The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Birmingham region.

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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 102 88 58
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 12 12 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.712% 0.829% 2.544%
As % of the Vendors category 1.226% 1.734% 4.694%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 33
Average salary £47,500 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.15% -23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £21,500 £32,800
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
979 692 703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 58.07% 47.79% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 802 589 586
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £25,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
West Midlands

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 22 (70.97%) Finance
2 16 (51.61%) SAS
3 13 (41.94%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (41.94%) SQL
4 12 (38.71%) Oracle
5 11 (35.48%) Degree
6 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
7 9 (29.03%) Banking
8 7 (22.58%) MS Office
8 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
8 7 (22.58%) Base SAS
9 6 (19.35%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 5 (16.13%) Configuration Management
10 5 (16.13%) Cognos Powerplay
10 5 (16.13%) ITIL
10 5 (16.13%) Business Objects
10 5 (16.13%) Release Management
11 4 (12.90%) Analytics
12 3 (9.677%) Middleware
12 3 (9.677%) Management Information System
12 3 (9.677%) Legal
12 3 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (9.677%) Data Management
12 3 (9.677%) Subversion
12 3 (9.677%) Java
12 3 (9.677%) JD Edwards
12 3 (9.677%) Agresso
12 3 (9.677%) IBM
12 3 (9.677%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (9.677%) Solvency II

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (9.677%) Middleware
2 2 (6.452%) .NET
3 1 (3.226%) J2EE
3 1 (3.226%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (51.61%) SAS
2 1 (3.226%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Office
1 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 3 (9.677%) Agresso
3 1 (3.226%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (3.226%) Maximo
3 1 (3.226%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (3.226%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) Base SAS
2 5 (16.13%) Cognos Powerplay
3 3 (9.677%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.452%) QlikView
4 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (6.452%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.452%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.226%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (3.226%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.226%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (3.226%) SAP BW
5 1 (3.226%) DataStage
5 1 (3.226%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Subversion
General
1 22 (70.97%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Banking
3 3 (9.677%) Legal
4 1 (3.226%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Analyst
2 7 (22.58%) Developer
3 6 (19.35%) Systems Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Report Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Cognos Developer
4 5 (16.13%) SAS Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Release Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Consultant
6 3 (9.677%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (6.452%) Business Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Business Consultant
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Applications Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) ETL Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) Cognos Support
8 1 (3.226%) Cognos Consultant
8 1 (3.226%) ETL Developer
8 1 (3.226%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.677%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.452%) Credit Risk
2 2 (6.452%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.226%) AS400
3 1 (3.226%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (16.13%) Configuration Management
2 5 (16.13%) ITIL
2 5 (16.13%) Release Management
3 4 (12.90%) Analytics
4 3 (9.677%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (9.677%) Data Management
4 3 (9.677%) Change Control
5 2 (6.452%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (6.452%) Waterfall
5 2 (6.452%) ETL
5 2 (6.452%) Logistics
5 2 (6.452%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.226%) Data Security
6 1 (3.226%) Project Management
6 1 (3.226%) Workflow
6 1 (3.226%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.226%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.226%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (41.94%) SQL
2 3 (9.677%) Java
3 2 (6.452%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.226%) VB
4 1 (3.226%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (35.48%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.677%) Solvency II
2 1 (3.226%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle
2 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.13%) Business Objects
4 3 (9.677%) JD Edwards
4 3 (9.677%) IBM
5 2 (6.452%) Cisco
5 2 (6.452%) Avaya
5 2 (6.452%) Genesys
5 2 (6.452%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (6.452%) SAP
6 1 (3.226%) Informatica