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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Powerplay
Rank 839 878 832
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -46
Permanent jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 23 21 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.039%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.069% 0.058% 0.135%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 35
Average salary £57,500 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +5.55%
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
33419 35910 36204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 30.92% 29.76% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28904 31787 31534
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 Powerplay
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cognos Powerplay Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Salary Trend

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

Cognos Powerplay Salary Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Cognos Powerplay Salary Histogram

Cognos Powerplay
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay within the UK 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
England +28 23 £57,500 +15.00%
London +58 11 £62,500 +13.63%
Salisbury - 9 £37,500 -
Wiltshire - 9 £37,500 -
South West - 9 £37,500 -
City of London +2 3 £57,500 +4.54%
South East +4 1 £75,500 +67.77%
East of England - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £42,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 £42,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Redditch - 1 £42,500 -

Cognos Powerplay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay.

1 88 (100.00%) Cognos
2 81 (92.05%) Business Intelligence
3 64 (72.73%) SQL
4 54 (61.36%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 41 (46.59%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (43.18%) ETL
7 35 (39.77%) Finance
8 31 (35.23%) SQL Server
9 30 (34.09%) Oracle
10 26 (29.55%) DB2
11 25 (28.41%) OLAP
12 24 (27.27%) ERP
13 22 (25.00%) Cognos Impromptu
14 20 (22.73%) Degree
14 20 (22.73%) Oracle OLAP
14 20 (22.73%) Project Management
15 19 (21.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 17 (19.32%) T-SQL
17 16 (18.18%) RDBMS
17 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
17 16 (18.18%) Hyperion
18 14 (15.91%) Data Analysis
18 14 (15.91%) Informatica
19 13 (14.77%) Star Schema
19 13 (14.77%) Analytics
20 11 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
20 11 (12.50%) Banking
21 10 (11.36%) IBM
21 10 (11.36%) SAP
22 9 (10.23%) Business Objects

Cognos Powerplay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (6.818%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.818%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.682%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (3.409%) SAS
4 1 (1.136%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.818%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 54 (61.36%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 6 (6.818%) Applix TM1
3 5 (5.682%) BPCS
3 5 (5.682%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (1.136%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (46.59%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (35.23%) SQL Server
3 26 (29.55%) DB2
4 25 (28.41%) OLAP
5 22 (25.00%) Cognos Impromptu
6 20 (22.73%) Oracle OLAP
7 19 (21.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (18.18%) RDBMS
9 13 (14.77%) Star Schema
10 11 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (10.23%) Oracle Reports
11 9 (10.23%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (7.955%) ReportNet
13 6 (6.818%) NovaView
13 6 (6.818%) Informix
13 6 (6.818%) Ingres
14 5 (5.682%) Data Mining
14 5 (5.682%) Essbase
14 5 (5.682%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (5.682%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.545%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (3.409%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 35 (39.77%) Finance
2 11 (12.50%) Banking
3 8 (9.091%) Advertising
4 3 (3.409%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 45 (51.14%) Developer
2 25 (28.41%) Cognos Developer
3 22 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 15 (17.05%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 15 (17.05%) Business Manager
5 12 (13.64%) Analyst
6 9 (10.23%) Tester
7 7 (7.955%) Business Analyst
7 7 (7.955%) Consultant
8 6 (6.818%) Technical Consultant
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (5.682%) Business Developer
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 5 (5.682%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 5 (5.682%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (4.545%) Senior Cognos Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Lead Developer
10 4 (4.545%) Senior Manager
10 4 (4.545%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.682%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.955%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (92.05%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (43.18%) ETL
3 24 (27.27%) ERP
4 20 (22.73%) Project Management
5 14 (15.91%) Data Analysis
6 13 (14.77%) Analytics
7 9 (10.23%) Data Modelling
7 9 (10.23%) Regression Testing
7 9 (10.23%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (10.23%) Test Scripting
7 9 (10.23%) System Testing
8 8 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
8 8 (9.091%) Data Management
8 8 (9.091%) Migration
9 7 (7.955%) UML
9 7 (7.955%) