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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 404 338
Rank change year-on-year -69 -66 -43
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 183 328 493
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.61% 0.83%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.77% 3.45% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 127 176 433
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,875 £37,178 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -10.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -

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 6,612 9,494 12,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.85% 17.80% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,168 5,283 9,393
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,780 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £114,850 £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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -30 159 £55,000 +4.76% 73
UK excluding London -44 123 £47,500 +11.76% 73
Work from Home +37 79 £55,000 -8.33% 18
London -6 44 £80,000 +23.08% 6
Midlands +36 40 £48,500 +7.78% 19
West Midlands +44 31 £47,500 +11.76% 10
North of England +15 31 £44,000 +2.33% 13
South East +6 28 £42,500 +13.33% 19
North West +14 14 £57,500 +33.72% 5
Yorkshire -12 11 £44,000 -2.22% 6
East Midlands -4 9 £48,500 -11.82% 9
South West -13 8 £47,500 -24.00% 8
North East - 6 £35,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 1
Wales +3 4 £33,750 -10.00% 2
East of England +1 4 £52,500 +23.53% 11
Scotland -41 3 £55,000 +23.60% 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 17 (9.29%) IIS
2 10 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.83%) Confluence
3 7 (3.83%) SAS
4 4 (2.19%) Apache
5 3 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.09%) HCL Notes
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 38 (20.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (3.28%) Elite 3E
3 4 (2.19%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (2.19%) Markit EDM
4 3 (1.64%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 3 (1.64%) Visualfiles
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.55%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.55%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 132 (72.13%) Power Platform
2 101 (55.19%) Azure
3 47 (25.68%) Azure Data Factory
4 43 (23.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 28 (15.30%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (10.38%) Snowflake
7 11 (6.01%) dbt
7 11 (6.01%) PowerApps
8 10 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (4.37%) Collibra
9 8 (4.37%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (4.37%) Fivetran
9 8 (4.37%) GCP
10 5 (2.73%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.73%) SaaS
11 4 (2.19%) AWS
11 4 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.19%) GitHub
12 3 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) Internet
1 2 (1.09%) LAN
1 2 (1.09%) SAN
1 2 (1.09%) SSL
1 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.09%) VoIP
1 2 (1.09%) WAN
2 1 (0.55%) DHCP
2 1 (0.55%) DNS
2 1 (0.55%) Firewall
2 1 (0.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (69.95%) Power BI
2 104 (56.83%) SQL Server
3 81 (44.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 40 (21.86%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (19.67%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (18.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (10.38%) Data Lake
8 13 (7.10%) Relational Database
9 9 (4.92%) Tableau
10 6 (3.28%) MySQL
11 5 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (2.73%) SAS EBI
11 5 (2.73%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (2.19%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (2.19%) Power Query
13 3 (1.64%) MongoDB
14 2 (1.09%) BigQuery
14 2 (1.09%) Data Mart
14 2 (1.09%) Data Mining
14 2 (1.09%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 9 (4.92%) JIRA
2 7 (3.83%) Git
3 5 (2.73%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.55%) GitLab
5 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.55%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (43.72%) Social Skills
2 78 (42.62%) Finance
3 57 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.65%) Law
5 13 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (6.56%) Billing
7 10 (5.46%) Legal
8 6 (3.28%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.19%) Banking
10 4 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.19%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.64%) Back Office
11 3 (1.64%) Retail
12 2 (1.09%) Advertising
12 2 (1.09%) Military
12 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.55%) Automotive
13 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.55%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 50 (27.32%) Developer
2 33 (18.03%) Data Engineer
3 32 (17.49%) Analyst
4 29 (15.85%) Senior
5 15 (8.20%) Senior Data Engineer
5 15 (8.20%) Support Engineer
6 14 (7.65%) Insight Manager
7 13 (7.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 13 (7.10%) DBA
8 12 (6.56%) Business Developer
8 12 (6.56%) Business Manager
8 12 (6.56%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (6.56%) Insight Analyst
8 12 (6.56%) IT Engineer
8 12 (6.56%) IT Support
8 12 (6.56%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.56%) Software Engineer
8 12 (6.56%) Software Support Engineer
8 12 (6.56%) SQL DBA
9 11 (6.01%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (24.59%) .NET
2 16 (8.74%) .NET Framework
3 14 (7.65%) ASP.NET
3 14 (7.65%) Entity Framework
4 12 (6.56%) WinForms
5 7 (3.83%) REST
6 5 (2.73%) Web Services
7 3 (1.64%) CSS
7 3 (1.64%) HTML
7 3 (1.64%) JSON
7 3 (1.64%) Middleware
7 3 (1.64%) PySpark
7 3 (1.64%) React
7 3 (1.64%) Vue
7 3 (1.64%) WCF
8 2 (1.09%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.09%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.09%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (1.09%) jQuery
9 1 (0.55%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.66%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (8.20%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.65%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (7.65%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.19%) Clustering
4 4 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.19%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.19%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.19%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.55%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.55%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.55%) NHS
6 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.48%) Windows
2 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (74.32%) Business Intelligence
2 83 (45.36%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (37.16%) Analytics
4 59 (32.24%) ETL
5 51 (27.87%) Decision-Making
6 43 (23.50%) Data Modelling
7 41 (22.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (21.31%) Visualisation
9 38 (20.77%) Data Analysis
10 35 (19.13%) Actionable Insight
11 31 (16.94%) DevOps
12 28 (15.30%) Data Engineering
13 26 (14.21%) Process Improvement
14 25 (13.66%) Data Pipeline
14 25 (13.66%) Visual Analytics
15 24 (13.11%) WFM
16 23 (12.57%) AI
16 23 (12.57%) Data Management
17 22 (12.02%) Agile
18 19 (10.38%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 150 (81.97%) SQL
2 50 (27.32%) T-SQL
3 37 (20.22%) C#
4 34 (18.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 32 (17.49%) Python
6 6 (3.28%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.73%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.64%) VBA
9 2 (1.09%) C++
10 1 (0.55%) C
10 1 (0.55%) PHP
10 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (16.94%) Degree
2 14 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (1.64%) MCSE
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.64%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.09%) HNC
5 2 (1.09%) HND
5 2 (1.09%) MCSA
5 2 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (21.31%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (4.37%) GDPR
4 5 (2.73%) QA
5 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.09%) Control-M
2 2 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.55%) CASB
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (0.55%) MOM
3 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (38.80%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.29%) Sage
3 13 (7.10%) Databricks
4 12 (6.56%) Xamarin
5 10 (5.46%) Dataiku
6 8 (4.37%) Google
7 7 (3.83%) Intapp
7 7 (3.83%) Oracle
8 5 (2.73%) Zoho
9 4 (2.19%) Informatica
10 3 (1.64%) Infor
10 3 (1.64%) RedGate
11 2 (1.09%) Epicor
11 2 (1.09%) Lotus
12 1 (0.55%) Advent
12 1 (0.55%) Civica
12 1 (0.55%) Northgate
12 1 (0.55%) Orchard
12 1 (0.55%) VMware
12 1 (0.55%) Yardi