The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England 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 320 334 218
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -116
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 802 823 1353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.788% 0.726% 1.114%
As % of the Vendors category 1.655% 1.534% 2.378%
Number of salaries quoted 678 756 1117
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £31,950
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £77,500 £71,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -13.04%
All Vendors
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
48449 53642 56892
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 47.58% 47.33% 46.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40153 45674 47782
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
UK

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

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

England 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 England 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
London -22 344 £57,500 -4.16% 36
South East +69 239 £43,500 -3.33% 15
South West +19 48 £37,500 - 1
East of England +13 41 £47,500 +13.09% 4
North West +22 36 £37,500 -16.66% 12
West Midlands -26 28 £40,000 +3.89% 6
East Midlands +12 25 £37,500 -14.28% 6
Yorkshire +3 24 £35,000 - 1
North East +1 1 £45,000 +16.88% 1
Cognos
UK

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1203 (68.27%) Business Intelligence
2 789 (44.78%) SQL
3 652 (37.00%) Finance
4 605 (34.34%) Data Warehouse
5 593 (33.65%) SQL Server
6 588 (33.37%) Oracle
7 521 (29.57%) Business Objects
8 491 (27.87%) ETL
9 425 (24.12%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 373 (21.17%) IBM
11 317 (17.99%) Microsoft
12 280 (15.89%) Data Modelling
13 267 (15.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 264 (14.98%) Analytics
15 241 (13.68%) SAP
16 239 (13.56%) MS Excel
17 223 (12.66%) QlikView
18 210 (11.92%) Degree
19 196 (11.12%) Project Management
20 186 (10.56%) OLAP
20 186 (10.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 185 (10.50%) SAS
22 181 (10.27%) ERP
23 176 (9.989%) Informatica
24 158 (8.967%) Management Information System
25 153 (8.683%) BusinessObjects
26 151 (8.570%) Stakeholder Management
27 150 (8.513%) DB2
28 146 (8.286%) Hyperion
29 143 (8.116%) Information Management

