SQL
2 22 (22.45%) T-SQL
3 12 (12.24%) C#
4 9 (9.18%) PowerShell
5 7 (7.14%) PL/SQL
5 7 (7.14%) Python
6 6 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (4.08%) Bicep
7 4 (4.08%) TypeScript
8 3 (3.06%) Perl
9 2 (2.04%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.04%) VBA
10 1 (1.02%) C
10 1 (1.02%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.02%) X++
Qualifications
1 9 (9.18%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.12%) Degree
3 4 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.06%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.02%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.02%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.02%) OCP
6 1 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.16%) QA
3 4 (4.08%) GDPR
4 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.02%) GRC
5 1 (1.02%) NIST
5 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.04%) Firmware
1 2 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.02%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.06%) Foglight
1 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (2.04%) Control-M
2 2 (2.04%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.04%) SCCM
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.02%) SCOM
3 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (54.08%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.16%) Advent
2 8 (8.16%) Oracle
3 5 (5.10%) Databricks
4 3 (3.06%) Civica
4 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.04%) BMC
5 2 (2.04%) EMC
5 2 (2.04%) Epicor
5 2 (2.04%) Informatica
5 2 (2.04%) Murex
5 2 (2.04%) Remedy
5 2 (2.04%) UiPath
6 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (1.02%) Sybase
6 1 (1.02%) Veeam
6 1 (1.02%) VMware
6 1 (1.02%) Wonderware
6 1 (1.02%) Yardi
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