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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 380 362
Rank change year-on-year -107 -18 -50
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 188 316 586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.69% 0.74%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.74% 3.74% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 132 199 511
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,790 £55,587
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +0.37% +1.07%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +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 6,850 8,448 15,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.70% 18.53% 19.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,162 4,993 11,747
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,963 £47,500 £43,500
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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -80 169 £50,000 -13.04% 96
UK excluding London -62 134 £45,000 +5.88% 95
Work from Home +1 91 £50,000 -23.08% 24
Midlands 0 45 £48,500 +2.11% 19
London -38 44 £74,500 +14.62% 13
North of England -14 37 £47,500 +5.56% 25
West Midlands +37 36 £47,292 -14.01% 9
South East -43 32 £42,500 +13.33% 25
North West +17 20 £47,500 +18.75% 14
Yorkshire -35 13 £47,085 -0.87% 10
East Midlands -31 9 £48,500 +12.79% 10
South West -33 7 £45,000 -14.29% 10
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 2
Wales -7 4 £33,750 -10.00% 3
East of England -11 4 £52,500 +31.25% 10
North East - 4 - - 1
Scotland -48 2 - - 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 14 (7.45%) IIS
2 11 (5.85%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (3.72%) Confluence
4 7 (3.72%) SAS
5 4 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.60%) Apache
Applications
1 41 (21.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.19%) Markit EDM
3 3 (1.60%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (1.06%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.53%) Advent Geneva
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.53%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.53%) Magento
5 1 (0.53%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 134 (71.28%) Power Platform
2 119 (63.30%) Azure
3 42 (22.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (21.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 27 (14.36%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (12.23%) Snowflake
7 18 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (7.45%) PowerApps
9 13 (6.91%) dbt
9 13 (6.91%) SaaS
10 9 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (4.79%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.79%) Power Automate
11 8 (4.26%) AWS
11 8 (4.26%) Collibra
11 8 (4.26%) Fivetran
12 7 (3.72%) GCP
13 6 (3.19%) GitHub
14 4 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
15 3 (1.60%) IaaS
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
1 128 (68.09%) Power BI
2 111 (59.04%) SQL Server
3 73 (38.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 38 (20.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (18.09%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (14.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 20 (10.64%) Data Lake
8 13 (6.91%) MySQL
9 12 (6.38%) Tableau
10 10 (5.32%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (4.79%) Relational Database
12 8 (4.26%) DB2
13 5 (2.66%) SAS EBI
13 5 (2.66%) Snowflake Schema
14 4 (2.13%) Power Query
15 3 (1.60%) Crystal Reports
15 3 (1.60%) Data Vault
16 2 (1.06%) Data Mart
16 2 (1.06%) Data Mining
16 2 (1.06%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 8 (4.26%) JIRA
2 4 (2.13%) Git
2 4 (2.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (2.13%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.53%) GitLab
3 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 77 (40.96%) Social Skills
2 75 (39.89%) Finance
3 63 (33.51%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.38%) Billing
4 12 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (5.85%) Law
6 8 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.19%) Banking
7 6 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.66%) Legal
8 5 (2.66%) Retail
9 4 (2.13%) Back Office
10 2 (1.06%) Advertising
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Military
10 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.53%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 44 (23.40%) Analyst
2 43 (22.87%) Developer
3 32 (17.02%) Data Engineer
4 29 (15.43%) Senior
5 16 (8.51%) Applications Support
6 14 (7.45%) Business Developer
6 14 (7.45%) Insight Manager
6 14 (7.45%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 14 (7.45%) Snowflake Engineer
7 13 (6.91%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 13 (6.91%) Data Analyst
7 13 (6.91%) IT Support
7 13 (6.91%) Support Analyst
7 13 (6.91%) Support Engineer
8 12 (6.38%) Business Manager
8 12 (6.38%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) DBA
8 12 (6.38%) Insight Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.38%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (25.00%) .NET
2 15 (7.98%) .NET Framework
3 14 (7.45%) Entity Framework
4 13 (6.91%) ASP.NET
5 12 (6.38%) WinForms
6 11 (5.85%) JSON
7 9 (4.79%) XML
8 5 (2.66%) Middleware
8 5 (2.66%) REST
8 5 (2.66%) Web Services
9 3 (1.60%) Classic ASP
9 3 (1.60%) CSS
9 3 (1.60%) HTML
9 3 (1.60%) React
9 3 (1.60%) Vue
10 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.06%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.06%) EDI
10 2 (1.06%) jQuery
11 1 (0.53%) Kendo UI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (11.70%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.32%) Legacy Applications
4 10 (5.32%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.72%) Low-Code
7 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.60%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.60%) Reinsurance
10 2 (1.06%) Clustering
10 2 (1.06%) Replication
11 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.77%) Windows
2 2 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (71.28%) Business Intelligence
2 82 (43.62%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (35.64%) Analytics
4 56 (29.79%) ETL
5 49 (26.06%) Decision-Making
6 48 (25.53%) Data Modelling
7 38 (20.21%) Visualisation
8 37 (19.68%) Data Analysis
9 36 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (17.02%) DevOps
11 31 (16.49%) Actionable Insight
11 31 (16.49%) Data Engineering
12 29 (15.43%) Process Improvement
13 27 (14.36%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (13.30%) Visual Analytics
15 24 (12.77%) WFM
16 21 (11.17%) Data Governance
16 21 (11.17%) Data Management
16 21 (11.17%) Mentoring
17 20 (10.64%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 155 (82.45%) SQL
2 49 (26.06%) T-SQL
3 46 (24.47%) C#
4 42 (22.34%) Python
5 35 (18.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 14 (7.45%) PowerShell
7 12 (6.38%) VB.NET
8 10 (5.32%) JavaScript
9 8 (4.26%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.60%) Java
10 3 (1.60%) R
10 3 (1.60%) VBA
11 1 (0.53%) C
11 1 (0.53%) PHP
11 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (16.49%) Degree
2 13 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (1.60%) 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 (26.60%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 9 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (4.26%) GDPR
5 4 (2.13%) SLA
6 3 (1.60%) QA
7 1 (0.53%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.13%) Control-M
1 4 (2.13%) 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 71 (37.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.51%) Sage
3 12 (6.38%) Xamarin
4 11 (5.85%) Databricks
5 9 (4.79%) Dataiku
6 8 (4.26%) Google
7 6 (3.19%) Informatica
8 5 (2.66%) Epicor
8 5 (2.66%) Zoho
9 3 (1.60%) Cognos
9 3 (1.60%) MicroStrategy
9 3 (1.60%) Oracle
9 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.06%) Infor
11 1 (0.53%) Advent
11 1 (0.53%) Civica
11 1 (0.53%) Northgate
11 1 (0.53%) RedGate
11 1 (0.53%) VMware
11 1 (0.53%) Yardi