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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 410 290
Rank change year-on-year -37 -120 +48
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 217 371 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.55% 1.11%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.19% 3.54% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 157 206 513
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £88,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +4.71%

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 6,809 10,488 11,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.10% 15.62% 21.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,454 5,916 9,086
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,042
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,375 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% -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 11 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 11 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 -42 181 £57,500 -4.17% 122
UK excluding London -12 145 £47,500 +5.56% 84
Work from Home +71 105 £55,000 - 80
London -14 53 £80,000 +14.29% 45
North of England +25 36 £44,000 -7.37% 27
South East +15 36 £42,500 +13.33% 22
Midlands +51 35 £48,500 -3.00% 17
West Midlands +39 24 £52,500 +2.44% 12
North West +11 16 £57,500 +27.78% 25
South West +12 13 £73,750 +22.92% 6
East Midlands +32 11 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Yorkshire +4 11 £46,500 -13.08% 2
North East - 9 £35,000 -
Scotland -41 8 £44,250 -0.56% 3
Northern Ireland - 7 £65,000 - 1
Wales +7 5 £37,500 -6.54% 1
East of England +1 4 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Channel Islands - 1 £87,500 -

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 (8.76%) IIS
2 11 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.76%) Confluence
4 5 (2.30%) SAS
5 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.38%) Apache
6 3 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.92%) HCL Notes
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 42 (19.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (4.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.69%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 7 (3.23%) Elite 3E
4 6 (2.76%) Infor CloudSuite
5 5 (2.30%) Exchequer
6 4 (1.84%) Sage 1000
7 3 (1.38%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (1.38%) Markit EDM
7 3 (1.38%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.46%) Advent Geneva
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 147 (67.74%) Power Platform
2 120 (55.30%) Azure
3 56 (25.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 46 (21.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 31 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (6.91%) Snowflake
8 12 (5.53%) PowerApps
9 11 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (4.61%) dbt
11 8 (3.69%) Collibra
11 8 (3.69%) Fivetran
11 8 (3.69%) GCP
11 8 (3.69%) SaaS
12 7 (3.23%) AWS
12 7 (3.23%) Power Automate
13 6 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.84%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.84%) Entra ID
14 4 (1.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.30%) Internet
1 5 (2.30%) LAN
1 5 (2.30%) SAN
1 5 (2.30%) SSL
1 5 (2.30%) TCP/IP
1 5 (2.30%) VoIP
1 5 (2.30%) WAN
2 1 (0.46%) DHCP
2 1 (0.46%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (66.36%) Power BI
2 127 (58.53%) SQL Server
3 111 (51.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 49 (22.58%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (22.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 40 (18.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (8.76%) Data Lake
8 15 (6.91%) Crystal Reports
9 13 (5.99%) Relational Database
10 10 (4.61%) Tableau
11 7 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (2.76%) MySQL
12 6 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (2.30%) EDRMS
13 5 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
13 5 (2.30%) GIS
13 5 (2.30%) SAS EBI
14 4 (1.84%) Metadata
14 4 (1.84%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (4.15%) JIRA
2 7 (3.23%) Git
3 4 (1.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (1.38%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.46%) GitLab
5 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.46%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.46%) Postman
General
1 94 (43.32%) Social Skills
2 93 (42.86%) Finance
3 59 (27.19%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.68%) Law
5 17 (7.83%) Legal
6 14 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.99%) Billing
7 13 (5.99%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.69%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.76%) Back Office
9 6 (2.76%) Retail
10 5 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.30%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.84%) Swedish Language
12 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.92%) Advertising
13 2 (0.92%) Automotive
13 2 (0.92%) Banking
13 2 (0.92%) Military
13 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (29.49%) Developer
2 47 (21.66%) Analyst
3 36 (16.59%) Senior
4 31 (14.29%) Data Engineer
5 19 (8.76%) Support Engineer
6 18 (8.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 17 (7.83%) Applications Support
8 16 (7.37%) IT Support
8 16 (7.37%) Senior Developer
9 15 (6.91%) Senior Data Engineer
9 15 (6.91%) Support Analyst
10 14 (6.45%) SQL Developer
11 13 (5.99%) DBA
12 12 (5.53%) Business Manager
12 12 (5.53%) Insight Manager
12 12 (5.53%) IT Engineer
12 12 (5.53%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (5.53%) Software Engineer
12 12 (5.53%) Software Support Engineer
12 12 (5.53%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (27.19%) .NET
2 20 (9.22%) .NET Framework
3 19 (8.76%) ASP.NET
4 18 (8.29%) Entity Framework
5 12 (5.53%) CSS
5 12 (5.53%) HTML
5 12 (5.53%) Web Services
5 12 (5.53%) WinForms
6 7 (3.23%) REST
7 6 (2.76%) jQuery
7 6 (2.76%) React
8 5 (2.30%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.30%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.30%) WCF
9 3 (1.38%) Node.js
9 3 (1.38%) PySpark
9 3 (1.38%) Vue
10 2 (0.92%) KnockoutJS
10 2 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.92%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (5.99%) Data Structures
2 13 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.53%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.69%) Clustering
6 4 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.38%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.46%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.46%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.46%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.82%) Windows
2 12 (5.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (69.12%) Business Intelligence
2 101 (46.54%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (32.72%) ETL
4 70 (32.26%) Analytics
5 51 (23.50%) Decision-Making
6 47 (21.66%) Data Analysis
7 43 (19.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (19.82%) Data Modelling
7 43 (19.82%) Visualisation
8 35 (16.13%) Actionable Insight
9 33 (15.21%) DevOps
10 32 (14.75%) Process Improvement
11 29 (13.36%) Agile
11 29 (13.36%) CRM
12 25 (11.52%) Data Engineering
12 25 (11.52%) Data Management
12 25 (11.52%) Visual Analytics
13 24 (11.06%) Data Pipeline
13 24 (11.06%) Mentoring
13 24 (11.06%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 189 (87.10%) SQL
2 65 (29.95%) T-SQL
3 50 (23.04%) C#
4 38 (17.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 34 (15.67%) Python
6 23 (10.60%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.99%) VB.NET
8 8 (3.69%) PowerShell
9 5 (2.30%) VBA
10 3 (1.38%) Bash
11 2 (0.92%) C++
12 1 (0.46%) C
12 1 (0.46%) PHP
12 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (16.59%) Degree
2 16 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 10 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.84%) MCSE
6 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.92%) HNC
7 2 (0.92%) HND
7 2 (0.92%) MCSA
7 2 (0.92%) 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 37 (17.05%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.37%) GDPR
3 13 (5.99%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.30%) QA
5 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.38%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (1.38%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.46%) Control-M
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 101 (46.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.22%) Sage
3 14 (6.45%) Databricks
4 12 (5.53%) Xamarin
5 10 (4.61%) Dataiku
6 9 (4.15%) Salesforce
7 8 (3.69%) Google
7 8 (3.69%) Infor
7 8 (3.69%) Intapp
7 8 (3.69%) Oracle
8 6 (2.76%) Civica
9 5 (2.30%) Capita
9 5 (2.30%) NEC
9 5 (2.30%) Zoho
10 3 (1.38%) Aderant
10 3 (1.38%) eFront
10 3 (1.38%) Informatica
10 3 (1.38%) RedGate
10 3 (1.38%) VMware
11 2 (0.92%) Lotus