The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 81 87 93
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 11 6 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.041% 0.448% 0.519%
As % of the Vendors category 2.439% 1.036% 1.426%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 8
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% -22.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £41,400
10% offered a salary of more than £51,900 £40,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
451 579 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.67% 43.21% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 292 430 407
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,150 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
Scotland

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 12 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (45.00%) .NET
4 8 (40.00%) Oracle
4 8 (40.00%) Business Objects
4 8 (40.00%) ETL
5 7 (35.00%) Informatica
5 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (35.00%) Unit Testing
6 5 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (25.00%) Analytics
6 5 (25.00%) QlikView
6 5 (25.00%) DataStage
6 5 (25.00%) IBM
6 5 (25.00%) Ab Initio
6 5 (25.00%) Finance
6 5 (25.00%) DataFlux
7 4 (20.00%) Netezza
7 4 (20.00%) Teradata
7 4 (20.00%) Data Management
7 4 (20.00%) Information Management
7 4 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (20.00%) SAS
7 4 (20.00%) Data Mining
7 4 (20.00%) MicroStrategy
7 4 (20.00%) SPSS
7 4 (20.00%) OLAP
7 4 (20.00%) SAP
7 4 (20.00%) IBM InfoSphere
7 4 (20.00%) Master Data Management

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (45.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) SPSS
2 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (10.00%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (5.000%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (5.000%) Siebel Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) DataStage
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (25.00%) QlikView
3 4 (20.00%) Pentaho
3 4 (20.00%) Hadoop
3 4 (20.00%) Big Data
3 4 (20.00%) IBM InfoSphere
3 4 (20.00%) Spotfire
3 4 (20.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 4 (20.00%) Data Mining
3 4 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (20.00%) OLAP
4 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (5.000%) Cognos Powerplay
6 1 (5.000%) Cognos Impromptu
6 1 (5.000%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
1 9 (45.00%) Applications Support
2 8 (40.00%) Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (15.00%) Business Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Business Objects Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Cognos Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Cognos Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) OBIEE Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Data Analytics Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Data Conversion
1 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (40.00%) ETL
3 7 (35.00%) Unit Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Master Data Management
5 4 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
5 4 (20.00%) Data Management
5 4 (20.00%) Information Management
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Data Architecture
7 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 2 (10.00%) Business Development
7 2 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (5.000%) Dimensional Modelling
8 1 (5.000%) Migration
8 1 (5.000%) Data Governance
8 1 (5.000%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.000%) C#
3 1 (5.000%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (40.00%) Oracle
2 8 (40.00%) Business Objects
3 7 (35.00%) Informatica
4 5 (25.00%) Ab Initio
4 5 (25.00%) DataFlux
4 5 (25.00%) IBM
5 4 (20.00%) Tableau
5 4 (20.00%) Teradata
5 4 (20.00%) Netezza
5 4 (20.00%) MicroStrategy
5 4 (20.00%) SAP
6 1 (5.000%) Siebel
6 1 (5.000%) Salesforce.com
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Application Support Analyst, App Support Analyst, Application Support Programmer, Programmer, Analyst, 3rd Line, Third Line, .Net, Cognos, Automated Unit Testing, Implementation, Application Design, Application Development, Application Testing, Implementations...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013