The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognizant products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 247 230 234
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Cognizant 2 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.028% 0.084% 0.043%
As % of the Vendors category 0.061% 0.181% 0.085%
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
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3281 3308 3509
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.91% 46.49% 50.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2711 2840 3063
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £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
Cognizant
England

Cognizant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Cognizant Salary Trend

Cognizant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognizant within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +5 2 - -
Cognizant
England

Cognizant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 12 (63.16%) Life Science
2 11 (57.89%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (52.63%) Degree
4 6 (31.58%) QA
4 6 (31.58%) Manufacturing
5 5 (26.32%) Project Management
5 5 (26.32%) Finance
5 5 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (21.05%) Big Data
6 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (15.79%) HP
7 3 (15.79%) Primavera
7 3 (15.79%) Validation
7 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
7 3 (15.79%) Marketing
7 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
8 2 (10.53%) Information Management
8 2 (10.53%) Document Management
8 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (10.53%) Banking
8 2 (10.53%) Migration
8 2 (10.53%) Change Management
8 2 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (10.53%) CRM
8 2 (10.53%) Middleware
8 2 (10.53%) SOA
8 2 (10.53%) ETL

Cognizant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (10.53%) Middleware
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.263%) SOAP
2 1 (5.263%) Web Services
2 1 (5.263%) XML
2 1 (5.263%) XSD
2 1 (5.263%) XSLT
2 1 (5.263%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
1 1 (5.263%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.263%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Big Data
1 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.263%) MySQL
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
1 1 (5.263%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (57.89%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (31.58%) Manufacturing
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Banking
6 1 (5.263%) Retail
6 1 (5.263%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.263%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (10.53%) Analyst
1 2 (10.53%) Support Specialist
1 2 (10.53%) Architect
2 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Lead Architect
2 1 (5.263%) Senior Architect
2 1 (5.263%) Test Architect
2 1 (5.263%) Senior Test Architect
2 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Project Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
2 1 (5.263%) Programme Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Account Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Programmer
2 1 (5.263%) Report Analyst
2 1 (5.263%) SAS Programmer
2 1 (5.263%) Data Manager
2 1 (5.263%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Life Science
2 1 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.263%) Open Source
2 1 (5.263%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.263%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Project Management
1 5 (26.32%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Validation
3 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Information Management
4 2 (10.53%) Document Management
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 2 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) CRM
4 2 (10.53%) SOA
4 2 (10.53%) ETL
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
4 2 (10.53%) Master Data Management
4 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) XQuery
1 1 (5.263%) XPath
Qualifications
1 10 (52.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) QA
2 2 (10.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (10.53%) GAMP
2 2 (10.53%) GMP
3 1 (5.263%) CDISC
3 1 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) HP
2 3 (15.79%) Primavera
3 2 (10.53%) Business Objects
3 2 (10.53%) Twitter
4 1 (5.263%) SAP
4 1 (5.263%) Oracle