The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Business Intelligence skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Business Applications category.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Rank 661 714 548
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -166
Permanent jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 199 200 339
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.185% 0.165% 0.279%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.407% 2.096% 3.407%
Number of salaries quoted 161 171 259
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.75% -11.11%
All Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
8266 9541 9951
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 7.699% 7.879% 8.175%
Number of salaries quoted 6455 7911 8146
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

Cognos Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

Cognos Business Intelligence Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence within the UK.

Cognos Business Intelligence Salary Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Cognos Business Intelligence Salary Histogram

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +52 194 £44,500 -6.31%
South East +44 63 £44,000 +2.32%
London -3 51 £52,500 +5.00%
South West +13 22 £37,500 -
Berkshire +16 20 £32,500 -48.00%
Wiltshire - 16 £37,500 -
Yorkshire +4 14 £35,000 -6.66%
East of England - 13 £45,000 -
West Yorkshire +7 12 £35,000 -3.44%
Leeds -4 12 £35,000 -6.66%
City of London -16 12 £52,500 -4.54%
Hampshire +11 11 £43,500 +4.81%
Salisbury - 9 £37,500 -
Swindon - 7 £36,000 -
Essex - 7 £45,000 -
North West +6 6 £37,000 +13.84%
Surrey +16 5 £55,000 +49.65%
Nottinghamshire +1 5 £48,000 -4.00%
East Midlands -2 5 £48,000 -4.00%
Bristol - 5 - -
Reading +8 4 £48,000 -26.15%
Cheshire +4 4 £37,250 +14.61%
Nottingham +4 4 £42,750 -14.50%
North East +4 4 £45,000 +12.50%
Newcastle upon Tyne -4 4 £45,000 +18.42%
Tyne and Wear -4 4 £45,000 +18.42%
Warrington +21 3 £37,500 +15.38%
East Sussex - 3 £47,500 -
Scotland -10 2 £50,000 +25.00%
West Midlands -21 2 £45,000 +38.46%

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 523 (100.00%) Cognos
1 523 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 254 (48.57%) SQL
3 240 (45.89%) Data Warehouse
4 232 (44.36%) ETL
5 191 (36.52%) SQL Server
6 172 (32.89%) IBM
7 170 (32.50%) Finance
8 145 (27.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 111 (21.22%) OLAP
10 102 (19.50%) Oracle
11 86 (16.44%) Data Modelling
12 76 (14.53%) Project Management
13 65 (12.43%) Microsoft
14 64 (12.24%) SQL Server 2008
15 61 (11.66%) Cognos Powerplay
15 61 (11.66%) Analytics
16 60 (11.47%) Kimball Methodology
16 60 (11.47%) Business Objects
17 59 (11.28%) T-SQL
17 59 (11.28%) MS Excel
18 55 (10.52%) ERP
19 52 (9.943%) SQL Server 2005
20 50 (9.560%) Degree
21 48 (9.178%) .NET
22 44 (8.413%) Oracle OLAP
23 42 (8.031%) Dimensional Modelling
23 42 (8.031%) Cognos Planning
23 42 (8.031%) SQL Server Reporting Services
24 39 (7.457%) Data Analysis

