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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 705 590 642
Rank change year-on-year -115 +52 -50
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 32 61 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.034% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.40% 0.86% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 29 45 204
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% +2.68%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £108,000 £93,778 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 8,056 7,083 17,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.65% 16.52% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,027 4,626 12,507
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 29 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 29 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 -98 32 £65,000 -7.14% 4
UK excluding London -90 18 £60,000 -4.00% 6
London -27 13 £95,000 +24.59% 1
Work from Home +4 8 £60,000 -14.29% 5
South East -27 5 £69,000 +4.94% 1
East of England -18 4 £46,250 +2.78%
Midlands -42 4 £60,000 +14.29% 2
North of England -57 4 £55,000 -21.43%
North West -6 3 £55,000 -21.43%
East Midlands -33 3 £60,000 +26.32% 1
West Midlands -47 1 £40,000 -34.69% 1
South West -62 1 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Yorkshire -62 1 £65,000 +8.33%

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.13%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 24 (75.00%) Azure
2 23 (71.88%) Power Platform
3 6 (18.75%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (18.75%) Azure Logic Apps
3 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (15.63%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (15.63%) Power Automate
4 5 (15.63%) PowerApps
5 4 (12.50%) AWS
5 4 (12.50%) Snowflake
6 3 (9.38%) Amazon MSK
7 2 (6.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (3.13%) Boomi
8 1 (3.13%) GitHub
8 1 (3.13%) IaaS
8 1 (3.13%) PaaS
8 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (71.88%) Power BI
2 22 (68.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 22 (68.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (40.63%) SQL Server
4 8 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (21.88%) Relational Database
6 6 (18.75%) Data Lake
7 5 (15.63%) Power Query
7 5 (15.63%) Tableau
8 3 (9.38%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (9.38%) OLAP
8 3 (9.38%) PowerPivot
9 2 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (6.25%) Star Schema
10 1 (3.13%) Metadata
10 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
10 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
10 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (3.13%) QlikView
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Legal
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Law
4 5 (15.63%) Social Housing
5 1 (3.13%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Developer
2 10 (31.25%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Database Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Database Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Power BI Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Head of Delivery
5 3 (9.38%) Power Platform Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) SQL Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) CRM Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Database Developer
6 2 (6.25%) DBA
6 2 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) HTML
1 5 (15.63%) React
1 5 (15.63%) Web Services
2 4 (12.50%) Kafka
3 3 (9.38%) .NET
4 1 (3.13%) EDI
4 1 (3.13%) MDX
4 1 (3.13%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Replication
2 5 (15.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (6.25%) Clustering
3 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.13%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (28.13%) Analytics
3 9 (28.13%) Data Modelling
4 8 (25.00%) Agile
5 7 (21.88%) Data Engineering
5 7 (21.88%) Performance Tuning
5 7 (21.88%) Unit Testing
6 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 6 (18.75%) Database Security
6 6 (18.75%) ETL
6 6 (18.75%) Scrum
7 5 (15.63%) AI
7 5 (15.63%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (15.63%) Facilities Management
7 5 (15.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (15.63%) Migration
7 5 (15.63%) User Stories
8 4 (12.50%) Data Transformation
8 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 26 (81.25%) SQL
2 12 (37.50%) Python
3 10 (31.25%) T-SQL
4 7 (21.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (18.75%) C#
6 5 (15.63%) JavaScript
6 5 (15.63%) PowerShell
7 3 (9.38%) R
8 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) Data Quality
2 5 (15.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) SAP
3 3 (9.38%) iManage
3 3 (9.38%) Intapp
4 2 (6.25%) Databricks
5 1 (3.13%) Infor