The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Berkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within IBM Cognos.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 157 182 107
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -75
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 51 45 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.961% 0.725% 1.949%
As % of the Vendors category 1.736% 1.470% 3.934%
Number of salaries quoted 44 32 95
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £38,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £73,800 £54,750 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -13.04%
All Vendors
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2937 3061 2669
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 55.32% 49.32% 49.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2280 2556 2196
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cognos across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Berkshire Cognos Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cognos across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -20 11 £73,000 +92.10%
Slough +16 8 £42,500 -19.04% 2
Bracknell -21 5 - -
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos.

1 65 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (53.85%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (47.25%) Finance
4 41 (45.05%) ETL
5 38 (41.76%) Data Modelling
6 36 (39.56%) IBM
7 31 (34.07%) Analytics
8 30 (32.97%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 29 (31.87%) SAP
10 23 (25.27%) Business Objects
11 19 (20.88%) DB2
12 18 (19.78%) SQL
12 18 (19.78%) Oracle
12 18 (19.78%) MicroStrategy
13 16 (17.58%) Project Management
14 15 (16.48%) Data Management
15 14 (15.38%) Information Management
16 13 (14.29%) Ab Initio
16 13 (14.29%) Netezza
16 13 (14.29%) JD Edwards
16 13 (14.29%) Informatica
16 13 (14.29%) DataStage
17 12 (13.19%) FMCG
17 12 (13.19%) Business Analytics
18 11 (12.09%) Microsoft
18 11 (12.09%) ERP
19 10 (10.99%) SAS
19 10 (10.99%) Data Architecture
19 10 (10.99%) Data Governance
19 10 (10.99%) Data Quality

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.396%) HTML
2 1 (1.099%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.99%) SAS
2 6 (6.593%) FileNet
3 4 (4.396%) IIS
4 1 (1.099%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.593%) SPSS
2 4 (4.396%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (4.396%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.396%) MS Office
3 3 (3.297%) MS Project
4 1 (1.099%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (32.97%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 6 (6.593%) SAP BPC
2 6 (6.593%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.099%) Intranet
1 1 (1.099%) Internet
1 1 (1.099%) VoIP
1 1 (1.099%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (53.85%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (20.88%) DB2
3 13 (14.29%) DataStage
4 9 (9.890%) QlikView
5 7 (7.692%) SQL Server
5 7 (7.692%) OLAP
5 7 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
5 7 (7.692%) Oracle OWB
5 7 (7.692%) Oracle ODI
6 6 (6.593%) Big Data
6 6 (6.593%) Data Mining
7 5 (5.495%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (3.297%) Oracle BI EE
9 2 (2.198%) MS Access
9 2 (2.198%) GIS
10 1 (1.099%) SAP BW
10 1 (1.099%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 7 (7.692%) Talend Open Studio
2 6 (6.593%) ERwin
General
1 43 (47.25%) Finance
2 5 (5.495%) Marketing
2 5 (5.495%) Retail
3 2 (2.198%) Banking
4 1 (1.099%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (46.15%) Consultant
2 31 (34.07%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 22 (24.18%) Analyst
4 21 (23.08%) Cognos Consultant
5 15 (16.48%) Business Analyst
6 10 (10.99%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 9 (9.890%) Business Consultant
8 8 (8.791%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
8 8 (8.791%) Sales Consultant
8 8 (8.791%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (7.692%) Principal Consultant
10 6 (6.593%) Data Consultant
10 6 (6.593%) Support Analyst
11 5 (5.495%) Developer
11 5 (5.495%) Business Developer
11 5 (5.495%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 5 (5.495%) Cognos Developer
11 5 (5.495%) Data Warehouse Consultant
11 5 (5.495%) Data Warehouse Manager
11 5 (5.495%) Content Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) FMCG
2 9 (9.890%) Statistics
3 3 (3.297%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.198%) SaaS
4 2 (2.198%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.099%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.099%) AIX
1 1 (1.099%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (45.05%) ETL
3 38 (41.76%) Data Modelling
4 31 (34.07%) Analytics
5 16 (17.58%) Project Management
6 15 (16.48%) Data Management
7 14 (15.38%) Information Management
8 12 (13.19%) Business Analytics
9 11 (12.09%) ERP
10 10 (10.99%) Data Architecture
10 10 (10.99%) Data Governance
11 8 (8.791%) Requirements Analysis
12 7 (7.692%) Metadata Management
13 6 (6.593%) Data Analytics
13 6 (6.593%) Financial Modelling
13 6 (6.593%) GAP Analysis
13 6 (6.593%) Programme Management
13 6 (6.593%) Document Management
13 6 (6.593%) Predictive Analytics
14 5 (5.495%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.78%) SQL
2 4 (4.396%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (6.593%) Degree
2 4 (4.396%) IBM Certification
3 1 (1.099%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.099%) Xen
1 1 (1.099%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.099%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.099%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 36 (39.56%) IBM
2 29 (31.87%) SAP
3 23 (25.27%) Business Objects
4 18 (19.78%) Oracle
4 18 (19.78%) MicroStrategy
5 13 (14.29%) Ab Initio
5 13 (14.29%) Netezza
5 13 (14.29%) JD Edwards
5 13 (14.29%) Informatica
6 11 (12.09%) Microsoft
7 7 (7.692%) Hyperion
7 7 (7.692%) Sybase
7 7 (7.692%) Teradata
7 7 (7.692%) Tableau
7 7 (7.692%) Talend
8 3 (3.297%) Kalido
9 1 (1.099%) Lotus
9 1 (1.099%) EMC
9 1 (1.099%) Siebel
9 1 (1.099%) VMware
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