SQL Server Reporting Services Job Trends

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SQL Server Reporting Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 421 292
Rank change year-on-year -19 -129 +29
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 213 366 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.54% 1.04%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.11% 3.35% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 153 201 459
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,250 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £43,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.47% -14.00% +3.21%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,853 10,933 11,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.90% 16.15% 21.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,465 6,288 8,768
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -

SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SQL Server Reporting Services job vacancy trend in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Salary Trend

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

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

SQL Server Reporting Services
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services within the UK over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. 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 +2 178 £55,000 -5.68% 59
UK excluding London -1 141 £47,500 +10.47% 56
Work from Home +96 103 £55,000 - 31
London -3 52 £80,000 +16.36% 12
Midlands +71 38 £48,500 -3.00% 15
North of England +30 34 £44,000 -4.86% 12
South East +17 33 £42,500 +13.33% 15
West Midlands +56 26 £52,500 +10.53% 10
North West +35 14 £57,500 +27.78% 12
East Midlands +37 12 £48,000 -4.00% 4
South West +14 12 £75,000 +25.00% 7
Yorkshire +11 11 £46,500 -10.14%
North East - 9 £35,000 -
Scotland -36 7 £48,500 +8.99% 2
Northern Ireland - 7 £65,000 -
East of England +16 5 £60,000 +29.73% 2
Wales +12 5 £37,500 - 3

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 19 (8.92%) IIS
2 9 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.82%) Confluence
4 5 (2.35%) SAS
5 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.41%) Apache
6 3 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.94%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.47%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 40 (18.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.29%) Elite 3E
2 7 (3.29%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 5 (2.35%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (2.35%) Exchequer
3 5 (2.35%) Infor CloudSuite
4 3 (1.41%) Markit EDM
4 3 (1.41%) Visualfiles
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.94%) Sage 1000
6 1 (0.47%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 144 (67.61%) Power Platform
2 119 (55.87%) Azure
3 55 (25.82%) Azure Data Factory
4 46 (21.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 30 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (7.51%) Snowflake
7 14 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.16%) PowerApps
10 10 (4.69%) dbt
11 8 (3.76%) Collibra
11 8 (3.76%) Fivetran
11 8 (3.76%) GCP
11 8 (3.76%) SaaS
12 6 (2.82%) AWS
13 5 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.88%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.88%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) Internet
1 5 (2.35%) LAN
1 5 (2.35%) SAN
1 5 (2.35%) SSL
1 5 (2.35%) TCP/IP
1 5 (2.35%) VoIP
1 5 (2.35%) WAN
2 1 (0.47%) DHCP
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (65.26%) Power BI
2 127 (59.62%) SQL Server
3 107 (50.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 46 (21.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 45 (21.13%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (19.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (9.39%) Data Lake
8 14 (6.57%) Crystal Reports
9 11 (5.16%) Relational Database
9 11 (5.16%) Tableau
10 7 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.82%) MySQL
11 6 (2.82%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (2.35%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (2.35%) EDRMS
12 5 (2.35%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (2.35%) GIS
12 5 (2.35%) SAS EBI
13 4 (1.88%) Metadata
14 3 (1.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (4.23%) JIRA
2 7 (3.29%) Git
3 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.41%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.47%) GitLab
5 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 93 (43.66%) Finance
2 90 (42.25%) Social Skills
3 59 (27.70%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.86%) Law
5 16 (7.51%) Legal
6 14 (6.57%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (6.10%) Billing
8 10 (4.69%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.76%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.82%) Back Office
10 6 (2.82%) Retail
11 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.41%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.94%) Advertising
13 2 (0.94%) Automotive
13 2 (0.94%) Banking
13 2 (0.94%) Military
13 2 (0.94%) Swedish Language
13 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (27.70%) Developer
2 45 (21.13%) Analyst
3 36 (16.90%) Senior
4 32 (15.02%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.92%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.98%) Applications Support
7 16 (7.51%) Senior Developer
8 15 (7.04%) Senior Data Engineer
9 14 (6.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 14 (6.57%) DBA
9 14 (6.57%) IT Support
9 14 (6.57%) SQL Developer
10 13 (6.10%) SQL DBA
10 13 (6.10%) Support Analyst
11 12 (5.63%) Business Manager
11 12 (5.63%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (5.63%) Insight Analyst
11 12 (5.63%) Insight Manager
11 12 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (5.63%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (26.76%) .NET
2 21 (9.86%) .NET Framework
3 18 (8.45%) Entity Framework
4 17 (7.98%) ASP.NET
5 12 (5.63%) WinForms
6 10 (4.69%) Web Services
7 8 (3.76%) CSS
7 8 (3.76%) HTML
8 7 (3.29%) REST
9 5 (2.35%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.35%) jQuery
9 5 (2.35%) React
9 5 (2.35%) WCF
10 4 (1.88%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.88%) PySpark
11 3 (1.41%) Node.js
11 3 (1.41%) Vue
12 2 (0.94%) Middleware
12 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.94%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (7.04%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (6.57%) Data Structures
3 14 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.69%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.76%) Clustering
6 4 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.41%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.41%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.41%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.41%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.47%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.47%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.15%) Windows
2 10 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (68.54%) Business Intelligence
2 96 (45.07%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (33.33%) Analytics
4 67 (31.46%) ETL
5 51 (23.94%) Decision-Making
6 46 (21.60%) Data Analysis
7 44 (20.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 42 (19.72%) Visualisation
9 40 (18.78%) Data Modelling
10 34 (15.96%) Actionable Insight
11 33 (15.49%) DevOps
12 30 (14.08%) Process Improvement
13 28 (13.15%) CRM
14 26 (12.21%) Agile
14 26 (12.21%) Data Engineering
15 25 (11.74%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (11.27%) Data Management
16 24 (11.27%) Data Pipeline
16 24 (11.27%) Mentoring
16 24 (11.27%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 183 (85.92%) SQL
2 61 (28.64%) T-SQL
3 47 (22.07%) C#
4 36 (16.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 33 (15.49%) Python
6 17 (7.98%) JavaScript
7 10 (4.69%) VB.NET
8 7 (3.29%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.88%) VBA
10 2 (0.94%) Bash
10 2 (0.94%) C++
11 1 (0.47%) C
11 1 (0.47%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (16.90%) Degree
2 15 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 9 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.88%) MCSE
6 3 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.94%) HNC
7 2 (0.94%) HND
7 2 (0.94%) MCSA
7 2 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.84%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.10%) GDPR
3 12 (5.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.35%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.16%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (1.41%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) Control-M
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 96 (45.07%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.39%) Sage
3 14 (6.57%) Databricks
4 12 (5.63%) Xamarin
5 10 (4.69%) Dataiku
6 8 (3.76%) Google
6 8 (3.76%) Intapp
6 8 (3.76%) Oracle
7 7 (3.29%) Infor
7 7 (3.29%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.82%) Civica
9 5 (2.35%) Capita
9 5 (2.35%) NEC
9 5 (2.35%) Zoho
10 3 (1.41%) Informatica
10 3 (1.41%) RedGate
10 3 (1.41%) VMware
11 2 (0.94%) Aderant
11 2 (0.94%) eFront
11 2 (0.94%) Lotus