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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 391 398
Rank change year-on-year -148 +7 -78
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 176 293 622
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.67% 0.64%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.21% 4.00% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 152 240 521
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,250 £87,625 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.44% -10.00% +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 7,951 7,329 17,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.67% 16.64% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,825 4,943 12,508
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +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 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 13 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 May 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 -133 174 £57,500 - 60
UK excluding London -104 125 £53,750 +19.44% 49
Work from Home -45 61 £55,000 -15.38% 30
North of England -21 53 £57,500 +17.95% 17
London -81 46 £65,000 -7.14% 17
North West +26 37 £57,500 +24.32% 13
Midlands -57 33 £58,750 +21.13% 5
West Midlands -34 30 £60,000 - 1
South East -46 23 £45,000 +5.88% 16
Yorkshire -52 16 £54,792 +8.50% 3
South West -48 13 £45,000 +12.50% 4
East of England -27 5 £52,500 +31.25% 5
East Midlands -54 3 £57,500 +21.05% 4

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 23 (13.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.98%) IIS
4 2 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.14%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.14%) SAS
5 1 (0.57%) Apache
5 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.70%) Markit EDM
4 2 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (1.14%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.57%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 122 (69.32%) Power Platform
2 96 (54.55%) Azure
3 27 (15.34%) Dynamics 365
4 25 (14.20%) Snowflake
5 19 (10.80%) AWS
6 17 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (9.66%) GitHub
6 17 (9.66%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (9.66%) PowerApps
7 16 (9.09%) Power Automate
8 13 (7.39%) Boomi
8 13 (7.39%) SaaS
9 11 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
10 9 (5.11%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (4.55%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (2.84%) IaaS
13 5 (2.84%) PaaS
14 4 (2.27%) Azure Stack
15 3 (1.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) Firewall
1 1 (0.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (64.77%) Power BI
2 79 (44.89%) SQL Server
3 64 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (14.77%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (11.36%) Relational Database
6 17 (9.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 14 (7.95%) Tableau
8 11 (6.25%) DB2
9 10 (5.68%) MySQL
10 9 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (4.55%) Data Lake
12 7 (3.98%) Power Query
13 5 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (2.84%) Data Vault
14 4 (2.27%) OLAP
14 4 (2.27%) PowerPivot
15 3 (1.70%) Amazon Aurora
15 3 (1.70%) Star Schema
16 2 (1.14%) Data Mining
16 2 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 14 (7.95%) JIRA
2 7 (3.98%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (1.14%) Git
5 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 57 (32.39%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (27.27%) Finance
4 24 (13.64%) Retail
5 19 (10.80%) Law
6 15 (8.52%) Legal
7 14 (7.95%) Marketing
8 9 (5.11%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.27%) Banking
10 4 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.27%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.27%) Social Housing
11 3 (1.70%) Back Office
11 3 (1.70%) Publishing
12 2 (1.14%) Billing
12 2 (1.14%) Front Office
13 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 58 (32.95%) Developer
2 49 (27.84%) Senior
3 44 (25.00%) Analyst
4 29 (16.48%) Data Engineer
5 22 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 22 (12.50%) Senior Developer
6 18 (10.23%) Applications Support
7 16 (9.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 16 (9.09%) Snowflake Engineer
8 14 (7.95%) Senior Applications Support
9 12 (6.82%) Azure Data Engineer
9 12 (6.82%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (6.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 12 (6.82%) SQL Analyst
9 12 (6.82%) SSRS Analyst
9 12 (6.82%) Support Analyst
10 11 (6.25%) Business Developer
10 11 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (5.68%) Python Data Engineer
11 10 (5.68%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (21.02%) .NET
2 24 (13.64%) XML
3 23 (13.07%) JSON
4 18 (10.23%) EDI
5 17 (9.66%) Middleware
6 16 (9.09%) REST
7 14 (7.95%) SOAP
8 10 (5.68%) Web Services
9 8 (4.55%) HTML
10 7 (3.98%) Classic ASP
11 5 (2.84%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.84%) CSS
12 4 (2.27%) Kafka
13 3 (1.70%) React
14 2 (1.14%) .NET Framework
14 2 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC
15 1 (0.57%) ASP.NET Web API
15 1 (0.57%) Entity Framework
15 1 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
15 1 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.95%) Data Structures
2 13 (7.39%) Legacy Applications
3 12 (6.82%) Management Information System
4 9 (5.11%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.55%) Replication
6 7 (3.98%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.41%) Legacy Code
7 6 (3.41%) Low-Code
7 6 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.14%) AS400
10 2 (1.14%) Clustering
10 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.14%) NHS
10 2 (1.14%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.57%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.64%) Windows
2 8 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.14%) Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (65.34%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (23.86%) ETL
4 40 (22.73%) Analytics
5 31 (17.61%) Data Modelling
6 27 (15.34%) ERP
7 26 (14.77%) CRM
8 24 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (13.64%) Decision-Making
9 23 (13.07%) Collaborative Working
9 23 (13.07%) Data Engineering
9 23 (13.07%) DevOps
10 21 (11.93%) Data Pipeline
11 20 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
12 17 (9.66%) Mentoring
12 17 (9.66%) Roadmaps
13 16 (9.09%) Customer Service
14 14 (7.95%) API Integration
14 14 (7.95%) Visualisation
15 13 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 146 (82.95%) SQL
2 52 (29.55%) Python
3 39 (22.16%) T-SQL
4 35 (19.89%) C#
5 20 (11.36%) PowerShell
6 18 (10.23%) JavaScript
7 12 (6.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 12 (6.82%) PL/SQL
8 11 (6.25%) VB.NET
9 9 (5.11%) Java
9 9 (5.11%) VBA
10 7 (3.98%) R
11 5 (2.84%) VBScript
12 1 (0.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (10.80%) Degree
2 6 (3.41%) DBS Check
3 5 (2.84%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.70%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.14%) CFA
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (17.61%) Data Quality
2 13 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.82%) TickIT
4 7 (3.98%) GDPR
4 7 (3.98%) SLA
5 4 (2.27%) QA
6 1 (0.57%) PMO
6 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (7.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.70%) Control-M
2 1 (0.57%) CASB
2 1 (0.57%) MOM
2 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 75 (42.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.11%) iManage
3 5 (2.84%) Cognos
3 5 (2.84%) Intapp
3 5 (2.84%) MicroStrategy
4 4 (2.27%) Databricks
4 4 (2.27%) Epicor
4 4 (2.27%) Informatica
4 4 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.14%) Adyen
5 2 (1.14%) Facebook
5 2 (1.14%) Instagram
5 2 (1.14%) SAP
6 1 (0.57%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.57%) Sage
6 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.57%) VMware
6 1 (0.57%) Zscaler