The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds 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 128 128 95
Rank change year-on-year
0 -33
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 19 1 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.723% 0.048% 1.206%
As % of the Vendors category 1.491% 0.100% 2.594%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 22
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £37,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £37,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1274 1004 848
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 48.48% 47.92% 46.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1035 836 728
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
West Yorkshire

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 35 (85.37%) SQL Server
2 31 (75.61%) Business Intelligence
2 31 (75.61%) Microsoft
3 29 (70.73%) SQL
4 27 (65.85%) MS Excel
5 23 (56.10%) T-SQL
5 23 (56.10%) ETL
5 23 (56.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (56.10%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 23 (56.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 23 (56.10%) SQL Server 2008
6 22 (53.66%) Finance
7 21 (51.22%) SQL Server 2005
8 20 (48.78%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (46.34%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 17 (41.46%) SQL Server 2012
11 16 (39.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (36.59%) ITIL
13 14 (34.15%) OLAP
14 12 (29.27%) RDBMS
15 11 (26.83%) Service Management
16 8 (19.51%) Dimensional Modelling
16 8 (19.51%) QlikView
17 7 (17.07%) VB
18 6 (14.63%) .NET
18 6 (14.63%) Digital Media
19 5 (12.20%) Time Management
19 5 (12.20%) VB6
19 5 (12.20%) VB.NET
19 5 (12.20%) ASP

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 6 (14.63%) .NET
2 5 (12.20%) ASP
3 3 (7.317%) EDI
Applications
1 27 (65.85%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.317%) MS Office
3 1 (2.439%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (56.10%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 3 (7.317%) Line 500
3 2 (4.878%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (4.878%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (85.37%) SQL Server
2 23 (56.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 23 (56.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 23 (56.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 21 (51.22%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (48.78%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (46.34%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 17 (41.46%) SQL Server 2012
7 16 (39.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (34.15%) OLAP
9 12 (29.27%) RDBMS
10 8 (19.51%) QlikView
11 4 (9.756%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (4.878%) Cognos Impromptu
12 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2000
12 2 (4.878%) SAP BI
13 1 (2.439%) MySQL
13 1 (2.439%) DataStage
13 1 (2.439%) Data Mining
13 1 (2.439%) OLTP
General
1 22 (53.66%) Finance
2 3 (7.317%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.439%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Developer
2 15 (36.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 14 (34.15%) SQL Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Consultant
5 7 (17.07%) Analyst
6 6 (14.63%) SQL Server Developer
7 5 (12.20%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (9.756%) Microsoft Developer
9 3 (7.317%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 3 (7.317%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 3 (7.317%) Business Manager
9 3 (7.317%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (7.317%) Network Support
9 3 (7.317%) PC Support
9 3 (7.317%) Support Analyst
10 2 (4.878%) Applications Consultant
10 2 (4.878%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (4.878%) Systems Developer
10 2 (4.878%) Business Consultant
10 2 (4.878%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Digital Media
2 3 (7.317%) Thin Client
2 3 (7.317%) Replication
2 3 (7.317%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.317%) Windows
1 3 (7.317%) Windows XP
1 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (7.317%) Windows Vista
1 3 (7.317%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (7.317%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) Business Intelligence
2 23 (56.10%) ETL
3 15 (36.59%) ITIL
4 11 (26.83%) Service Management
5 8 (19.51%) Dimensional Modelling
6 5 (12.20%) ERP
6 5 (12.20%) Time Management
7 3 (7.317%) Performance Management
7 3 (7.317%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (7.317%) Validation
7 3 (7.317%) CRM
7 3 (7.317%) Business Process Improvement
7 3 (7.317%) Process Improvement
8 2 (4.878%) IT Governance
8 2 (4.878%) Analytics
8 2 (4.878%) Service Delivery
8 2 (4.878%) Change Management
8 2 (4.878%) Logistics
9 1 (2.439%) Data Analysis
9 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (70.73%) SQL
2 23 (56.10%) T-SQL
3 7 (17.07%) VB
4 5 (12.20%) VB.NET
4 5 (12.20%) VB6
5 1 (2.439%) Java
5 1 (2.439%) PHP
5 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.439%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (4.878%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.439%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.439%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (7.317%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.317%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 3 (7.317%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (7.317%) XenApp
1 3 (7.317%) XenServer
1 3 (7.317%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 31 (75.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.756%) IBM
3 3 (7.317%) Veeam
3 3 (7.317%) Infor
3 3 (7.317%) Citrix
3 3 (7.317%) Sage
3 3 (7.317%) VMware
3 3 (7.317%) Magma
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle
3 3 (7.317%) Business Objects
4 2 (4.878%) SAP
4 2 (4.878%) Northgate
4 2 (4.878%) NorthgateArinso
5 1 (2.439%) Siebel
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