The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within IBM Cognos.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 183 208 153
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -55
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 37 19 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.702% 0.316% 1.138%
As % of the Vendors category 1.366% 0.630% 2.068%
Number of salaries quoted 32 16 47
Average salary £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.70% +8.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,050 £33,750 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,450 £71,250 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £39,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.28% -12.77%
All Vendors
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2709 3018 2950
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 51.37% 50.17% 55.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2144 2514 2527
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Chertsey - 2 £34,500 -
Staines - 1 £52,500 -
Woking - 1 £45,000 -
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 60 (73.17%) SQL
2 51 (62.20%) Business Intelligence
3 36 (43.90%) .NET
4 35 (42.68%) Business Objects
4 35 (42.68%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (34.15%) T-SQL
6 27 (32.93%) C#
7 22 (26.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (23.17%) ETL
9 18 (21.95%) SQL Server
9 18 (21.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 18 (21.95%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 16 (19.51%) Finance
11 15 (18.29%) Degree
11 15 (18.29%) Oracle
11 15 (18.29%) MS Excel
12 12 (14.63%) IBM
12 12 (14.63%) VB
13 11 (13.41%) Crystal Reports
13 11 (13.41%) Retail
14 10 (12.20%) PRINCE2
15 9 (10.98%) XML
15 9 (10.98%) DTS
15 9 (10.98%) Agile Software Development
15 9 (10.98%) SQL Server 2008
15 9 (10.98%) Kimball Methodology
16 8 (9.756%) Enterprise Modelling
16 8 (9.756%) Team Foundation Server
16 8 (9.756%) jQuery
16 8 (9.756%) MVC

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 36 (43.90%) .NET
2 9 (10.98%) XML
3 8 (9.756%) jQuery
4 7 (8.537%) Ajax
4 7 (8.537%) WinForms
5 5 (6.098%) ASP
6 4 (4.878%) Spring
6 4 (4.878%) Struts
7 3 (3.659%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.659%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.439%) ASP.NET MVC 2
9 1 (1.220%) WPF
9 1 (1.220%) HTML
9 1 (1.220%) CSS
9 1 (1.220%) ODBC
9 1 (1.220%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.756%) SAS
2 7 (8.537%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.317%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.220%) Apache
4 1 (1.220%) IIS
4 1 (1.220%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 15 (18.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 18 (21.95%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 6 (7.317%) Maximo
3 2 (2.439%) Agresso
4 1 (1.220%) Cognos Planning
4 1 (1.220%) ResourceLink
4 1 (1.220%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (1.220%) HFM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (42.68%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (26.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (21.95%) SQL Server
3 18 (21.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (13.41%) Crystal Reports
5 9 (10.98%) DTS
5 9 (10.98%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (9.756%) Star Schema
7 5 (6.098%) DB2
7 5 (6.098%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (4.878%) SAP BW
9 2 (2.439%) Data Mart
9 2 (2.439%) DecisionStream
9 2 (2.439%) BusinessObjects XI
9 2 (2.439%) QlikView
9 2 (2.439%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (1.220%) Pentaho
10 1 (1.220%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (1.220%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.220%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 8 (9.756%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.220%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.220%) NUnit
General
1 16 (19.51%) Finance
2 11 (13.41%) Retail
3 3 (3.659%) Advertising
4 1 (1.220%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.220%) Marketing
4 1 (1.220%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 40 (48.78%) Developer
2 14 (17.07%) Analyst
3 12 (14.63%) SQL Developer
3 12 (14.63%) Cognos Developer
3 12 (14.63%) Graduate
4 9 (10.98%) Consultant
5 8 (9.756%) Junior
6 7 (8.537%) Business Analyst
6 7 (8.537%) MI Analyst
6 7 (8.537%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 6 (7.317%) Senior Developer
8 5 (6.098%) Project Manager
8 5 (6.098%) Data Warehouse Developer
8 5 (6.098%) Junior Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Java Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Senior Cognos Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (4.878%) Graduate Developer
10 3 (3.659%) SQL Server Data Warehouse Developer
10 3 (3.659%) Business Intelligence Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.537%) N-Tier
2 1 (1.220%) Data Extraction
2 1 (1.220%) FMCG
2 1 (1.220%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.220%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.220%) UNIX
1 1 (1.220%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (62.20%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (23.17%) ETL
3 10 (12.20%) PRINCE2
4 9 (10.98%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (10.98%) Kimball Methodology
5 8 (9.756%) Enterprise Modelling
5 8 (9.756%) MVC
5 8 (9.756%) TDD
5 8 (9.756%) Data Modelling
6 7 (8.537%) UML
6 7 (8.537%) OO
6 7 (8.537%) Use Case
7 6 (7.317%) Strategic Planning
8 4 (4.878%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.878%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (4.878%) Waterfall
9 3 (3.659%) CAFM
10 2 (2.439%) Data Management
10 2 (2.439%) WFM
10 2 (2.439%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 60 (73.17%) SQL
2 28 (34.15%) T-SQL
3 27 (32.93%) C#
4 12 (14.63%) VB
5 8 (9.756%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.878%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.878%) Java
7 2 (2.439%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.220%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Degree
2 1 (1.220%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.537%) SLA
2 1 (1.220%) COBIT
Vendors
1 35 (42.68%) Business Objects
2 15 (18.29%) Oracle
3 12 (14.63%) IBM
4 8 (9.756%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.317%) SAP
6 2 (2.439%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.220%) Cognizant
7 1 (1.220%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.220%) PeopleSoft