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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 456 437
Rank change year-on-year -113 -19 -150
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 222 232 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.47% 0.50%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.50% 3.21% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 192 187 271
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,375 £47,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +8.16% -2.56% -2.50%

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 8,881 7,221 12,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.95% 14.59% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,024 4,564 7,590
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,268
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -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 6 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 16 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 6 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
England -106 206 £55,000 +1.85% 59
UK excluding London -108 141 £51,375 +8.16% 39
Work from Home -77 72 £52,500 -10.64% 13
London -54 69 £70,000 -8.50% 26
North of England -41 53 £57,500 +36.90% 12
Midlands -41 44 £55,000 +13.40% 6
North West +7 40 £58,750 -16.07% 8
West Midlands -37 29 £55,000 - 2
South East -56 19 £48,500 +7.78% 14
East Midlands -33 15 £43,750 -9.79% 4
South West -77 14 £47,500 -1.55% 3
Yorkshire -48 11 £44,000 -0.56% 3
Scotland +2 6 £62,500 +34.41% 4
East of England -31 4 £57,500 -4.17% 2
North East -69 2 - - 1
Wales -62 1 £33,789 -38.57%

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 20 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 18 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.05%) IIS
4 5 (2.25%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.90%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Elite 3E
2 7 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.80%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.45%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 154 (69.37%) Power Platform
2 118 (53.15%) Azure
3 31 (13.96%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (12.61%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (10.81%) AWS
5 24 (10.81%) Power Automate
6 18 (8.11%) PowerApps
7 16 (7.21%) Azure Logic Apps
7 16 (7.21%) GitHub
8 15 (6.76%) Snowflake
9 13 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (5.86%) Boomi
10 9 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (2.70%) Azure Stack
13 4 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.80%) Serverless
14 3 (1.35%) Amazon MSK
14 3 (1.35%) Azure Functions
14 3 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.45%) DHCP
2 1 (0.45%) DNS
2 1 (0.45%) HTTP
2 1 (0.45%) SAN
2 1 (0.45%) VLAN
2 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (66.22%) Power BI
2 83 (37.39%) SQL Server
3 68 (30.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 51 (22.97%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 25 (11.26%) Relational Database
7 15 (6.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (6.76%) Tableau
8 14 (6.31%) Power Query
9 10 (4.50%) QlikView
10 7 (3.15%) Data Lake
10 7 (3.15%) OLAP
11 5 (2.25%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.80%) GIS
12 4 (1.80%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (1.35%) Db2
13 3 (1.35%) MySQL
13 3 (1.35%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 13 (5.86%) JIRA
2 11 (4.95%) Git
3 9 (4.05%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.90%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (22.52%) Finance
4 40 (18.02%) Law
5 34 (15.32%) Legal
6 23 (10.36%) Retail
7 17 (7.66%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.76%) Marketing
9 11 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (4.50%) Social Housing
11 8 (3.60%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (3.60%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.25%) Billing
12 5 (2.25%) Front Office
12 5 (2.25%) Military
13 4 (1.80%) Back Office
14 3 (1.35%) Games
14 3 (1.35%) Publishing
15 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (33.33%) Developer
2 53 (23.87%) Analyst
3 47 (21.17%) Senior
4 28 (12.61%) Data Engineer
5 20 (9.01%) Consultant
5 20 (9.01%) Senior Developer
6 19 (8.56%) SQL Developer
7 16 (7.21%) Data Analyst
8 12 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 12 (5.41%) Lead
9 11 (4.95%) Applications Support
10 10 (4.50%) Applications Developer
10 10 (4.50%) Finance Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.50%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.50%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (4.05%) Report Analyst
11 9 (4.05%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.60%) .NET Developer
12 8 (3.60%) Data Manager
12 8 (3.60%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.77%) .NET
2 26 (11.71%) HTML
2 26 (11.71%) XML
3 21 (9.46%) REST
4 20 (9.01%) EDI
5 19 (8.56%) CSS
6 17 (7.66%) JSON
7 15 (6.76%) ASP.NET
7 15 (6.76%) Middleware
7 15 (6.76%) SOAP
8 13 (5.86%) .NET Framework
9 11 (4.95%) .NET Core
9 11 (4.95%) Web Services
10 10 (4.50%) PySpark
11 8 (3.60%) React
12 7 (3.15%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (3.15%) XSLT
13 5 (2.25%) Bootstrap
13 5 (2.25%) Entity Framework
13 5 (2.25%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.01%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.41%) Replication
3 9 (4.05%) Enterprise Cloud
4 8 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.60%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.35%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.35%) NHS
10 2 (0.90%) AS400
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) LIMS
11 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.01%) Windows
2 12 (5.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (66.22%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (43.69%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (26.13%) Analytics
4 43 (19.37%) ETL
5 40 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (16.22%) DevOps
7 34 (15.32%) ERP
7 34 (15.32%) Performance Tuning
8 32 (14.41%) Decision-Making
9 31 (13.96%) Roadmaps
10 30 (13.51%) AI
10 30 (13.51%) Data Modelling
11 27 (12.16%) Collaborative Working
12 24 (10.81%) CRM
13 22 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (9.91%) Visualisation
14 21 (9.46%) Agile
14 21 (9.46%) Data Integration
14 21 (9.46%) Document Management
15 20 (9.01%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 180 (81.08%) SQL
2 51 (22.97%) Python
3 39 (17.57%) T-SQL
4 35 (15.77%) C#
5 33 (14.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (14.41%) JavaScript
7 16 (7.21%) VBA
8 14 (6.31%) PowerShell
9 8 (3.60%) VB.NET
10 7 (3.15%) VBScript
11 6 (2.70%) Java
11 6 (2.70%) R
12 5 (2.25%) XPath
13 4 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.45%) C++
15 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (18.02%) Degree
2 10 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.15%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.25%) CFA
6 4 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.86%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.81%) GDPR
3 12 (5.41%) TickIT
4 8 (3.60%) QA
5 7 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.25%) PMO
7 3 (1.35%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 106 (47.75%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.21%) Intapp
3 13 (5.86%) iManage
4 10 (4.50%) Aderant
5 8 (3.60%) Concur
5 8 (3.60%) Databricks
6 5 (2.25%) Nintex
6 5 (2.25%) Oracle
7 3 (1.35%) Cognos
7 3 (1.35%) Facebook
7 3 (1.35%) Instagram
7 3 (1.35%) MicroStrategy
7 3 (1.35%) SAP
8 2 (0.90%) Informatica
9 1 (0.45%) Foundry
9 1 (0.45%) Infor
9 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.45%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.45%) Teradata
9 1 (0.45%) VMware