The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 17 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 Swindon region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 40 - 42
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 14 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 3.011% - 2.196%
As % of the Vendors category 7.292% - 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 11
Average salary £36,000 - £35,033
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 - £33,750
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 - £42,039
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
All Vendors
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
192 258 242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 41.29% 50.39% 48.30%
Number of salaries quoted 166 220 221
Average salary £36,000 £38,472 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.42% +16.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,056 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
Wiltshire

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Swindon Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 27 (96.43%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (78.57%) Finance
3 20 (71.43%) Business Objects
4 19 (67.86%) Information Management
4 19 (67.86%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 19 (67.86%) BusinessObjects XI
5 6 (21.43%) SQL
5 6 (21.43%) IBM
6 5 (17.86%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (17.86%) Hyperion
6 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
6 5 (17.86%) PL/SQL
7 3 (10.71%) ERP
8 2 (7.143%) Workflow
8 2 (7.143%) Degree
8 2 (7.143%) Change Control
9 1 (3.571%) Data Management
9 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
9 1 (3.571%) VBA
9 1 (3.571%) MS Office
9 1 (3.571%) MS Excel

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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.

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.571%) MS Office
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (67.86%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (67.86%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 22 (78.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Cognos Support
2 7 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 7 (25.00%) Cognos Specialist
3 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 6 (21.43%) MI Manager
4 5 (17.86%) Business Analyst
4 5 (17.86%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (14.29%) Consultant
5 4 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (7.143%) Administrator
7 2 (7.143%) Cognos Administrator
8 1 (3.571%) Data Analyst
8 1 (3.571%) Cognos Developer
8 1 (3.571%) Management Consultant
8 1 (3.571%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (67.86%) Information Management
3 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.71%) ERP
5 2 (7.143%) Change Control
5 2 (7.143%) Workflow
6 1 (3.571%) Data Management
6 1 (3.571%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.571%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Business Objects
2 6 (21.43%) IBM
3 5 (17.86%) Hyperion