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 98 (5.562%) .NET
2 65 (3.689%) XML
3 64 (3.632%) Web Services
4 43 (2.440%) MDX
5 42 (2.384%) J2EE
6 36 (2.043%) WebSphere
7 18 (1.022%) XSLT
8 17 (0.965%) XML Schema
9 16 (0.908%) EDI
10 15 (0.851%) HTML
11 14 (0.795%) CSS
12 10 (0.568%) jQuery
13 9 (0.511%) SOAP
13 9 (0.511%) Middleware
13 9 (0.511%) Ajax
13 9 (0.511%) WinForms
14 8 (0.454%) ASP.NET
15 7 (0.397%) JSP
16 5 (0.284%) JAX-WS
16 5 (0.284%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 185 (10.50%) SAS
2 47 (2.667%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.213%) WebLogic
4 22 (1.249%) Documentum
5 19 (1.078%) IIS
6 17 (0.965%) MQSeries
6 17 (0.965%) BizTalk Server
7 13 (0.738%) CICS
7 13 (0.738%) CMS
8 12 (0.681%) MS Exchange
8 12 (0.681%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (0.454%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.397%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.341%) FileNet
11 6 (0.341%) WebLogic Portal
11 6 (0.341%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.227%) Lotus Domino
13 3 (0.170%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.170%) Drupal
13 3 (0.170%) Apache
Applications
1 239 (13.56%) MS Excel
2 72 (4.086%) SPSS
3 65 (3.689%) MS Office
4 17 (0.965%) MS PowerPoint
5 14 (0.795%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.341%) MS Project
7 4 (0.227%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.227%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.057%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.057%) FastStats
8 1 (0.057%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 425 (24.12%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 47 (2.667%) SAP BPC
2 47 (2.667%) Oracle EBS
3 44 (2.497%) Cognos Planning
4 43 (2.440%) Dynamics CRM
5 39 (2.213%) HFM
6 30 (1.703%) Hyperion Planning
7 24 (1.362%) Cognos Controller
8 15 (0.851%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 15 (0.851%) Oracle Applications
9 14 (0.795%) Oracle BPM
10 13 (0.738%) BPCS
11 11 (0.624%) Oracle Financials
11 11 (0.624%) Maximo
12 10 (0.568%) Agresso
12 10 (0.568%) WebTrends
12 10 (0.568%) ResourceLink
13 9 (0.511%) Google Analytics
13 9 (0.511%) Hyperion Enterprise
14 7 (0.397%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.795%) Intranet
1 14 (0.795%) FTP
2 13 (0.738%) SAN
3 11 (0.624%) WAN
3 11 (0.624%) Firewall
4 10 (0.568%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (0.454%) Internet
6 7 (0.397%) HTTP
6 7 (0.397%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.397%) 3G
7 5 (0.284%) LDAP
8 2 (0.114%) VoIP
8 2 (0.114%) VPN
8 2 (0.114%) ATM
9 1 (0.057%) LAN
9 1 (0.057%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 605 (34.34%) Data Warehouse
2 593 (33.65%) SQL Server
3 267 (15.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 223 (12.66%) QlikView
5 186 (10.56%) OLAP
5 186 (10.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 153 (8.683%) BusinessObjects
7 150 (8.513%) DB2
8 136 (7.719%) Crystal Reports
9 127 (7.208%) SQL Server 2005
10 120 (6.810%) SQL Server 2008
11 115 (6.527%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 114 (6.470%) Oracle 8/8i
13 109 (6.186%) Oracle OLAP
14 99 (5.619%) Oracle Reports
15 96 (5.448%) DataStage
16 92 (5.221%) Oracle BI EE
17 77 (4.370%) Big Data
18 74 (4.200%) Cognos Powerplay
19 72 (4.086%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (1.192%) Talend Open Studio
2 18 (1.022%) ERwin
3 10 (0.568%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (0.511%) Subversion
5 7 (0.397%) JIRA
5 7 (0.397%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 5 (0.284%) MSBuild
6 5 (0.284%) WiX
6 5 (0.284%) Ant
6 5 (0.284%) MSI
6 5 (0.284%) CruiseControl
7 4 (0.227%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.114%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (0.114%) JUnit
8 2 (0.114%) Selenium
8 2 (0.114%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.057%) MSTest
9 1 (0.057%) Synon
9 1 (0.057%) NUnit
General
1 652 (37.00%) Finance
2 116 (6.583%) Banking
3 84 (4.767%) Retail
4 80 (4.540%) Marketing
5 49 (2.781%) Telecoms
6 27 (1.532%) Electronics
7 24 (1.362%) Billing
8 23 (1.305%) Advertising
9 22 (1.249%) Military
10 21 (1.192%) Financial Institution
10 21 (1.192%) Aerospace
11 17 (0.965%) Investment Banking
12 14 (0.795%) Retail Banking
13 13 (0.738%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (0.511%) Legal
14 9 (0.511%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.397%) Front Office
15 7 (0.397%) Law
16 6 (0.341%) Games
16 6 (0.341%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 547 (31.04%) Analyst
2 455 (25.82%) Developer
3 367 (20.83%) Consultant
4 245 (13.90%) Business Analyst
5 176 (9.989%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 154 (8.740%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 148 (8.400%) Cognos Developer
8 144 (8.173%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 108 (6.129%) Support Analyst
10 101 (5.732%) Architect
11 95 (5.392%) SQL Developer
11 95 (5.392%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 81 (4.597%) Senior Analyst
13 80 (4.540%) Cognos Consultant
14 76 (4.313%) Business Consultant
15 66 (3.746%) Business Developer
16 62 (3.519%) Business Manager
17 56 (3.178%) Project Manager
18 55 (3.121%) Systems Analyst
19 53 (3.008%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 158 (8.967%) Management Information System
2 32 (1.816%) Data Integration
3 31 (1.759%) Digital Media
4 30 (1.703%) Data Extraction
5 26 (1.476%) Computer Science
6 25 (1.419%) Social Media
7 23 (1.305%) FMCG
8 21 (1.192%) N-Tier
9 19 (1.078%) Reference Data
9 19 (1.078%) Chip and PIN
10 16 (0.908%) Blackberry
11 14 (0.795%) NHS
11 14 (0.795%) Mainframe
12 13 (0.738%) PMI
12 13 (0.738%) Clustering
13 12 (0.681%) Statistics
14 11 (0.624%) Data Conversion
15 10 (0.568%) Mathematics
16 8 (0.454%) Hedge funds
17 7 (0.397%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 78 (4.427%) Windows
2 54 (3.065%) Linux
3 38 (2.157%) Windows Server 2008
4 34 (1.930%) UNIX
5 13 (0.738%) AIX
