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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 408 285
Rank change year-on-year -34 -123 +61
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 216 380 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.56% 1.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.11% 3.58% 5.17%
Number of salaries quoted 156 213 516
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,328 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.17%

All Database and 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 6,944 10,608 11,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 15.68% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,418 6,025 9,092
10th Percentile £32,925 £37,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 18 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 4 November 2025. 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 -21 179 £57,500 -4.17% 100
UK excluding London -19 144 £47,500 - 88
Work from Home +63 105 £55,000 -4.35% 74
London -22 53 £80,000 +14.29% 31
South East +15 37 £42,500 +13.33% 37
North of England +1 35 £43,250 -8.95% 17
Midlands +44 34 £50,000 - 15
West Midlands +39 23 £56,250 +2.27% 11
North West -5 15 £50,000 +8.11% 13
South West +20 13 £73,750 +22.92% 6
East Midlands +32 11 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Yorkshire +3 11 £46,500 -13.08% 4
North East - 9 £35,000 -
Scotland -48 8 £44,250 -0.56% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £65,000 - 1
Wales +10 5 £37,500 -12.28% 4
East of England +17 3 £60,000 +9.09% 4
Channel Islands +11 2 £87,500 +29.63%

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 (8.80%) IIS
2 11 (5.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.78%) Confluence
4 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.31%) SAS
5 3 (1.39%) Apache
5 3 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.93%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 43 (19.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.70%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 7 (3.24%) Elite 3E
4 6 (2.78%) Infor CloudSuite
5 5 (2.31%) Exchequer
6 4 (1.85%) Sage 1000
7 3 (1.39%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (1.39%) Markit EDM
7 3 (1.39%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.93%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.46%) Advent Geneva
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 148 (68.52%) Power Platform
2 119 (55.09%) Azure
3 55 (25.46%) Azure Data Factory
4 44 (20.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 30 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (6.48%) Snowflake
8 13 (6.02%) PowerApps
9 12 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (4.17%) dbt
10 9 (4.17%) SaaS
11 8 (3.70%) GCP
12 7 (3.24%) AWS
12 7 (3.24%) Collibra
12 7 (3.24%) Fivetran
12 7 (3.24%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.85%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.85%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.31%) Internet
1 5 (2.31%) LAN
1 5 (2.31%) SAN
1 5 (2.31%) SSL
1 5 (2.31%) TCP/IP
1 5 (2.31%) VoIP
1 5 (2.31%) WAN
2 1 (0.46%) DHCP
2 1 (0.46%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (66.67%) Power BI
2 126 (58.33%) SQL Server
3 109 (50.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (22.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 48 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (18.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 18 (8.33%) Data Lake
8 15 (6.94%) Crystal Reports
9 13 (6.02%) Relational Database
10 10 (4.63%) Tableau
11 8 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.78%) MySQL
13 5 (2.31%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (2.31%) EDRMS
13 5 (2.31%) Geospatial Data
13 5 (2.31%) GIS
13 5 (2.31%) Metadata
13 5 (2.31%) SAS EBI
13 5 (2.31%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (1.85%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (4.17%) JIRA
2 7 (3.24%) Git
3 4 (1.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.39%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.46%) GitLab
5 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.46%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.46%) Postman
General
1 95 (43.98%) Finance
1 95 (43.98%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.31%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (9.72%) Law
4 17 (7.87%) Legal
5 14 (6.48%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (6.02%) Billing
7 12 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.70%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.78%) Back Office
9 6 (2.78%) Retail
10 5 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.31%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.85%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Advertising
13 2 (0.93%) Automotive
13 2 (0.93%) Marketing
13 2 (0.93%) Military
13 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (29.63%) Developer
2 46 (21.30%) Analyst
3 36 (16.67%) Senior
4 29 (13.43%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.80%) Support Engineer
6 18 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 17 (7.87%) Senior Developer
8 16 (7.41%) Applications Support
8 16 (7.41%) IT Support
9 15 (6.94%) SQL Developer
10 13 (6.02%) DBA
10 13 (6.02%) Senior Data Engineer
10 13 (6.02%) Support Analyst
11 12 (5.56%) Business Manager
11 12 (5.56%) Insight Analyst
11 12 (5.56%) Insight Manager
11 12 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
11 12 (5.56%) Software Engineer
11 12 (5.56%) Software Support Engineer
11 12 (5.56%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (26.39%) .NET
2 20 (9.26%) .NET Framework
3 19 (8.80%) ASP.NET
4 18 (8.33%) Entity Framework
5 12 (5.56%) CSS
5 12 (5.56%) HTML
5 12 (5.56%) Web Services
5 12 (5.56%) WinForms
6 7 (3.24%) REST
7 6 (2.78%) jQuery
7 6 (2.78%) React
8 5 (2.31%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.31%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.31%) WCF
9 3 (1.39%) Node.js
9 3 (1.39%) PySpark
9 3 (1.39%) Vue
10 2 (0.93%) Blazor
10 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.93%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.89%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.02%) Data Structures
2 13 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.09%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.70%) Clustering
6 4 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.85%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.85%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.89%) Windows
2 12 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (68.98%) Business Intelligence
2 100 (46.30%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (32.87%) ETL
4 68 (31.48%) Analytics
5 51 (23.61%) Decision-Making
6 47 (21.76%) Data Analysis
7 43 (19.91%) Visualisation
8 42 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (18.98%) Data Modelling
10 35 (16.20%) Actionable Insight
11 32 (14.81%) DevOps
11 32 (14.81%) Process Improvement
12 30 (13.89%) CRM
13 29 (13.43%) Agile
14 26 (12.04%) Data Management
14 26 (12.04%) Mentoring
15 25 (11.57%) Visual Analytics
16 24 (11.11%) Data Engineering
16 24 (11.11%) WFM
17 23 (10.65%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 189 (87.50%) SQL
2 65 (30.09%) T-SQL
3 49 (22.69%) C#
4 38 (17.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 33 (15.28%) Python
6 24 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 13 (6.02%) VB.NET
8 8 (3.70%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.31%) VBA
10 3 (1.39%) Bash
11 2 (0.93%) C++
12 1 (0.46%) C
12 1 (0.46%) Java
12 1 (0.46%) PHP
12 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (16.67%) Degree
2 16 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.85%) MCSE
6 3 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.93%) HNC
7 2 (0.93%) HND
7 2 (0.93%) MCSA
7 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMP
8 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.41%) GDPR
3 13 (6.02%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.31%) QA
5 1 (0.46%) PMO
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.46%) Control-M
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 102 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.80%) Sage
3 14 (6.48%) Databricks
4 12 (5.56%) Xamarin
5 9 (4.17%) Dataiku
5 9 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.70%) Google
6 8 (3.70%) Infor
6 8 (3.70%) Intapp
6 8 (3.70%) Oracle
7 6 (2.78%) Civica
8 5 (2.31%) Capita
8 5 (2.31%) NEC
8 5 (2.31%) Zoho
9 4 (1.85%) Aderant
9 4 (1.85%) Informatica
9 4 (1.85%) VMware
10 3 (1.39%) eFront
10 3 (1.39%) RedGate
11 2 (0.93%) Lotus