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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 603 624
Rank change year-on-year -99 +21 -53
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 29 53 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.37% 0.75% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25 40 203
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,425 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £83,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £119,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +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 7,925 7,051 17,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.58% 16.43% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,847 4,631 12,490
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £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% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Analysis Services in the UK

SQL Server Analysis Services
Top 13 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 22 May 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 -86 29 £65,000 -7.14% 11
UK excluding London -66 15 £55,000 -12.00% 10
London -34 13 £95,000 +18.75% 4
Work from Home 0 6 £60,000 -14.29% 10
East of England -13 4 £46,250 +2.78% 1
South East -32 4 £69,000 -13.75% 3
North of England -45 4 £55,000 -21.43% 3
North West -6 3 £55,000 -21.43% 2
Midlands -50 2 £50,000 -4.76% 1
East Midlands -37 1 £60,000 +26.32% 1
West Midlands -38 1 £40,000 -34.69%
Yorkshire -51 1 £65,000 +8.33% 1
South West -62 1 £47,500 -22.45% 1

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 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.45%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 22 (75.86%) Azure
1 22 (75.86%) Power Platform
2 7 (24.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (13.79%) Azure Logic Apps
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (10.34%) Amazon MSK
4 3 (10.34%) AWS
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (10.34%) Power Automate
4 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
4 3 (10.34%) Snowflake
5 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Boomi
6 1 (3.45%) IaaS
6 1 (3.45%) PaaS
6 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (75.86%) Power BI
2 21 (72.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (62.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (37.93%) SQL Server
5 8 (27.59%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (24.14%) Data Lake
7 5 (17.24%) Power Query
7 5 (17.24%) Relational Database
7 5 (17.24%) Tableau
8 3 (10.34%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (10.34%) OLAP
8 3 (10.34%) PowerPivot
9 2 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (6.90%) Big Data
9 2 (6.90%) Star Schema
10 1 (3.45%) Metadata
10 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
10 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
10 1 (3.45%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Legal
4 4 (13.79%) Law
5 3 (10.34%) Social Housing
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Developer
1 9 (31.03%) Senior
2 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Data Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Database Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Power BI Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Database Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Head of Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Data Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) SQL Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Power Platform Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) SQL DBA
5 2 (6.90%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) HTML
1 3 (10.34%) Kafka
1 3 (10.34%) React
1 3 (10.34%) Web Services
2 2 (6.90%) .NET
2 2 (6.90%) PySpark
3 1 (3.45%) EDI
3 1 (3.45%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Replication
2 3 (10.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (6.90%) Clustering
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.45%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (34.48%) Analytics
2 10 (34.48%) Data Modelling
2 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (24.14%) Data Engineering
3 7 (24.14%) ETL
4 6 (20.69%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (17.24%) Database Security
5 5 (17.24%) Decision-Making
5 5 (17.24%) Migration
5 5 (17.24%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (17.24%) Unit Testing
6 4 (13.79%) AI
6 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
6 4 (13.79%) Data Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Data Analytics
6 4 (13.79%) Data Transformation
6 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
6 4 (13.79%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) SQL
2 13 (44.83%) Python
3 9 (31.03%) T-SQL
4 8 (27.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (13.79%) C#
5 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
6 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
6 3 (10.34%) R
7 1 (3.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.34%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) Databricks
3 3 (10.34%) iManage
3 3 (10.34%) Intapp
4 1 (3.45%) Infor