6 12 (0.681%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (0.511%) Windows 7
7 9 (0.511%) Windows XP
8 5 (0.284%) Windows Vista
9 3 (0.170%) Solaris
10 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.057%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1203 (68.27%) Business Intelligence
2 491 (27.87%) ETL
3 280 (15.89%) Data Modelling
4 264 (14.98%) Analytics
5 196 (11.12%) Project Management
6 181 (10.27%) ERP
7 151 (8.570%) Stakeholder Management
8 143 (8.116%) Information Management
9 142 (8.059%) Data Management
10 125 (7.094%) Data Analysis
11 113 (6.413%) Kimball Methodology
12 109 (6.186%) Migration
13 104 (5.902%) CRM
14 89 (5.051%) Business Analysis
15 85 (4.824%) Dimensional Modelling
16 69 (3.916%) User Acceptance Testing
17 61 (3.462%) ITIL
17 61 (3.462%) Master Data Management
18 58 (3.292%) Agile Software Development
18 58 (3.292%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 789 (44.78%) SQL
2 142 (8.059%) T-SQL
3 139 (7.889%) PL/SQL
4 82 (4.654%) Java
5 62 (3.519%) C#
6 60 (3.405%) VB
7 40 (2.270%) VBA
8 31 (1.759%) JavaScript
9 20 (1.135%) C
10 16 (0.908%) Shell Script
11 14 (0.795%) JCL
11 14 (0.795%) COBOL
12 9 (0.511%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.284%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.284%) VBScript
14 4 (0.227%) R
15 3 (0.170%) PHP
15 3 (0.170%) Python
16 2 (0.114%) PL/1
16 2 (0.114%) Perl
Qualifications
1 210 (11.92%) Degree
2 40 (2.270%) IBM Certification
3 33 (1.873%) CIMA
4 29 (1.646%) Security Cleared
5 28 (1.589%) ACCA
6 20 (1.135%) ISEB
7 15 (0.851%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (0.851%) PMI Certification
8 14 (0.795%) SC Cleared
9 10 (0.568%) MCDBA
10 8 (0.454%) MCP
11 7 (0.397%) MCITP
12 6 (0.341%) CFA
13 5 (0.284%) CIPD
13 5 (0.284%) MCSD
13 5 (0.284%) CISA
14 4 (0.227%) MBA
14 4 (0.227%) CISSP
15 2 (0.114%) A+ Certification
15 2 (0.114%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.157%) Data Quality
2 31 (1.759%) SLA
3 11 (0.624%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (0.454%) QA
5 5 (0.284%) GxP
6 3 (0.170%) Basel III
6 3 (0.170%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.170%) Basel II
6 3 (0.170%) GAAP
7 2 (0.114%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.114%) COBIT
7 2 (0.114%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.114%) DO-254
8 1 (0.057%) GMP
8 1 (0.057%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (1.022%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.908%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.681%) Xen
4 5 (0.284%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.170%) OpenSSO
5 3 (0.170%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.114%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (0.738%) CA Endevor
2 12 (0.681%) Tivoli
2 12 (0.681%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (0.284%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.114%) SCCM
5 1 (0.057%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 588 (33.37%) Oracle
2 521 (29.57%) Business Objects
3 373 (21.17%) IBM
4 317 (17.99%) Microsoft
5 241 (13.68%) SAP
6 176 (9.989%) Informatica
7 146 (8.286%) Hyperion
8 133 (7.548%) MicroStrategy
9 122 (6.924%) Teradata
10 98 (5.562%) Ab Initio
11 97 (5.505%) Tableau
12 71 (4.030%) Sybase
13 67 (3.802%) Netezza
14 37 (2.100%) DataFlux
15 28 (1.589%) JD Edwards
16 27 (1.532%) Siebel
17 25 (1.419%) NorthgateArinso
18 24 (1.362%) OutlookSoft
18 24 (1.362%) VMware
19 21 (1.192%) Talend
London
A large and successful IBM / Cognos Partner are looking to grow their UK Sales Team with a new BI Sales Exec based from the South of England... You...
Computer Futures
Posted: 5 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
Any strong understanding of Business Intelligence will be essential. Demonstrate an understanding of Business Intelligence projects. Any knowledge of Business Intelligence technologies is a must... Experience with Cognos.
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £56000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Derby, East Midlands
A technically challenging role you will be using your Cognos Development expertise to improve the functionality of their business information environment as they continue to evolve their strategy.
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MI / BI Developer / Data Specialist - Cognos / SQL... Knowledge & Expertise The candidate will be experienced in Report Authoring / Modelling within a Cognos environment. They will be experienced with SQL...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Salford, North West
Involved in the continuous development of MOI (Data Warehouse) both from a Cognos Framework and Teradata perspective... Experience required: Knowledge & Expertise Essentials (Cognos environment) Report Authoring / Modelling - Cognos...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cheshire
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 4 June 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 18 June 2013
South East England
Computer Futures
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + OTE
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leicestershire
Experis IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Barclays
Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Hampshire, South East
bridgenoble
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
North Yorkshire
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + 10% bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Good Benefits Package + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Spencer Knight Recruitment
Salary: Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
Hudson
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £70-80k package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Coventry
Ridgian
Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus, Benefits, Pension
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Montash
Salary: £55000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 June 2013