The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
148 67 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 41.34% 41.36% 37.71%
Number of salaries quoted 90 59 86
Average salary £39,500 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.53% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,723 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
Cheshire

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Advertising

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Statistics
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL