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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs within the London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCognos
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank213215
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads671943
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.406 %
As % of the category below2.279 %2.088 %
Salaries quoted602799
Average minimum salary£46,271£47,505
Average salary£50,959£52,043
% change on same period last year-2.08 %
Average maximum salary£55,646£56,581
UK excluding London average salary£44,370£50,429
% change on same period last year-12.01 %
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2944745168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.05 %19.44 %
Salaries quoted2444434185
Average minimum salary£46,399£46,934
Average salary£50,440£51,035
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Average maximum salary£54,482£55,136
UK excluding London average salary£40,460£41,836
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
Cognos EnglandCognos
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Cognos.

Cognos
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cognos across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London Cognos Demand Trend

Cognos
Salary Trend

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

London Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-6866£50,795-10.91 %
CroydonUp+1819£38,237+44.28 %
LutonDown-110£46,200+2.66 %
Canary WharfUp+228£41,063-45.25 %
HounslowNew entry-5£51,250-
BrentfordNew entry-4£51,250-
UxbridgeUp+73£45,000-14.28 %
PaddingtonNew entry-2£35,000-
HammersmithNew entry-2£46,750-
OsterleyNew entry-1£45,000-
Cognos EnglandCognos
England

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1942 (66.53 %)Business Intelligence
2619 (43.71 %)Finance
3608 (42.94 %)BusinessObjects
3608 (42.94 %)Business Objects
4487 (34.39 %)Datawarehouse
5464 (32.77 %)Oracle
6450 (31.78 %)SQL
7368 (25.99 %)ETL
8365 (25.78 %)Hyperion
9317 (22.39 %)SQL Server
10222 (15.68 %)SAS
11209 (14.76 %)Project Management
12202 (14.27 %)Degree
13173 (12.22 %)Informatica
14170 (12.01 %)OLAP
15155 (10.95 %)Data Modelling
16153 (10.81 %)Microsoft
17149 (10.52 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
18145 (10.24 %)Ab Initio
19141 (9.958 %)Performance Management
20134 (9.463 %)SAP
21127 (8.969 %)MS Excel
22123 (8.686 %)Cognos Planning
23114 (8.051 %)DB2
24107 (7.556 %)Banking
25103 (7.274 %).NET
2696 (6.780 %)Retail
2788 (6.215 %)HFM
2887 (6.144 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
2887 (6.144 %)Data Management

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1103 (7.274 %).NET
226 (1.836 %)ASP.NET
323 (1.624 %)ASP
421 (1.483 %)XML
513 (0.918 %)J2EE
513 (0.918 %)Adobe Flex
69 (0.636 %)WebServices
69 (0.636 %)MDX
78 (0.565 %)HTML
85 (0.353 %).NET Framework
85 (0.353 %)EDI
94 (0.282 %)XSLT
102 (0.141 %)COM+
102 (0.141 %)JSP
102 (0.141 %)WebSphere
111 (0.071 %)JMS
111 (0.071 %)WSDL
111 (0.071 %)FpML
111 (0.071 %)WinForms
111 (0.071 %)Windows SharePoint Services
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1222 (15.68 %)SAS
220 (1.412 %)CMS
312 (0.847 %)SharePoint
46 (0.424 %)SharePoint Server 2007
46 (0.424 %)Oracle Workflow
54 (0.282 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.141 %)Apache
62 (0.141 %)MTS
62 (0.141 %)Tomcat
62 (0.141 %)MQSeries
71 (0.071 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.071 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.071 %)IIS
71 (0.071 %)JBoss
71 (0.071 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.071 %)ColdFusion
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1127 (8.969 %)MS Excel
237 (2.613 %)MS Office
319 (1.342 %)Spreadsheet
416 (1.130 %)SPSS
56 (0.424 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.141 %)MS Project
62 (0.141 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1149 (10.52 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
2123 (8.686 %)Cognos Planning
388 (6.215 %)HFM
458 (4.096 %)Hyperion Planning
542 (2.966 %)Hyperion Enterprise
635 (2.472 %)Cognos Controller
730 (2.119 %)Siebel Analytics
820 (1.412 %)Oracle Financials
917 (1.201 %)SAP SEM
1014 (0.989 %)Oracle Applications
119 (0.636 %)Great Plains
128 (0.565 %)LongView
128 (0.565 %)FRx
135 (0.353 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
135 (0.353 %)SAP SCM
135 (0.353 %)BusinessWorks
135 (0.353 %)Khalix
144 (0.282 %)Applix TM1
144 (0.282 %)Oracle EBS
153 (0.212 %)Oracle ERP
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (2.260 %)Internet
23 (0.212 %)Intranet
32 (0.141 %)NetScreen
32 (0.141 %)Firewall
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1608 (42.94 %)BusinessObjects
2487 (34.39 %)Datawarehouse
3368 (25.99 %)ETL
4317 (22.39 %)SQL Server
5170 (12.01 %)OLAP
6114 (8.051 %)DB2
787 (6.144 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
787 (6.144 %)Oracle OLAP
885 (6.003 %)Oracle 8/8i
982 (5.791 %)Cognos Impromptu
1077 (5.438 %)Cognos Powerplay
1173 (5.155 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1266 (4.661 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1353 (3.743 %)DTS
1450 (3.531 %)Hyperion Essbase
1450 (3.531 %)ReportNet
1450 (3.531 %)SQL Server 2005
1545 (3.178 %)RDBMS
1640 (2.825 %)BODI
1739 (2.754 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (1.201 %)ERwin
29 (0.636 %)Oracle Forms
35 (0.353 %)Eclipse
44 (0.282 %)Ant
53 (0.212 %)Flash
62 (0.141 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.071 %)Synon
71 (0.071 %)JIRA
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1619 (43.71 %)Finance
2107 (7.556 %)Banking
396 (6.780 %)Retail
484 (5.932 %)Marketing
580 (5.650 %)Education
679 (5.579 %)Insurance
773 (5.155 %)Health
851 (3.602 %)Games
950 (3.531 %)Investment Banking
1042 (2.966 %)Online Games
1042 (2.966 %)Telecoms
1138 (2.684 %)Back Office
1230 (2.119 %)Financial Institution
1327 (1.907 %)Pensions
1416 (1.130 %)Law
1416 (1.130 %)Legal
1515 (1.059 %)Government
1612 (0.847 %)Manufacturing
1612 (0.847 %)Billing
1612 (0.847 %)Music
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1444 (31.36 %)Consultant
2349 (24.65 %)Analyst
3225 (15.89 %)Developer
4177 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
5114 (8.051 %)Business Consultant
6109 (7.698 %)Cognos Developer
793 (6.568 %)Cognos Consultant
890 (6.356 %)Senior Consultant
973 (5.155 %)Business Analyst
1056 (3.955 %)Project Manager
1154 (3.814 %)BI Manager
1251 (3.602 %)Systems Analyst
1349 (3.460 %)Data Analyst
1447 (3.319 %)Business Intelligence Analyst
1544 (3.107 %)Business Manager
1640 (2.825 %)Business Intelligence Developer
1738 (2.684 %)Hyperion Consultant
1837 (2.613 %)Programmer
1936 (2.542 %)Analyst Programmer
2033 (2.331 %)Analyst Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (5.014 %)Management Information System
229 (2.048 %)Computer Science
328 (1.977 %)Statistics
426 (1.836 %)Mathematics
518 (1.271 %)Credit Risk
518 (1.271 %)Data Integration
616 (1.130 %)Informatics
715 (1.059 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
812 (0.847 %)Client/Server
910 (0.706 %)EPoS
109 (0.636 %)Data Protection Act
118 (0.565 %)Data Extraction
127 (0.494 %)Fat Client
127 (0.494 %)Artificial Intelligence
127 (0.494 %)Thin Client
134 (0.282 %)Equities
143 (0.212 %)Replication
143 (0.212 %)Derivative
143 (0.212 %)Equity Derivative
152 (0.141 %)Dutch Language
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (4.237 %)UNIX
238 (2.684 %)Windows
37 (0.494 %)Linux
45 (0.353 %)Windows XP
53 (0.212 %)AIX
53 (0.212 %)HPUX
53 (0.212 %)Solaris
62 (0.141 %)Windows 2000
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1942 (66.53 %)Business Intelligence
2209 (14.76 %)Project Management
3155 (10.95 %)Data Modelling
4141 (9.958 %)Performance Management
587 (6.144 %)Data Management
681 (5.720 %)SOA
773 (5.155 %)ERP
872 (5.085 %)Business Analysis
949 (3.460 %)CRM
1047 (3.319 %)Asset Management
1146 (3.249 %)Document Management
1245 (3.178 %)Data Analysis
1337 (2.613 %)Workflow
1432 (2.260 %)UML
1529 (2.048 %)Dimensional Modelling
1628 (1.977 %)OOP
1725 (1.766 %)E-Commerce
1824 (1.695 %)Migration
1920 (1.412 %)Technical Architecture
2018 (1.271 %)Requirements Analysis
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1450 (31.78 %)SQL
287 (6.144 %)VB
358 (4.096 %)PL/SQL
450 (3.531 %)VBA
547 (3.319 %)Java
644 (3.107 %)C#
730 (2.119 %)Transact-SQL
829 (2.048 %)VB.NET
917 (1.201 %)JavaScript
1014 (0.989 %)VBScript
1014 (0.989 %)Shell Script
1113 (0.918 %)C
1210 (0.706 %)VB6
139 (0.636 %)C++
142 (0.141 %)RPG
142 (0.141 %)ABAP
151 (0.071 %)PowerHouse
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1202 (14.27 %)Degree
237 (2.613 %)CIMA
334 (2.401 %)ACCA
43 (0.212 %)HND
43 (0.212 %)MCTS
52 (0.141 %)MCDBA
52 (0.141 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.141 %)CIPFA
52 (0.141 %)MCAD
52 (0.141 %)MCSD
61 (0.071 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.071 %)MBA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (2.119 %)SLA
216 (1.130 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
312 (0.847 %)Basel II
44 (0.282 %)COBIT
53 (0.212 %)QA
61 (0.071 %)GxP
61 (0.071 %)GAAP
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.141 %)Samba
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.071 %)EMC NetWorker
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1608 (42.94 %)Business Objects
2464 (32.77 %)Oracle
3365 (25.78 %)Hyperion
4173 (12.22 %)Informatica
5153 (10.81 %)Microsoft
6145 (10.24 %)Ab Initio
7134 (9.463 %)SAP
870 (4.944 %)OutlookSoft
957 (4.025 %)MicroStrategy
1054 (3.814 %)Siebel
1148 (3.390 %)PeopleSoft
1237 (2.613 %)Teradata
1334 (2.401 %)IBM
1431 (2.189 %)Trillium
1524 (1.695 %)Kalido
1621 (1.483 %)Infor
1720 (1.412 %)Sage
1720 (1.412 %)SmartStream
1816 (1.130 %)Sybase
1816 (1.130 %)JD Edwards