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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Impromptu
Rank 852 887 848
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -39
Permanent jobs citing Cognos Impromptu 10 11 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.009% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.030% 0.031% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 18
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,900 £28,500 £34,750
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £49,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,250 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -16.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
33234 35908 36708
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 30.90% 29.75% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28729 31767 31960
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

Cognos Impromptu
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cognos Impromptu Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Impromptu
Salary Trend

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

Cognos Impromptu Salary Trend

Cognos Impromptu
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos Impromptu over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Cognos Impromptu Salary Histogram

Cognos Impromptu
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Impromptu within the UK 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
England +24 10 £37,500 -6.25%
London +39 5 £67,500 +36.36%
South East - 4 £31,250 -
Southampton - 3 £31,500 -
Hampshire - 3 £31,500 -
East of England +10 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +5 1 - -
City of London - 1 £37,500 -
Berkshire - 1 £20,500 -
Reading - 1 £20,500 -

Cognos Impromptu
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Impromptu 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 Impromptu.

1 55 (88.71%) Cognos
2 46 (74.19%) SQL
3 41 (66.13%) SQL Server
4 38 (61.29%) Microsoft
5 27 (43.55%) VB
5 27 (43.55%) NorthgateArinso
6 22 (35.48%) Cognos Powerplay
7 20 (32.26%) Twitter
8 18 (29.03%) Finance
9 16 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (24.19%) Cognos Business Intelligence
11 10 (16.13%) RDBMS
11 10 (16.13%) T-SQL
11 10 (16.13%) DB2
12 7 (11.29%) Banking
12 7 (11.29%) UML
12 7 (11.29%) Use Case
13 6 (9.677%) SC Cleared
13 6 (9.677%) Security Cleared
13 6 (9.677%) MS Excel
14 5 (8.065%) Hyperion
14 5 (8.065%) Sage
14 5 (8.065%) BPCS
14 5 (8.065%) OLAP
14 5 (8.065%) Northgate
14 5 (8.065%) Essbase
14 5 (8.065%) DRM
14 5 (8.065%) Project Management
14 5 (8.065%) Hyperion Planning
14 5 (8.065%) Oracle BI EE

Cognos Impromptu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Impromptu 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 Impromptu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (1.613%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.226%) MS Office
3 1 (1.613%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (24.19%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (8.065%) BPCS
2 5 (8.065%) Hyperion Planning
3 2 (3.226%) Agresso
3 2 (3.226%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.613%) SAN
1 1 (1.613%) LAN
1 1 (1.613%) WAN
1 1 (1.613%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (66.13%) SQL Server
2 22 (35.48%) Cognos Powerplay
3 10 (16.13%) RDBMS
3 10 (16.13%) DB2
4 5 (8.065%) OLAP
4 5 (8.065%) Essbase
4 5 (8.065%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.613%) Crystal Reports
General
1 18 (29.03%) Finance
2 7 (11.29%) Banking
3 2 (3.226%) Retail
4 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (62.90%) Developer
2 35 (56.45%) Analyst
3 20 (32.26%) Analyst Developer
4 19 (30.65%) Systems Developer
4 19 (30.65%) Systems Analyst
5 9 (14.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 8 (12.90%) SQL Developer
7 7 (11.29%) Business Analyst
8 5 (8.065%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (8.065%) Senior Financial Analyst
8 5 (8.065%) Financial Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Data Centre Technician
10 2 (3.226%) Support Analyst
10 2 (3.226%) Cognos Developer
10 2 (3.226%) Service Manager
10 2 (3.226%) Support Manager
10 2 (3.226%) Service Support Manager
11 1 (1.613%) Configuration Analyst
11 1 (1.613%) Cognos Consultant
11 1 (1.613%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.226%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.613%) Fat Client
2 1 (1.613%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (1.613%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (11.29%) UML
2 7 (11.29%) Use Case
3 5 (8.065%) DRM
3 5 (8.065%) Project Management
4 4 (6.452%) Time Management
5 3 (4.839%) ITIL
6 2 (3.226%) Service Management
6 2 (3.226%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (3.226%) Data Analysis
6 2 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (3.226%) Release Management
7 1 (1.613%) Project Planning
7 1 (1.613%) ITIL V3
7 1 (1.613%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.613%) Validation
7 1 (1.613%) Migration
7 1 (1.613%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 46 (74.19%) SQL
2 27 (43.55%) VB
3 10 (16.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.677%) SC Cleared
1 6 (9.677%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.065%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.613%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.613%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.613%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (1.613%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 55 (88.71%) Cognos
2 38 (61.29%) Microsoft
3 27 (43.55%) NorthgateArinso
4 20 (32.26%) Twitter
5 5 (8.065%) Hyperion
5 5 (8.065%) Sage
5 5 (8.065%) Northgate
6 2 (3.226%) Oracle
7 1 (1.613%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.613%) VMware
7 1 (1.613%) Intel