The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognizant products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognizant over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognizant
Rank - 174 169
Permanent jobs citing Cognizant 0 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.027% 0.050%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.061% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,600 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-34.85% +33.33%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1842 1642 2018
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.22% 45.09% 50.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1547 1399 1819
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £23,525 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognizant
North West

Cognizant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Cognizant Jobs Demand Trend

Cognizant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cognizant across the Manchester region.

Manchester Cognizant Salary Trend

Cognizant
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Cognizant 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 Cognizant.

1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Twitter
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree

Cognizant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Cognizant 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 Cognizant. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) General Ledger
2 1 (50.00%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Twitter