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 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 467 420
Rank change year-on-year -110 -47 -139
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 214 200 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.54%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.46% 2.84% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 180 163 217
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.19%
75th Percentile £71,250 £79,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,050 £86,850 £84,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,356 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.12% - -5.00%

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 8,685 7,032 11,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.35% 14.16% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,948 4,374 6,528
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
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 £87,500
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 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -102 194 £55,000 -4.35% 105
UK excluding London -110 133 £51,356 +8.12% 58
London -62 70 £71,250 -10.94% 53
Work from Home -70 69 £52,500 -8.70% 37
Midlands -29 45 £51,356 +5.89% 11
North of England -40 44 £55,000 +27.17% 20
North West -1 32 £57,500 +15.00% 8
West Midlands -41 30 £55,000 -15.38% 4
South East -60 19 £48,500 +14.12% 12
East Midlands -27 15 £43,750 -8.85% 7
South West -76 11 £48,875 -21.80% 4
Scotland +7 9 £62,500 +26.90% 7
Yorkshire -32 9 £39,000 -16.13% 11
East of England -35 4 £57,500 -4.17% 4
North East -71 3 - - 2
Wales -67 1 £33,789 -20.50% 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 18 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.21%) IIS
4 5 (2.34%) MS Project Server
5 4 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.47%) SAS
6 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (7.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.74%) Elite 3E
2 7 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.40%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.47%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.47%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 148 (69.16%) Power Platform
2 105 (49.07%) Azure
3 27 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.15%) AWS
5 25 (11.68%) Power Automate
6 24 (11.21%) Dynamics 365
7 19 (8.88%) PowerApps
8 16 (7.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (6.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (6.54%) Snowflake
10 13 (6.07%) GitHub
11 9 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.74%) Boomi
13 6 (2.80%) Azure Stack
13 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (2.34%) SaaS
14 5 (2.34%) Serverless
15 4 (1.87%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 3 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) Firewall
2 1 (0.47%) DHCP
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
2 1 (0.47%) HTTP
2 1 (0.47%) SAN
2 1 (0.47%) VLAN
2 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (65.89%) Power BI
2 77 (35.98%) SQL Server
3 59 (27.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 55 (25.70%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (14.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 22 (10.28%) Relational Database
7 16 (7.48%) Power Query
8 15 (7.01%) Tableau
9 12 (5.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (4.21%) QlikView
11 7 (3.27%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.27%) OLAP
12 6 (2.80%) Crystal Reports
12 6 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (1.87%) GIS
13 4 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
14 3 (1.40%) MySQL
14 3 (1.40%) OLTP
14 3 (1.40%) RDBMS
14 3 (1.40%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 14 (6.54%) Git
2 12 (5.61%) JIRA
3 11 (5.14%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.93%) Postman
6 1 (0.47%) GitLab
6 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.47%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (33.18%) Analytical Skills
2 69 (32.24%) Social Skills
3 55 (25.70%) Finance
4 41 (19.16%) Law
5 37 (17.29%) Legal
6 20 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 20 (9.35%) Retail
7 13 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.14%) Marketing
9 10 (4.67%) Fire and Rescue
9 10 (4.67%) Social Housing
10 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.80%) Front Office
12 5 (2.34%) Billing
12 5 (2.34%) Military
13 3 (1.40%) Back Office
13 3 (1.40%) Games
13 3 (1.40%) Publishing
14 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 74 (34.58%) Developer
2 58 (27.10%) Analyst
3 44 (20.56%) Senior
4 20 (9.35%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.88%) Consultant
5 19 (8.88%) SQL Developer
6 18 (8.41%) Senior Developer
7 15 (7.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 14 (6.54%) Data Analyst
8 14 (6.54%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 14 (6.54%) Financial Analyst
8 14 (6.54%) Systems Analyst
9 11 (5.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 11 (5.14%) Report Analyst
10 10 (4.67%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 10 (4.67%) Lead
10 10 (4.67%) Team Leader
11 9 (4.21%) Applications Developer
11 9 (4.21%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.74%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.62%) .NET
2 26 (12.15%) HTML
3 21 (9.81%) XML
4 20 (9.35%) REST
5 19 (8.88%) CSS
6 16 (7.48%) EDI
7 13 (6.07%) ASP.NET
7 13 (6.07%) JSON
8 12 (5.61%) .NET Framework
8 12 (5.61%) Middleware
9 11 (5.14%) PySpark
9 11 (5.14%) SOAP
10 10 (4.67%) .NET Core
11 9 (4.21%) Web Services
12 8 (3.74%) React
12 8 (3.74%) XSLT
13 5 (2.34%) ASP.NET Core
13 5 (2.34%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (2.34%) Bootstrap
13 5 (2.34%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.75%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.67%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (4.67%) Replication
3 8 (3.74%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.34%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.40%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.40%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.93%) AS400
7 2 (0.93%) NHS
8 1 (0.47%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.47%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.47%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.47%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.01%) Windows
2 10 (4.67%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (67.76%) Business Intelligence
2 84 (39.25%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (27.10%) Analytics
4 38 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (17.76%) ETL
5 35 (16.36%) DevOps
6 32 (14.95%) Decision-Making
6 32 (14.95%) Performance Tuning
7 31 (14.49%) Data Modelling
7 31 (14.49%) ERP
8 27 (12.62%) Agile
8 27 (12.62%) AI
9 26 (12.15%) Roadmaps
10 25 (11.68%) Dashboard Development
10 25 (11.68%) Visualisation
11 24 (11.21%) Collaborative Working
12 23 (10.75%) Data Architecture
13 22 (10.28%) Data Integration
14 21 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (9.35%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 171 (79.91%) SQL
2 47 (21.96%) Python
3 37 (17.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 36 (16.82%) T-SQL
5 31 (14.49%) JavaScript
6 29 (13.55%) C#
7 14 (6.54%) VBA
8 12 (5.61%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.27%) VBScript
10 6 (2.80%) R
10 6 (2.80%) VB.NET
10 6 (2.80%) XPath
11 5 (2.34%) Java
12 4 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.47%) Bicep
13 1 (0.47%) C++
13 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (19.63%) Degree
2 9 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (4.21%) DBS Check
2 9 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.80%) CFA
5 4 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.36%) Data Quality
2 27 (12.62%) GDPR
3 9 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.74%) QA
4 8 (3.74%) TickIT
5 5 (2.34%) PMO
6 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.40%) SQL Sentry
2 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 98 (45.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.01%) Intapp
3 14 (6.54%) Aderant
4 11 (5.14%) Concur
5 10 (4.67%) Databricks
5 10 (4.67%) iManage
6 7 (3.27%) Oracle
7 5 (2.34%) Nintex
8 4 (1.87%) SAP
9 3 (1.40%) Cognos
9 3 (1.40%) Facebook
9 3 (1.40%) Instagram
9 3 (1.40%) MicroStrategy
9 3 (1.40%) RedGate
10 2 (0.93%) Informatica
11 1 (0.47%) Foundry
11 1 (0.47%) Infor
11 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.47%) Teradata
11 1 (0.47%) VMware