The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 85 70 78
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +8
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 10 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.870% 0.714% 0.926%
As % of the Vendors category 1.718% 1.463% 1.775%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 6
Average salary £40,000 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -15.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
582 410 507
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 50.61% 48.81% 52.16%
Number of salaries quoted 319 269 397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,903 £22,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £52,500 £52,500
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 14 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (85.71%) Oracle
3 11 (78.57%) Business Objects
3 11 (78.57%) Finance
4 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
4 9 (64.29%) QlikView
5 8 (57.14%) SQL
6 7 (50.00%) .NET
6 7 (50.00%) J2EE
6 7 (50.00%) C#
6 7 (50.00%) Java
6 7 (50.00%) PL/SQL
6 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
6 7 (50.00%) Sybase
6 7 (50.00%) DB2
6 7 (50.00%) UNIX
6 7 (50.00%) RAD
6 7 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 7 (50.00%) Python
6 7 (50.00%) ClearCase
6 7 (50.00%) JMS
6 7 (50.00%) Shell Script
6 7 (50.00%) FpML
6 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
6 7 (50.00%) RDBMS
6 7 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (50.00%) XQuery
6 7 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (50.00%) Use Case

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (50.00%) .NET
1 7 (50.00%) J2EE
1 7 (50.00%) JMS
1 7 (50.00%) FpML
1 7 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 7 (50.00%) Spring
1 7 (50.00%) Apache Flex
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (64.29%) QlikView
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (50.00%) Sybase ASE
2 7 (50.00%) MarkLogic
2 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (50.00%) DB2
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (14.29%) DataStage
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle OWB
4 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
4 2 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 7 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 7 (50.00%) Subversion
1 7 (50.00%) Maven
1 7 (50.00%) MagicDraw
1 7 (50.00%) Hudson
General
1 11 (78.57%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Banking
2 7 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Oracle Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Cognos Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Specialist
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Business Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Business Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 7 (50.00%) Equities
1 7 (50.00%) Derivative
1 7 (50.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 7 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 7 (50.00%) Use Case
3 7 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (50.00%) TDD
3 7 (50.00%) RAD
4 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) Python
2 7 (50.00%) XQuery
2 7 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 7 (50.00%) C#
2 7 (50.00%) Java
2 7 (50.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Oracle
2 11 (78.57%) Business Objects
3 7 (50.00%) Sybase
4 2 (14.29%) IBM
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) MicroStrategy
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