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 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 592 468 424
Rank change year-on-year -124 -44 -142
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 221 219 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.44% 0.53%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.50% 3.07% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 186 176 232
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £79,063 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,375 £86,625 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,366 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 8,848 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 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 25 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 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
England -115 202 £55,000 -8.90% 113
UK excluding London -130 143 £51,366 +8.14% 69
Work from Home -73 69 £52,500 -12.50% 39
London -43 67 £70,000 -12.50% 51
North of England -42 51 £56,250 +33.93% 22
Midlands -44 46 £55,000 +13.40% 16
North West -3 37 £57,500 - 9
West Midlands -48 31 £55,000 -4.35% 9
South East -66 19 £48,500 +7.78% 16
East Midlands -30 15 £43,750 -9.79% 7
South West -77 15 £47,500 -7.32%
Yorkshire -33 11 £44,000 -5.38% 13
Scotland +9 8 £50,000 +1.52% 6
East of England -24 3 £62,500 +4.17% 8
North East -72 3 - - 1
Wales -70 1 £33,789 -20.50% 2

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 (8.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 9 (4.07%) IIS
4 5 (2.26%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (9.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (4.07%) Elite 3E
2 7 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.81%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.45%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 153 (69.23%) Power Platform
2 113 (51.13%) Azure
3 32 (14.48%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (12.67%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (11.31%) Power Automate
6 24 (10.86%) AWS
7 19 (8.60%) PowerApps
8 17 (7.69%) GitHub
9 16 (7.24%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (6.33%) Snowflake
11 12 (5.43%) Boomi
12 9 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
13 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (2.71%) Azure Stack
15 5 (2.26%) Serverless
16 4 (1.81%) Azure Functions
16 4 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 3 (1.36%) Azure AI
17 3 (1.36%) Azure Service Bus
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
1 146 (66.06%) Power BI
2 77 (34.84%) SQL Server
3 64 (28.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 54 (24.43%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (14.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 25 (11.31%) Relational Database
7 16 (7.24%) Power Query
8 15 (6.79%) Tableau
9 14 (6.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (4.07%) QlikView
11 7 (3.17%) Data Lake
11 7 (3.17%) OLAP
12 6 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (2.26%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (1.81%) GIS
14 4 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
15 3 (1.36%) PowerPivot
15 3 (1.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (6.33%) JIRA
2 12 (5.43%) Git
3 10 (4.52%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.90%) Postman
4 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (33.48%) Analytical Skills
2 73 (33.03%) Social Skills
3 51 (23.08%) Finance
4 42 (19.00%) Law
5 37 (16.74%) Legal
6 24 (10.86%) Retail
7 20 (9.05%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.79%) Marketing
9 13 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (4.52%) Fire and Rescue
10 10 (4.52%) Social Housing
11 8 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.71%) Billing
12 6 (2.71%) Front Office
13 5 (2.26%) Military
14 4 (1.81%) Back Office
15 3 (1.36%) Games
15 3 (1.36%) Publishing
16 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.90%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 76 (34.39%) Developer
2 58 (26.24%) Analyst
3 46 (20.81%) Senior
4 25 (11.31%) Data Engineer
5 21 (9.50%) Senior Developer
6 19 (8.60%) Consultant
6 19 (8.60%) SQL Developer
7 15 (6.79%) Data Analyst
8 13 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 13 (5.88%) Finance Systems Analyst
8 13 (5.88%) Financial Analyst
8 13 (5.88%) Systems Analyst
9 11 (4.98%) Lead
10 10 (4.52%) Applications Developer
10 10 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 10 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 10 (4.52%) Report Analyst
10 10 (4.52%) Team Leader
11 9 (4.07%) Applications Support
11 9 (4.07%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.67%) .NET
2 26 (11.76%) HTML
3 25 (11.31%) XML
4 23 (10.41%) REST
5 20 (9.05%) EDI
6 19 (8.60%) CSS
7 17 (7.69%) JSON
8 16 (7.24%) Middleware
9 15 (6.79%) SOAP
10 13 (5.88%) ASP.NET
11 12 (5.43%) .NET Framework
12 11 (4.98%) PySpark
13 10 (4.52%) .NET Core
14 9 (4.07%) Web Services
15 8 (3.62%) React
15 8 (3.62%) XSLT
16 5 (2.26%) ASP.NET Core
16 5 (2.26%) ASP.NET MVC
16 5 (2.26%) Bootstrap
16 5 (2.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 11 (4.98%) Replication
3 10 (4.52%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (3.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.90%) AS400
11 2 (0.90%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.90%) NHS
11 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.45%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
12 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.79%) Windows
2 10 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (66.97%) Business Intelligence
2 94 (42.53%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (27.60%) Analytics
4 41 (18.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 41 (18.55%) ETL
5 39 (17.65%) DevOps
6 35 (15.84%) ERP
7 33 (14.93%) Decision-Making
7 33 (14.93%) Performance Tuning
8 31 (14.03%) Roadmaps
9 30 (13.57%) Data Modelling
10 29 (13.12%) Collaborative Working
11 28 (12.67%) AI
12 25 (11.31%) Agile
12 25 (11.31%) Visualisation
13 24 (10.86%) CRM
13 24 (10.86%) Data Integration
14 23 (10.41%) Dashboard Development
15 21 (9.50%) Data Architecture
15 21 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 179 (81.00%) SQL
2 48 (21.72%) Python
3 37 (16.74%) T-SQL
4 36 (16.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 32 (14.48%) JavaScript
6 28 (12.67%) C#
7 15 (6.79%) VBA
8 12 (5.43%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.17%) VBScript
10 6 (2.71%) Java
10 6 (2.71%) R
10 6 (2.71%) VB.NET
10 6 (2.71%) XPath
11 4 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.45%) Bicep
12 1 (0.45%) C++
12 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (19.46%) Degree
2 9 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (4.07%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.62%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.17%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.71%) CFA
6 4 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.74%) Data Quality
2 27 (12.22%) GDPR
3 12 (5.43%) TickIT
4 8 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.62%) QA
5 5 (2.26%) PMO
6 3 (1.36%) SLA
7 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 8 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) Docker
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Grafana
1 1 (0.45%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 102 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.79%) Intapp
3 13 (5.88%) Aderant
4 10 (4.52%) Concur
4 10 (4.52%) iManage
5 8 (3.62%) Databricks
6 7 (3.17%) Oracle
7 5 (2.26%) Nintex
8 3 (1.36%) Cognos
8 3 (1.36%) Facebook
8 3 (1.36%) Instagram
8 3 (1.36%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (1.36%) SAP
9 2 (0.90%) Informatica
10 1 (0.45%) Foundry
10 1 (0.45%) Infor
10 1 (0.45%) RedGate
10 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.45%) Teradata
10 1 (0.45%) VMware