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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 758 605 645
Rank change year-on-year -153 +40 -137
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Analysis Services 55 76 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.047% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.62% 1.07% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 48 55 87
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,050 £47,500
25th Percentile £45,938 £54,875 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £71,313 £85,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £80,750 £104,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +11.65% -1.90%

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 8,848 7,136 11,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.55% 14.45% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6,049 4,489 6,950
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,482
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £87,348
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £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 25 September 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 25 September 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
UK excluding London -135 38 £52,500 -8.70% 18
England -167 38 £60,000 -14.29% 33
Work from Home -58 19 £60,000 -14.29% 13
Scotland - 12 £45,000 - 2
London -72 10 £80,000 -3.03% 22
Midlands -47 8 £57,500 -6.12% 4
South East -47 7 £62,500 +21.36% 5
South West -79 6 £51,375 -26.61%
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 1
North West -34 3 £55,000 -21.43% 4
West Midlands -54 3 £55,000 -10.20% 3
North of England -82 3 £55,000 +1.85% 5
East of England - 2 £57,500 -

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 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.64%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.82%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 30 (54.55%) Power Platform
2 29 (52.73%) Azure
3 10 (18.18%) AWS
3 10 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (14.55%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (12.73%) PowerApps
6 6 (10.91%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (9.09%) Power Automate
8 4 (7.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (7.27%) Snowflake
9 3 (5.45%) Amazon MSK
9 3 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (3.64%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 29 (52.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 28 (50.91%) Power BI
4 20 (36.36%) SQL Server
5 18 (32.73%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (14.55%) Relational Database
7 7 (12.73%) OLAP
7 7 (12.73%) Tableau
8 4 (7.27%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (5.45%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (5.45%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (5.45%) Data Lake
9 3 (5.45%) MySQL
9 3 (5.45%) Power Query
9 3 (5.45%) PowerPivot
10 2 (3.64%) Db2
10 2 (3.64%) MS Access
10 2 (3.64%) RDBMS
10 2 (3.64%) Star Schema
11 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Git
General
1 19 (34.55%) Finance
2 12 (21.82%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.55%) Law
4 8 (14.55%) Legal
5 6 (10.91%) Military
6 5 (9.09%) Social Housing
7 2 (3.64%) Billing
7 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.64%) Marketing
7 2 (3.64%) Public Speaking
8 1 (1.82%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Senior
2 16 (29.09%) Developer
3 15 (27.27%) Administrator
4 13 (23.64%) Lead
5 12 (21.82%) Pensions Administrator
6 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 7 (12.73%) Data Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Consultant
7 5 (9.09%) DBA
7 5 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (7.27%) Data Consultant
8 4 (7.27%) Database Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) IT Consultant
8 4 (7.27%) Senior Database Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Senior IT Consultant
9 3 (5.45%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Financial Analyst
9 3 (5.45%) Power BI Developer
9 3 (5.45%) Power Platform Developer
9 3 (5.45%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.00%) PySpark
2 5 (9.09%) HTML
2 5 (9.09%) React
2 5 (9.09%) Web Services
3 4 (7.27%) Kafka
3 4 (7.27%) MDX
4 2 (3.64%) .NET
4 2 (3.64%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (3.64%) EDI
4 2 (3.64%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (3.64%) XML
5 1 (1.82%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.82%) RESTful
5 1 (1.82%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.91%) Replication
2 5 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (7.27%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.45%) AI Agents
4 3 (5.45%) Blog
5 2 (3.64%) AS400
5 2 (3.64%) Autonomous Agent
5 2 (3.64%) Data Structures
5 2 (3.64%) iSeries
5 2 (3.64%) IVR
6 1 (1.82%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.82%) NHS
6 1 (1.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Windows
2 1 (1.82%) Linux
2 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (50.91%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (41.82%) Analytics
3 19 (34.55%) ETL
4 18 (32.73%) AI
5 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (29.09%) Data Modelling
7 14 (25.45%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (18.18%) DevOps
8 10 (18.18%) Mentoring
9 8 (14.55%) Data Transformation
10 7 (12.73%) Agile
10 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
10 7 (12.73%) Database Security
10 7 (12.73%) Dimensional Modelling
10 7 (12.73%) High Availability
10 7 (12.73%) Roadmaps
10 7 (12.73%) Scrum
10 7 (12.73%) Translating Business Requirements
11 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (52.73%) SQL
2 11 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 11 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 9 (16.36%) C#
3 9 (16.36%) Python
4 5 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 4 (7.27%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (5.45%) R
7 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
7 2 (3.64%) RPG
7 2 (3.64%) RPG IV
8 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (14.55%) Degree
1 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.73%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (12.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.55%) GDPR
2 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Docker
Vendors
1 25 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.73%) Databricks
3 4 (7.27%) SAP
4 3 (5.45%) Infor
4 3 (5.45%) Intapp
5 2 (3.64%) Aderant
5 2 (3.64%) Avaya
5 2 (3.64%) Cisco
5 2 (3.64%) Concur
5 2 (3.64%) Genesys
5 2 (3.64%) IBM
5 2 (3.64%) iManage
5 2 (3.64%) JD Edwards
5 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 2 (3.64%) RedGate