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 48 (9.178%) .NET
2 12 (2.294%) MDX
3 8 (1.530%) XML
4 7 (1.338%) HTML
4 7 (1.338%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.147%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.382%) ASP
7 1 (0.191%) SAP XI
7 1 (0.191%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 15 (2.868%) SAS
2 6 (1.147%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.765%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.382%) MTS
4 2 (0.382%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 59 (11.28%) MS Excel
2 15 (2.868%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 42 (8.031%) Cognos Planning
2 21 (4.015%) Cognos Controller
3 7 (1.338%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (1.147%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (0.956%) BPCS
6 3 (0.574%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.382%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.382%) Maximo
7 2 (0.382%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.191%) HFM
8 1 (0.191%) Agresso
8 1 (0.191%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.191%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 240 (45.89%) Data Warehouse
2 191 (36.52%) SQL Server
3 145 (27.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 111 (21.22%) OLAP
5 64 (12.24%) SQL Server 2008
6 61 (11.66%) Cognos Powerplay
7 52 (9.943%) SQL Server 2005
8 44 (8.413%) Oracle OLAP
9 42 (8.031%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 32 (6.119%) RDBMS
11 31 (5.927%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 24 (4.589%) BusinessObjects XI
12 24 (4.589%) Oracle 8/8i
13 23 (4.398%) Star Schema
14 22 (4.207%) SQL Server 2000
14 22 (4.207%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 22 (4.207%) SQL Server 2012
15 21 (4.015%) Crystal Reports
16 20 (3.824%) QlikView
17 15 (2.868%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 3 (0.574%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 170 (32.50%) Finance
2 23 (4.398%) Banking
3 19 (3.633%) Marketing
4 18 (3.442%) Advertising
5 8 (1.530%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (1.147%) Financial Institution
6 6 (1.147%) Games
6 6 (1.147%) Electronics
7 5 (0.956%) Retail
8 4 (0.765%) Back Office
8 4 (0.765%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.765%) Investment Banking
8 4 (0.765%) General Ledger
9 3 (0.574%) Interactive Media
10 2 (0.382%) Billing
11 1 (0.191%) Military
Job Titles
1 225 (43.02%) Developer
2 148 (28.30%) Analyst
3 117 (22.37%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 99 (18.93%) Cognos Developer
5 82 (15.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 73 (13.96%) Consultant
7 63 (12.05%) Business Analyst
8 62 (11.85%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 51 (9.751%) Cognos Consultant
10 49 (9.369%) Business Developer
11 48 (9.178%) Business Intelligence Consultant
12 47 (8.987%) SQL Developer
13 39 (7.457%) Business Manager
14 35 (6.692%) Analyst Developer
15 23 (4.398%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (3.824%) Developer Analyst
17 18 (3.442%) Senior Developer
17 18 (3.442%) Systems Analyst
18 16 (3.059%) Support Analyst
19 15 (2.868%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.545%) Management Information System
2 11 (2.103%) Blackberry
3 9 (1.721%) PMI
4 8 (1.530%) Data Integration
5 6 (1.147%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.382%) NHS
6 2 (0.382%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.382%) Clustering
7 1 (0.191%) Economics
7 1 (0.191%) Statistics
7 1 (0.191%) Replication
7 1 (0.191%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.486%) Linux
2 8 (1.530%) Windows
3 2 (0.382%) UNIX
3 2 (0.382%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (0.382%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 232 (44.36%) ETL
3 86 (16.44%) Data Modelling
4 76 (14.53%) Project Management
5 61 (11.66%) Analytics
6 60 (11.47%) Kimball Methodology
7 55 (10.52%) ERP
8 42 (8.031%) Dimensional Modelling
9 39 (7.457%) Data Analysis
10 35 (6.692%) Migration
11 27 (5.163%) Business Analysis
12 26 (4.971%) Information Management
13 24 (4.589%) Data Migration
13 24 (4.589%) Data Cleansing
14 22 (4.207%) Data Management
15 20 (3.824%) Business Analytics
16 16 (3.059%) ITIL
17 15 (2.868%) Stakeholder Management
18 14 (2.677%) Service Management
18 14 (2.677%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 254 (48.57%) SQL
2 59 (11.28%) T-SQL
3 20 (3.824%) C#
4 15 (2.868%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.677%) PL/SQL
5 14 (2.677%) Java
6 10 (1.912%) VBA
7 2 (0.382%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.191%) C
8 1 (0.191%) VBScript
8 1 (0.191%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (9.560%) Degree
2 38 (7.266%) IBM Certification
3 10 (1.912%) Security Cleared
4 9 (1.721%) PMI Certification
5 8 (1.530%) SC Cleared
6 5 (0.956%) CIPD
7 2 (0.382%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.191%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.191%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.868%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.677%) SLA
3 7 (1.338%) GxP
4 5 (0.956%) QA
5 2 (0.382%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 523 (100.00%) Cognos
2 172 (32.89%) IBM
3 102 (19.50%) Oracle
4 65 (12.43%) Microsoft
5 60 (11.47%) Business Objects
6 26 (4.971%) SAP
7 21 (4.015%) Informatica
8 11 (2.103%) Hyperion
9 10 (1.912%) Trillium
10 8 (1.530%) TIBCO
10 8 (1.530%) Teradata
11 7 (1.338%) Tableau
12 5 (0.956%) Sage
13 4 (0.765%) JD Edwards
14 2 (0.382%) Intel
15 1 (0.191%) Actuate
15 1 (0.191%) PeopleSoft
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Very strong IBM Cognos BI report development is desirable.The successful candidate will be an experienced and ambitious Data Warehouse Developer with strong business, system analysis and communication...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
Cognos Developer - Financial Services Provider - Cheshire - Cognos / MI / Data Warehouse / Teradata / Cognos BI Suite / Cognos Cube Building / Cognos Dashboard / Cognos / FM / Report Studio / Query Studio. A Global Financial...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Very strong IBM Cognos BI report development is desirable.The successful candidate will be an experienced and ambitious Data Warehouse Developer with strong business, system analysis and communication...
Computer Futures
Salary: £53000 - £58000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
o Able to relate and communicate with the office of Finance based on previous experience o Be comfortable to recommend changes to company processes around the implementation of...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + excellent bonus and benefits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warrington, North West
You will have worked with large scale Data Warehouses (ideally Oracle or SQL based) and have a strong understanding of business intelligence and information reporting Ideally you will...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Job Title: Cognos Developer, Warrington, £35,000 - £40,000My client are looking for an experienced Cognos Consultant Developer to join their organisation in a permanent role. They are...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Cognos Business Intelligence analyst developer sought by this leading eCommerce based organisation You will be working in their data warehouse development team and will be responsible in developing...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £34000 - £42000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex, South East
You will also generate BI based on the findings. Main tasks for Cognos BI Analyst: Gather data from BI steering committee and decision makers/ data owners to define...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Warrington, North West
They are currently implementing a new finance order and billing provisioning system and are looking for a highly experienced consultant to deliver a new Cognos Management Information analytical...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
Very strong IBM Cognos BI report development is desirable.The successful candidate will be an experienced and ambitious Data Warehouse Developer with strong business, system analysis and communication...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Strong experience of Cognos report development & Framework Manager modelling... Working knowledge of Dashboard, Cognos SDK using Java or .Net would be beneficial. Data Warehouse concepts such as: SCDs,...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: Excellent salary & benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
The position is based within the application services division of the group who provide financial reporting and business intelligence services to a variety of business units globally. The...
Information Technology Services
Salary: Market related
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
SQL Server 2005/2008r2... Desirable Skills Microsoft BI Certifications. SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) SSAS ( SQL Server Analysis Services ) An appreciation of Cognos BI v10.1. MS Dynamics...
Venturi
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Role: Bridge the gap between Business and IT team in the delivery and optimisation of reporting and business intelligence (BI) tools... A global manufacturing organisation, with offices all...
EU Solutions
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013