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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 393 348
Rank change year-on-year -92 -45 -43
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 178 329 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.63% 0.80%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.69% 3.53% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 123 179 488
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,375 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +5.26%

All Database & 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 6,606 9,313 13,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.41% 17.84% 20.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,127 5,180 10,963
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,436 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

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 30 January 2026.

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 30 January 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 -47 155 £55,000 +1.85% 47
UK excluding London -46 122 £47,500 +11.76% 45
Work from Home +33 78 £52,500 -12.50% 27
Midlands +38 43 £48,500 +2.11% 18
London -22 42 £80,000 +23.08% 8
West Midlands +37 34 £47,500 +11.76% 12
South East -2 29 £38,750 +3.33% 8
North of England +7 27 £50,750 +18.02% 11
North West +21 14 £57,500 +33.72% 5
East Midlands -7 9 £48,500 +2.11% 6
Yorkshire -20 9 £44,000 -2.22% 5
South West -12 7 £45,000 -28.00% 3
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
East of England +7 4 £52,500 +31.25% 4
Wales +1 4 £33,750 -10.00%
North East - 4 - - 1
Scotland -56 3 £55,000 +23.60% 1

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 14 (7.87%) IIS
2 9 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.93%) Confluence
3 7 (3.93%) SAS
4 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.25%) Apache
6 3 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.56%) HCL Notes
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 37 (20.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.81%) Elite 3E
3 4 (2.25%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (2.25%) Markit EDM
4 3 (1.69%) Visualfiles
5 2 (1.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.56%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 130 (73.03%) Power Platform
2 105 (58.99%) Azure
3 44 (24.72%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (22.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 28 (15.73%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (11.24%) Snowflake
7 13 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (6.18%) dbt
8 11 (6.18%) PowerApps
9 8 (4.49%) Collibra
9 8 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (4.49%) Fivetran
9 8 (4.49%) GCP
9 8 (4.49%) SaaS
10 5 (2.81%) AWS
10 5 (2.81%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.81%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.25%) GitHub
12 3 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) DHCP
1 1 (0.56%) DNS
1 1 (0.56%) Firewall
1 1 (0.56%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (70.22%) Power BI
2 103 (57.87%) SQL Server
3 71 (39.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 40 (22.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (19.10%) Data Warehouse
6 28 (15.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 18 (10.11%) Data Lake
8 12 (6.74%) Relational Database
9 10 (5.62%) Tableau
10 9 (5.06%) MySQL
11 8 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (2.81%) SAS EBI
12 5 (2.81%) Snowflake Schema
13 4 (2.25%) Power Query
14 3 (1.69%) Crystal Reports
14 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
15 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
15 2 (1.12%) Data Mining
15 2 (1.12%) DB2
15 2 (1.12%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 9 (5.06%) JIRA
2 6 (3.37%) Git
3 4 (2.25%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (43.26%) Social Skills
2 74 (41.57%) Finance
3 59 (33.15%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.74%) Billing
4 12 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (5.62%) Law
6 6 (3.37%) Legal
7 5 (2.81%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.25%) Banking
8 4 (2.25%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.69%) Back Office
9 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Advertising
10 2 (1.12%) Military
10 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
11 1 (0.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 46 (25.84%) Developer
2 33 (18.54%) Analyst
2 33 (18.54%) Data Engineer
3 28 (15.73%) Senior
4 14 (7.87%) Insight Manager
4 14 (7.87%) Senior Data Engineer
5 13 (7.30%) IT Support
5 13 (7.30%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Business Developer
6 12 (6.74%) Business Manager
6 12 (6.74%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (6.74%) DBA
6 12 (6.74%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (6.74%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Snowflake Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Software Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Software Support Engineer
7 11 (6.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (23.60%) .NET
2 16 (8.99%) .NET Framework
3 14 (7.87%) Entity Framework
4 13 (7.30%) ASP.NET
5 12 (6.74%) WinForms
6 7 (3.93%) REST
7 6 (3.37%) JSON
8 4 (2.25%) Web Services
8 4 (2.25%) XML
9 3 (1.69%) CSS
9 3 (1.69%) HTML
9 3 (1.69%) Middleware
9 3 (1.69%) React
9 3 (1.69%) Vue
10 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.12%) jQuery
10 2 (1.12%) PySpark
10 2 (1.12%) WCF
11 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (10.11%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.74%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.81%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.69%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.12%) Clustering
8 2 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.56%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.56%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.67%) Windows
2 2 (1.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (75.84%) Business Intelligence
2 81 (45.51%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (37.64%) Analytics
4 58 (32.58%) ETL
5 49 (27.53%) Decision-Making
6 45 (25.28%) Data Modelling
7 39 (21.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (21.35%) Visualisation
9 36 (20.22%) Data Analysis
10 34 (19.10%) Actionable Insight
11 31 (17.42%) DevOps
12 29 (16.29%) Data Engineering
13 26 (14.61%) Process Improvement
14 25 (14.04%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (14.04%) Visual Analytics
15 24 (13.48%) WFM
16 23 (12.92%) AI
17 21 (11.80%) Data Management
18 20 (11.24%) Agile
19 19 (10.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 147 (82.58%) SQL
2 50 (28.09%) T-SQL
3 38 (21.35%) Python
4 37 (20.79%) C#
5 34 (19.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (5.06%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.37%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.69%) VBA
9 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.56%) C
10 1 (0.56%) C++
10 1 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) R
10 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (17.42%) Degree
2 14 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.74%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (1.69%) MCSE
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.69%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.12%) HNC
5 2 (1.12%) HND
5 2 (1.12%) MCSA
5 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (23.03%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.74%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (4.49%) GDPR
4 4 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.25%) QA
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.12%) Control-M
2 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) CASB
3 1 (0.56%) MOM
3 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 66 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.55%) Sage
3 12 (6.74%) Xamarin
4 11 (6.18%) Databricks
5 10 (5.62%) Dataiku
6 8 (4.49%) Google
7 6 (3.37%) Oracle
8 5 (2.81%) Intapp
8 5 (2.81%) Zoho
9 4 (2.25%) Informatica
10 2 (1.12%) Epicor
10 2 (1.12%) Infor
11 1 (0.56%) Advent
11 1 (0.56%) Civica
11 1 (0.56%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.56%) Northgate
11 1 (0.56%) Orchard
11 1 (0.56%) RedGate
11 1 (0.56%) VMware
11 1 (0.56%) Yardi