The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos 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 Cognos over the 3 months to 21 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 IBM Cognos.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 168 170 152
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 21 6 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.513% 0.165% 0.616%
As % of the Vendors category 1.133% 0.366% 1.230%
Number of salaries quoted 21 5 24
Average salary £30,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £39,600 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £49,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1853 1640 1952
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.23% 45.04% 50.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1555 1402 1758
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £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
Cognos
North West

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Salford +5 2 £27,500 -23.61%
Stockport -4 2 £30,000 -
Cognos
North West

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 31 (72.09%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (69.77%) SQL Server
3 25 (58.14%) Business Objects
4 23 (53.49%) SAP
4 23 (53.49%) BusinessObjects
5 21 (48.84%) ETL
5 21 (48.84%) SAS
6 20 (46.51%) SQL
6 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
7 19 (44.19%) Oracle
8 18 (41.86%) Analytics
9 17 (39.53%) Management Information System
9 17 (39.53%) Netezza
10 16 (37.21%) Oracle BI EE
10 16 (37.21%) OLAP
10 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
10 16 (37.21%) MicroStrategy
10 16 (37.21%) IBM
11 15 (34.88%) Data Mining
11 15 (34.88%) Informatica
11 15 (34.88%) DataStage
11 15 (34.88%) DataFlux
11 15 (34.88%) Oracle OLAP
11 15 (34.88%) QlikView
11 15 (34.88%) Ab Initio
11 15 (34.88%) Teradata
11 15 (34.88%) IBM InfoSphere
12 14 (32.56%) Master Data Management
12 14 (32.56%) Data Management
12 14 (32.56%) Spotfire

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (9.302%) .NET
2 2 (4.651%) EDI
2 2 (4.651%) Web Services
2 2 (4.651%) XML
2 2 (4.651%) HTML
3 1 (2.326%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 21 (48.84%) SAS
2 2 (4.651%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
2 14 (32.56%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) PeopleSoft HRMS
2 3 (6.977%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (4.651%) MFGPRO
4 1 (2.326%) SAP BPC
4 1 (2.326%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (2.326%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) SAN
1 1 (2.326%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (69.77%) SQL Server
2 23 (53.49%) BusinessObjects
3 16 (37.21%) Oracle BI EE
3 16 (37.21%) OLAP
4 15 (34.88%) Data Mining
4 15 (34.88%) DataStage
4 15 (34.88%) Oracle OLAP
4 15 (34.88%) QlikView
4 15 (34.88%) IBM InfoSphere
5 14 (32.56%) Spotfire
5 14 (32.56%) Pentaho
5 14 (32.56%) Hadoop
5 14 (32.56%) Big Data
5 14 (32.56%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (13.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (11.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (11.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (6.977%) DB2
9 2 (4.651%) MS Access
9 2 (4.651%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (6.977%) Finance
2 1 (2.326%) Billing
2 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (48.84%) Consultant
2 19 (44.19%) Analyst
3 16 (37.21%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 9 (20.93%) Business Consultant
5 5 (11.63%) Developer
6 4 (9.302%) Senior Developer
6 4 (9.302%) MI Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Functional Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Data Analytics Consultant
7 3 (6.977%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Data Consultant
8 2 (4.651%) Applications Support
8 2 (4.651%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Senior Database Developer
8 2 (4.651%) Database Developer
8 2 (4.651%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.651%) SAS Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Database Team Leader
8 2 (4.651%) MI Developer
9 1 (2.326%) Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (39.53%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.63%) Data Conversion
2 5 (11.63%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Linux
1 2 (4.651%) Windows
2 1 (2.326%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (48.84%) ETL
3 18 (41.86%) Analytics
4 14 (32.56%) Master Data Management
4 14 (32.56%) Data Management
5 11 (25.58%) Information Management
6 10 (23.26%) Data Cleansing
7 7 (16.28%) Data Analysis
7 7 (16.28%) Project Management
8 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.95%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (11.63%) Business Development
9 5 (11.63%) Data Architecture
9 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
9 5 (11.63%) PRINCE2
10 4 (9.302%) Quality Management
10 4 (9.302%) GAP Analysis
10 4 (9.302%) Knowledge Management
10 4 (9.302%) Data Mapping
11 3 (6.977%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (46.51%) SQL
2 4 (9.302%) C
3 3 (6.977%) VBA
4 2 (4.651%) C#
4 2 (4.651%) Java
4 2 (4.651%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.651%) VBScript
4 2 (4.651%) VB
4 2 (4.651%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (2.326%) Degree
1 1 (2.326%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.326%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.326%) Tivoli
1 1 (2.326%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Business Objects
2 23 (53.49%) SAP
3 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
4 19 (44.19%) Oracle
5 17 (39.53%) Netezza
6 16 (37.21%) MicroStrategy
6 16 (37.21%) IBM
7 15 (34.88%) Informatica
7 15 (34.88%) DataFlux
7 15 (34.88%) Ab Initio
7 15 (34.88%) Teradata
8 14 (32.56%) Tableau
9 5 (11.63%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (2.326%) Infor
10 1 (2.326%) VMware
10 1 (2.326%) Lotus
10 1 (2.326%) Hyperion
10 1 (2.326%) EMC
10 1 (2.326%) Trillium
Manchester, Lancashire
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £68,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A grasp of the financial services industry will also be key, and ideally you'll have an understanding of Cognos, SQL and an exposure to Risk Management Systems.
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: £24400 - £30400 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The ideal candidate will have experience working on PeopleSoft HRMS.The main purpose of the role is to provide functional expertise to HR systems managed by Group HR...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 11 May 2013