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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 452 430
Rank change year-on-year -134 -22 -145
Permanent jobs citing SQL Server Reporting Services 221 229 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.46% 0.52%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.49% 3.16% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 191 185 265
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,050 £84,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,375 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% -5.00% -

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 8,891 7,253 12,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.87% 14.60% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,046 4,566 7,297
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.26% -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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for SQL Server Reporting Services in the UK

SQL Server Reporting Services
Top 16 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 10 September 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 -114 204 £55,000 -0.90% 60
UK excluding London -127 141 £51,375 +8.16% 42
Work from Home -75 71 £52,500 -12.50% 16
London -52 68 £70,000 -11.39% 29
North of England -28 53 £57,500 +36.90% 12
Midlands -54 43 £55,000 +13.40% 4
North West +15 40 £58,750 +4.44% 8
West Midlands -35 28 £55,000 - 1
South East -38 19 £48,500 +7.78% 14
East Midlands -27 15 £43,750 -9.79% 3
South West -84 14 £47,500 -1.55% 3
Yorkshire -44 11 £44,000 -0.56% 3
Scotland +4 7 £50,000 +7.53% 7
East of England -30 4 £57,500 -4.17% 3
North East -62 2 - - 1
Wales -75 1 £33,789 -38.57%

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 20 (9.05%) SharePoint
2 18 (8.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.07%) IIS
4 5 (2.26%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.90%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (10.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.62%) Elite 3E
2 7 (3.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.81%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (1.36%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.45%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 154 (69.68%) Power Platform
2 116 (52.49%) Azure
3 31 (14.03%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (12.67%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (11.31%) Power Automate
6 24 (10.86%) AWS
7 19 (8.60%) PowerApps
8 16 (7.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 16 (7.24%) GitHub
9 14 (6.33%) Snowflake
10 13 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (5.88%) Boomi
11 9 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (2.71%) Azure Stack
14 4 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.81%) Serverless
15 3 (1.36%) Azure AI
15 3 (1.36%) Azure Functions
15 3 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.45%) DHCP
2 1 (0.45%) DNS
2 1 (0.45%) HTTP
2 1 (0.45%) SAN
2 1 (0.45%) VLAN
2 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (66.52%) Power BI
2 82 (37.10%) SQL Server
3 67 (30.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 51 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (16.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 25 (11.31%) Relational Database
7 15 (6.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (6.79%) Tableau
8 14 (6.33%) Power Query
9 10 (4.52%) QlikView
10 7 (3.17%) Data Lake
10 7 (3.17%) OLAP
11 5 (2.26%) Crystal Reports
11 5 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.81%) GIS
12 4 (1.81%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.36%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) JIRA
2 11 (4.98%) Git
3 9 (4.07%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.90%) Postman
5 1 (0.45%) GitLab
5 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.45%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 72 (32.58%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (22.17%) Finance
4 40 (18.10%) Law
5 34 (15.38%) Legal
6 23 (10.41%) Retail
7 17 (7.69%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.79%) Marketing
9 11 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (4.52%) Social Housing
11 8 (3.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 8 (3.62%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.26%) Billing
12 5 (2.26%) Front Office
12 5 (2.26%) Military
13 4 (1.81%) Back Office
14 3 (1.36%) Games
14 3 (1.36%) Publishing
15 1 (0.45%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 74 (33.48%) Developer
2 53 (23.98%) Analyst
3 47 (21.27%) Senior
4 27 (12.22%) Data Engineer
5 20 (9.05%) Consultant
5 20 (9.05%) Senior Developer
6 19 (8.60%) SQL Developer
7 16 (7.24%) Data Analyst
8 12 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 12 (5.43%) Lead
9 10 (4.52%) Applications Developer
9 10 (4.52%) Applications Support
9 10 (4.52%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 10 (4.52%) Financial Analyst
9 10 (4.52%) Systems Analyst
10 9 (4.07%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 9 (4.07%) Report Analyst
10 9 (4.07%) Software Developer
11 8 (3.62%) Data Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.38%) .NET
2 26 (11.76%) HTML
2 26 (11.76%) XML
3 21 (9.50%) REST
4 20 (9.05%) EDI
5 19 (8.60%) CSS
6 17 (7.69%) JSON
7 15 (6.79%) ASP.NET
7 15 (6.79%) Middleware
7 15 (6.79%) SOAP
8 13 (5.88%) .NET Framework
9 11 (4.98%) .NET Core
9 11 (4.98%) Web Services
10 10 (4.52%) PySpark
11 8 (3.62%) React
12 7 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (3.17%) XSLT
13 5 (2.26%) Bootstrap
13 5 (2.26%) jQuery
13 5 (2.26%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.43%) Replication
3 9 (4.07%) Enterprise Cloud
4 8 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.62%) Driving Licence
5 7 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.36%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.36%) NHS
10 2 (0.90%) AS400
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Code
10 2 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) LIMS
11 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.60%) Windows
2 12 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (66.52%) Business Intelligence
2 97 (43.89%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (26.24%) Analytics
4 42 (19.00%) ETL
5 40 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (16.29%) DevOps
7 35 (15.84%) ERP
8 34 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
9 32 (14.48%) Decision-Making
10 31 (14.03%) Data Modelling
10 31 (14.03%) Roadmaps
11 30 (13.57%) AI
12 27 (12.22%) Collaborative Working
13 24 (10.86%) CRM
14 22 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (9.95%) Visualisation
15 21 (9.50%) Agile
15 21 (9.50%) Data Integration
15 21 (9.50%) Document Management
16 20 (9.05%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 179 (81.00%) SQL
2 50 (22.62%) Python
3 39 (17.65%) T-SQL
4 34 (15.38%) C#
5 33 (14.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 32 (14.48%) JavaScript
7 16 (7.24%) VBA
8 14 (6.33%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.17%) VB.NET
9 7 (3.17%) VBScript
10 6 (2.71%) Java
10 6 (2.71%) R
11 5 (2.26%) XPath
12 4 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.45%) C++
14 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (18.10%) Degree
2 10 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.07%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.17%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.17%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.26%) CFA
6 4 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.93%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.86%) GDPR
3 12 (5.43%) TickIT
4 8 (3.62%) QA
5 7 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.26%) PMO
7 3 (1.36%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 106 (47.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.24%) Intapp
3 13 (5.88%) iManage
4 10 (4.52%) Aderant
5 8 (3.62%) Concur
5 8 (3.62%) Databricks
6 5 (2.26%) Nintex
6 5 (2.26%) Oracle
7 3 (1.36%) Cognos
7 3 (1.36%) Facebook
7 3 (1.36%) Instagram
7 3 (1.36%) MicroStrategy
7 3 (1.36%) SAP
8 2 (0.90%) Informatica
9 1 (0.45%) Foundry
9 1 (0.45%) Infor
9 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.45%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.45%) Teradata
9 1 (0.45%) VMware