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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 408 345
Rank change year-on-year -77 -63 -44
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 181 328 591
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.63% 0.81%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.73% 3.56% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 127 179 518
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,067
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,085 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.79% -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 6,622 9,222 14,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.36% 17.85% 19.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,092 5,095 11,519
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £43,750
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 £85,000 £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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -31 158 £53,750 +0.54% 53
UK excluding London -48 125 £47,085 +10.79% 48
Work from Home +21 80 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Midlands +36 45 £48,500 +2.11% 20
London -5 42 £80,000 +23.08% 10
West Midlands +45 36 £47,500 +5.56% 14
South East +5 30 £42,500 +13.33% 9
North of England -7 29 £47,085 +9.50% 11
North West +19 15 £57,500 +33.72% 5
Yorkshire -20 10 £45,542 +1.21% 5
East Midlands -4 9 £48,500 +2.11% 6
South West -27 7 £45,000 -14.29% 5
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 -
Wales +2 4 £33,750 -10.00%
East of England -1 4 £52,500 +31.25% 2
North East - 4 - - 1
Scotland -59 3 £55,000 +23.60% 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 13 (7.18%) IIS
2 10 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.87%) Confluence
3 7 (3.87%) SAS
4 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.21%) Apache
6 3 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 40 (22.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.76%) Elite 3E
3 4 (2.21%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (2.21%) Markit EDM
4 3 (1.66%) Visualfiles
5 2 (1.10%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 1 (0.55%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 133 (73.48%) Power Platform
2 108 (59.67%) Azure
3 46 (25.41%) Azure Data Factory
4 40 (22.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 28 (15.47%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (11.05%) Snowflake
7 14 (7.73%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (7.18%) PowerApps
9 11 (6.08%) dbt
10 9 (4.97%) SaaS
11 8 (4.42%) Collibra
11 8 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (4.42%) Fivetran
11 8 (4.42%) GCP
12 7 (3.87%) Power Automate
13 6 (3.31%) Entra ID
14 5 (2.76%) AWS
15 4 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (2.21%) GitHub
16 3 (1.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) DHCP
1 1 (0.55%) DNS
1 1 (0.55%) Firewall
1 1 (0.55%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (70.72%) Power BI
2 103 (56.91%) SQL Server
3 72 (39.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 40 (22.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 36 (19.89%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (14.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 18 (9.94%) Data Lake
8 12 (6.63%) Relational Database
9 10 (5.52%) MySQL
9 10 (5.52%) Tableau
10 9 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (2.76%) SAS EBI
11 5 (2.76%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (2.21%) Power Query
13 3 (1.66%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (1.66%) MongoDB
14 2 (1.10%) BigQuery
14 2 (1.10%) Data Mart
14 2 (1.10%) PowerPivot
14 2 (1.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (4.97%) JIRA
2 6 (3.31%) Git
3 4 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 4 (2.21%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 79 (43.65%) Social Skills
2 76 (41.99%) Finance
3 59 (32.60%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.63%) Billing
4 12 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (5.52%) Law
6 7 (3.87%) Legal
7 5 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.21%) Banking
8 4 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.21%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.66%) Back Office
10 2 (1.10%) Advertising
10 2 (1.10%) Military
10 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.55%) International Banking
11 1 (0.55%) Marketing
11 1 (0.55%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 47 (25.97%) Developer
2 35 (19.34%) Analyst
3 33 (18.23%) Data Engineer
4 27 (14.92%) Senior
5 14 (7.73%) Business Developer
5 14 (7.73%) Insight Manager
5 14 (7.73%) Senior Data Engineer
6 13 (7.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 13 (7.18%) IT Support
6 13 (7.18%) Support Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Business Manager
7 12 (6.63%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (6.63%) DBA
7 12 (6.63%) Insight Analyst
7 12 (6.63%) IT Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Snowflake Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.63%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (22.65%) .NET
2 16 (8.84%) .NET Framework
3 14 (7.73%) Entity Framework
4 12 (6.63%) ASP.NET
4 12 (6.63%) WinForms
5 7 (3.87%) JSON
5 7 (3.87%) REST
6 5 (2.76%) XML
7 4 (2.21%) Web Services
8 3 (1.66%) CSS
8 3 (1.66%) HTML
8 3 (1.66%) Middleware
8 3 (1.66%) React
8 3 (1.66%) Vue
9 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.10%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.10%) jQuery
9 2 (1.10%) PySpark
10 1 (0.55%) HTML5
10 1 (0.55%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (10.50%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.73%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.76%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.21%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.66%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.10%) Clustering
7 2 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.55%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.55%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.55%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.55%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.50%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (76.24%) Business Intelligence
2 83 (45.86%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (37.02%) Analytics
4 60 (33.15%) ETL
5 51 (28.18%) Decision-Making
6 46 (25.41%) Data Modelling
7 40 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (20.99%) Data Analysis
8 38 (20.99%) Visualisation
9 34 (18.78%) Actionable Insight
10 31 (17.13%) DevOps
11 29 (16.02%) Data Engineering
12 27 (14.92%) Process Improvement
13 25 (13.81%) Data Pipeline
13 25 (13.81%) Visual Analytics
14 24 (13.26%) WFM
15 23 (12.71%) AI
16 21 (11.60%) Data Management
16 21 (11.60%) Mentoring
17 20 (11.05%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 149 (82.32%) SQL
2 50 (27.62%) T-SQL
3 39 (21.55%) Python
4 36 (19.89%) C#
5 34 (18.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (5.52%) PowerShell
7 6 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.31%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.66%) VBA
9 2 (1.10%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.55%) C
10 1 (0.55%) PHP
10 1 (0.55%) R
10 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (17.13%) Degree
2 14 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (6.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 3 (1.66%) MCSE
4 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.66%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.10%) HNC
5 2 (1.10%) HND
5 2 (1.10%) MCSA
5 2 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.10%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (24.86%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 8 (4.42%) GDPR
4 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.66%) QA
6 1 (0.55%) PMO
6 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.10%) Control-M
2 2 (1.10%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.55%) CASB
3 1 (0.55%) MOM
3 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (35.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.39%) Sage
3 12 (6.63%) Xamarin
4 11 (6.08%) Databricks
5 10 (5.52%) Dataiku
6 8 (4.42%) Google
7 5 (2.76%) Intapp
7 5 (2.76%) Oracle
7 5 (2.76%) Zoho
8 4 (2.21%) Informatica
9 3 (1.66%) Epicor
10 2 (1.10%) Infor
11 1 (0.55%) Advent
11 1 (0.55%) Civica
11 1 (0.55%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.55%) Northgate
11 1 (0.55%) Orchard
11 1 (0.55%) RedGate
11 1 (0.55%) VMware
11 1 (0.55%) Yardi