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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 370 355
Rank change year-on-year -119 -15 -45
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 189 333 584
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.69% 0.78%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.76% 3.74% 3.97%
Number of salaries quoted 132 191 511
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,790 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% -2.97% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -14.00% +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 6,855 8,908 14,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.96% 18.36% 19.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,172 5,094 11,520
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,499 £47,750 £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 £86,250 £75,000
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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -55 168 £50,000 -13.04% 56
UK excluding London -66 132 £45,000 +4.65% 56
Work from Home +13 91 £50,000 -20.00% 22
Midlands +22 45 £48,500 -7.62% 16
London -28 45 £75,000 +15.38% 10
West Midlands +24 36 £47,292 -15.92% 8
North of England -13 35 £47,085 +7.01% 14
South East -39 32 £42,500 +13.33% 15
North West +8 20 £47,500 +18.75% 11
Yorkshire -31 11 £47,085 +4.63% 3
East Midlands -24 9 £48,500 +2.11% 8
South West -27 7 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 1
East of England -4 4 £52,500 +31.25% 6
Wales -4 4 £33,750 -10.00% 2
North East - 4 - -
Scotland -45 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 14 (7.41%) IIS
2 11 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (3.70%) Confluence
4 7 (3.70%) SAS
5 4 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.59%) Apache
Applications
1 41 (21.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.17%) Markit EDM
3 4 (2.12%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (1.06%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (1.06%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.53%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 136 (71.96%) Power Platform
2 118 (62.43%) Azure
3 43 (22.75%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (21.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 27 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 22 (11.64%) Snowflake
7 18 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
8 15 (7.94%) PowerApps
9 13 (6.88%) dbt
9 13 (6.88%) SaaS
10 10 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (5.29%) Entra ID
11 9 (4.76%) Power Automate
12 8 (4.23%) Collibra
12 8 (4.23%) Fivetran
13 7 (3.70%) AWS
13 7 (3.70%) GCP
14 6 (3.17%) GitHub
15 5 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
16 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) DHCP
1 1 (0.53%) DNS
1 1 (0.53%) Firewall
1 1 (0.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (68.25%) Power BI
2 112 (59.26%) SQL Server
3 74 (39.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (20.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (17.99%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (10.05%) Data Lake
8 13 (6.88%) MySQL
9 12 (6.35%) Tableau
10 10 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (4.23%) Relational Database
12 7 (3.70%) DB2
13 5 (2.65%) SAS EBI
13 5 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (2.12%) Power Query
15 3 (1.59%) Crystal Reports
16 2 (1.06%) Data Mart
16 2 (1.06%) Data Mining
16 2 (1.06%) Data Vault
16 2 (1.06%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 8 (4.23%) JIRA
2 4 (2.12%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (2.12%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (42.33%) Social Skills
2 77 (40.74%) Finance
3 63 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.35%) Billing
4 12 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.82%) Law
6 8 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.17%) Banking
7 6 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.17%) Legal
8 4 (2.12%) Retail
9 3 (1.59%) Back Office
9 3 (1.59%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.06%) Advertising
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Military
10 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.53%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 43 (22.75%) Analyst
1 43 (22.75%) Developer
2 32 (16.93%) Data Engineer
3 29 (15.34%) Senior
4 14 (7.41%) Applications Support
4 14 (7.41%) Business Developer
4 14 (7.41%) Insight Manager
5 13 (6.88%) Data Analyst
5 13 (6.88%) IT Support
5 13 (6.88%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 13 (6.88%) Snowflake Engineer
5 13 (6.88%) Support Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (6.35%) DBA
6 12 (6.35%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (6.35%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) Senior Data Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) Software Engineer
6 12 (6.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (24.34%) .NET
2 16 (8.47%) .NET Framework
3 14 (7.41%) Entity Framework
4 13 (6.88%) ASP.NET
5 12 (6.35%) WinForms
6 11 (5.82%) JSON
7 9 (4.76%) XML
8 6 (3.17%) REST
9 5 (2.65%) Middleware
9 5 (2.65%) Web Services
10 3 (1.59%) CSS
10 3 (1.59%) HTML
10 3 (1.59%) React
10 3 (1.59%) Vue
11 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.06%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.06%) EDI
11 2 (1.06%) jQuery
12 1 (0.53%) HTML5
12 1 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.23%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (11.64%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.35%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (4.23%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.70%) Low-Code
8 6 (3.17%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.12%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.59%) Reinsurance
11 2 (1.06%) Clustering
11 2 (1.06%) Replication
12 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
12 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
12 1 (0.53%) NHS
12 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.70%) Windows
2 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (72.49%) Business Intelligence
2 83 (43.92%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (35.98%) Analytics
4 57 (30.16%) ETL
5 50 (26.46%) Decision-Making
6 48 (25.40%) Data Modelling
7 39 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (19.58%) Data Analysis
8 37 (19.58%) Visualisation
9 32 (16.93%) Actionable Insight
9 32 (16.93%) DevOps
10 31 (16.40%) Data Engineering
11 29 (15.34%) Process Improvement
12 26 (13.76%) Data Pipeline
13 25 (13.23%) Visual Analytics
14 24 (12.70%) WFM
15 23 (12.17%) Mentoring
16 21 (11.11%) Data Governance
16 21 (11.11%) Data Management
17 20 (10.58%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 155 (82.01%) SQL
2 51 (26.98%) T-SQL
3 44 (23.28%) C#
4 42 (22.22%) Python
5 34 (17.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 14 (7.41%) PowerShell
7 11 (5.82%) VB.NET
8 9 (4.76%) JavaScript
9 7 (3.70%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.59%) VBA
11 2 (1.06%) R
12 1 (0.53%) C
12 1 (0.53%) Java
12 1 (0.53%) PHP
12 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (16.40%) Degree
2 13 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.06%) MCSE
5 2 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.06%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.53%) HNC
6 1 (0.53%) HND
6 1 (0.53%) MCSA
6 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.53%) PMP
6 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (26.46%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.35%) Actionable Recommendations
3 9 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.23%) GDPR
5 4 (2.12%) SLA
6 3 (1.59%) QA
7 1 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Control-M
1 4 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.53%) CASB
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.53%) MOM
2 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.99%) Sage
3 12 (6.35%) Databricks
3 12 (6.35%) Xamarin
4 9 (4.76%) Dataiku
5 8 (4.23%) Google
6 6 (3.17%) Informatica
7 5 (2.65%) Epicor
7 5 (2.65%) Zoho
8 3 (1.59%) Oracle
9 2 (1.06%) Cognos
9 2 (1.06%) Infor
9 2 (1.06%) Intapp
9 2 (1.06%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.53%) Adyen
10 1 (0.53%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.53%) RedGate
10 1 (0.53%) Yardi
10 1 (0.53%) Zscaler