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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 361 393
Rank change year-on-year -137 +32 -52
Contract jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 104 169 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.55% 0.46%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.56% 2.96% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 122 167
10th Percentile £362 £333 £370
25th Percentile £404 £421 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £600 £638
90th Percentile £580 £686 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £22.73 -
25th Percentile £26.50 £23.11 £37.63
Median hourly rate £27.00 £23.74 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -48.59% +31.94%
75th Percentile £27.50 £24.37 -
90th Percentile - £24.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.00 £23.74 £46.18
% change year-on-year +13.73% -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 6,673 5,704 7,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.29% 18.56% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,592 3,829 5,158
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £424 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 92 174
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.07 £16.04
25th Percentile £29.06 £24.94 £21.64
Median hourly rate £55.00 £38.31 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.58% -9.87% -24.01%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £62.88
90th Percentile £85.63 £70.00 £77.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.25 £30.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +87.50% -25.47% -28.04%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -142 98 £450 -14.29% 55
London -78 52 £469 -14.77% 10
UK excluding London -103 46 £450 - 55
Work from Home -30 37 £450 -13.04% 22
North of England -61 18 £450 +20.00% 15
North West -28 14 £433 +45.38% 12
Midlands -70 12 £444 -1.39% 15
West Midlands -66 10 £444 -20.97% 7
South East -32 7 £538 +27.98% 15
South West -31 4 £425 -26.09% 2
Yorkshire -66 4 £475 -16.23% 3
East of England -19 3 £211 -51.88% 5
Scotland +7 2 £550 -
East Midlands -28 2 - - 8

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 2 (1.92%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.96%) OpenEdge
2 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.96%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Advent Geneva
2 4 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.88%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.92%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 49 (47.12%) Power Platform
2 36 (34.62%) Azure
3 16 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (10.58%) SaaS
5 9 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 7 (6.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (4.81%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.81%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Functions
9 4 (3.85%) Serverless
10 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.92%) AWS
11 2 (1.92%) GitHub
11 2 (1.92%) IaaS
11 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.92%) PaaS
12 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.96%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) VPN
2 1 (0.96%) DHCP
2 1 (0.96%) DNS
2 1 (0.96%) Firewall
2 1 (0.96%) HTTP
2 1 (0.96%) Kerberos
2 1 (0.96%) LAN
2 1 (0.96%) SAN
2 1 (0.96%) Skype
2 1 (0.96%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.96%) VXLAN
2 1 (0.96%) WAN
2 1 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (65.38%) SQL Server
2 44 (42.31%) Power BI
3 39 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (24.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 23 (22.12%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (10.58%) Relational Database
7 10 (9.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (8.65%) DB2
8 9 (8.65%) MySQL
9 6 (5.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (4.81%) Oracle Database
11 4 (3.85%) Tableau
12 2 (1.92%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (1.92%) Metadata
12 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (1.92%) QlikView
13 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects XI
13 1 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
13 1 (0.96%) Power Query
13 1 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Git
2 7 (6.73%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (2.88%) JIRA
5 2 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.96%) Flyway
6 1 (0.96%) GitLab
6 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 34 (32.69%) Finance
2 31 (29.81%) Social Skills
3 17 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.62%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (9.62%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.81%) Banking
7 4 (3.85%) General Ledger
7 4 (3.85%) Local Government
7 4 (3.85%) Retail
8 2 (1.92%) Legal
9 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.96%) Law
9 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.96%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (37.50%) Developer
2 21 (20.19%) Data Engineer
3 11 (10.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 11 (10.58%) Consultant
3 11 (10.58%) DBA
3 11 (10.58%) SQL DBA
4 10 (9.62%) Senior
5 6 (5.77%) Architect
6 5 (4.81%) Data Migration Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 5 (4.81%) Migration Engineer
6 5 (4.81%) Oracle DBA
6 5 (4.81%) Power BI Developer
7 4 (3.85%) Business Consultant
7 4 (3.85%) Business Developer
7 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 4 (3.85%) Senior Data Engineer
7 4 (3.85%) SQL Developer
7 4 (3.85%) SQL Server DBA
8 3 (2.88%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (18.27%) .NET
2 6 (5.77%) XML
3 5 (4.81%) JSON
3 5 (4.81%) REST
4 4 (3.85%) YAML
5 3 (2.88%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.88%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.88%) SOAP
6 2 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.92%) CSS
6 2 (1.92%) EDI
6 2 (1.92%) HTML
6 2 (1.92%) HTML5
6 2 (1.92%) Playwright
6 2 (1.92%) pytest
6 2 (1.92%) WCF
7 1 (0.96%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.96%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.96%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (6.73%) Virtual Team
2 6 (5.77%) Wiki
3 5 (4.81%) NHS
4 4 (3.85%) Credit Risk
4 4 (3.85%) Replication
5 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.92%) Clustering
6 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.92%) SCADA
7 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.96%) FMCG
7 1 (0.96%) IoT
7 1 (0.96%) Life Science
7 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Linux
1 6 (5.77%) Windows
2 2 (1.92%) Unix
2 2 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.96%) Business Intelligence
2 29 (27.88%) Migration
2 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (24.04%) ETL
4 23 (22.12%) Data Migration
5 16 (15.38%) Agile
6 15 (14.42%) Performance Optimisation
7 14 (13.46%) Data Modelling
7 14 (13.46%) DevOps
7 14 (13.46%) ERP
7 14 (13.46%) Performance Tuning
8 13 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 13 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 11 (10.58%) Data Engineering
9 11 (10.58%) Data Governance
10 10 (9.62%) Analytics
10 10 (9.62%) Data Integration
10 10 (9.62%) Dimensional Modelling
11 9 (8.65%) Asset Management
11 9 (8.65%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 76 (73.08%) SQL
2 18 (17.31%) T-SQL
3 15 (14.42%) C#
4 8 (7.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 8 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 7 (6.73%) Python
5 7 (6.73%) X++
6 4 (3.85%) Bicep
6 4 (3.85%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.88%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.92%) VBA
9 1 (0.96%) C
9 1 (0.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (14.42%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.85%) Degree
3 4 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) OCP
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.73%) Data Quality
1 7 (6.73%) QA
2 5 (4.81%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.96%) GRC
3 1 (0.96%) NIST
3 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.96%) SLA
3 1 (0.96%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.96%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Clustering
2 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.92%) SCCM
3 1 (0.96%) Foglight
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.96%) SCOM
3 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.65%) Advent
2 9 (8.65%) Oracle
3 2 (1.92%) Epicor
3 2 (1.92%) UiPath
4 1 (0.96%) Databricks
4 1 (0.96%) Informatica
4 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.96%) Palantir
4 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.96%) Veeam
4 1 (0.96%) VMware
4 1 (0.96%) Wonderware