The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Powerplay skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos Powerplay 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Powerplay
Rank 315 322 333
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +11
Permanent jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 3 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.025% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.099% 0.058% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.54% -4.34%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +17.64%
All Database & Business Intelligence
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
3024 3468 3730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 25.70% 26.40% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2661 3211 3379
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Cognos Powerplay
London

Cognos Powerplay
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

City of London Cognos Powerplay Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Salary Trend

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

City of London Cognos Powerplay Salary Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay.

1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) DB2
1 7 (100.00%) Cognos
1 7 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Informatica
2 6 (85.71%) ETL
3 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
3 4 (57.14%) ISEB
3 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 4 (57.14%) System Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Change Control
3 4 (57.14%) Data Transformation
3 4 (57.14%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) HP
3 4 (57.14%) RDBMS
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
4 3 (42.86%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Sybase
4 3 (42.86%) OLAP
4 3 (42.86%) Business Objects
4 3 (42.86%) MS Office
4 3 (42.86%) MCDBA
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
4 3 (42.86%) CRM

Cognos Powerplay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Applix TM1
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) DB2
1 7 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (57.14%) RDBMS
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (42.86%) OLAP
3 3 (42.86%) Informix
3 3 (42.86%) Ingres
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle OLAP
3 3 (42.86%) ReportNet
3 3 (42.86%) NovaView
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (28.57%) BODI
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (28.57%) Data Mining
4 2 (28.57%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) ETL
3 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
3 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 4 (57.14%) System Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Change Control
3 4 (57.14%) Data Transformation
3 4 (57.14%) Data Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) CRM
5 2 (28.57%) ERP
6 1 (14.29%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) MCDBA
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
2 3 (42.86%) MCSD
2 3 (42.86%) MCITP
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Cognos
2 6 (85.71%) Informatica
3 4 (57.14%) HP
4 3 (42.86%) Sybase
4 3 (42.86%) Business Objects
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) Hyperion
4 3 (42.86%) Applix
5 2 (28.57%) Ab Initio
5 2 (28.57%) Kalido
5 2 (28.57%) MicroStrategy
5 2 (28.57%) JD Edwards
5 2 (28.57%) Sun
5 2 (28.57%) Siebel
5 2 (28.57%) SAP