SQL Server Analysis Services Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SQL Server Analysis Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 590 621
Rank change year-on-year -77 +31 -49
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 33 57 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.43% 0.77% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 29 45 207
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.35% -3.40%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £108,000 £92,267 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.16% -17.39% +15.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SQL Server Analysis Services falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,697 7,388 17,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.01% 17.95% 18.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 5,181 12,534
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

SQL Server Analysis Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SQL Server Analysis Services relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SQL Server Analysis Services job vacancy trend in the UK

SQL Server Analysis Services
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SQL Server Analysis Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server Analysis Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Analysis Services in the UK

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -67 31 £72,500 +20.83% 16
London -12 17 £92,500 +23.33% 5
UK excluding London -103 15 £53,750 +13.16% 13
Work from Home -12 6 £58,000 -22.67% 5
East of England -21 4 £50,000 +11.11% 2
North of England -76 4 £61,500 +2.50%
North West -22 3 £58,000 +36.47%
West Midlands -29 3 £43,750 +2.94%
Midlands -53 3 £43,750 -2.78% 3
South East -38 1 £69,000 -13.75% 4
South West -56 1 £47,500 +9.20% 4
Yorkshire -68 1 £65,000 +8.33%
Wales - 1 £37,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 -

SQL Server Analysis 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 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 28 (84.85%) Power Platform
2 24 (72.73%) Azure
3 11 (33.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 9 (27.27%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (15.15%) Snowflake
7 4 (12.12%) Collibra
7 4 (12.12%) dbt
7 4 (12.12%) Fivetran
8 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
8 2 (6.06%) SaaS
9 1 (3.03%) Amazon MSK
9 1 (3.03%) AWS
9 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (3.03%) Boomi
9 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
9 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
9 1 (3.03%) IaaS
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (3.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (84.85%) Power BI
1 28 (84.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 22 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (48.48%) SQL Server
4 14 (42.42%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (30.30%) Data Lake
6 6 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (18.18%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (9.09%) Power Query
7 3 (9.09%) Relational Database
7 3 (9.09%) Tableau
8 2 (6.06%) Big Data
8 2 (6.06%) Metadata
8 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (6.06%) Star Schema
9 1 (3.03%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (3.03%) Cognos Framework Manager
9 1 (3.03%) MongoDB
9 1 (3.03%) NoSQL
9 1 (3.03%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 7 (21.21%) Finance
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Legal
4 2 (6.06%) Law
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) Data Engineer
1 12 (36.36%) Senior
2 8 (24.24%) Senior Data Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Snowflake Data Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Snowflake Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (9.09%) Head of Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Database Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) DBA
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Database Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) SQL DBA
6 2 (6.06%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) .NET
2 2 (6.06%) MDX
2 2 (6.06%) PySpark
3 1 (3.03%) EDI
3 1 (3.03%) Kafka
3 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.09%) Replication
2 2 (6.06%) Clustering
2 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.03%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (51.52%) Analytics
3 15 (45.45%) Data Modelling
3 15 (45.45%) ETL
4 11 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 11 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
5 9 (27.27%) DevOps
5 9 (27.27%) Migration
6 8 (24.24%) CI/CD
7 7 (21.21%) Data Pipeline
7 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (15.15%) Agile
8 5 (15.15%) Data Analysis
8 5 (15.15%) Data Governance
8 5 (15.15%) Data Lineage
9 4 (12.12%) AI
9 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (12.12%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 30 (90.91%) SQL
2 14 (42.42%) Python
3 10 (30.30%) T-SQL
4 9 (27.27%) C#
5 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
7 1 (3.03%) PHP
7 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
7 1 (3.03%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) MCSE
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Databricks
2 4 (12.12%) Dataiku
3 3 (9.09%) iManage
3 3 (9.09%) Intapp
4 1 (3.03%) Cognos
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) Infor
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) RedGate
4 1 (3.03%) SAP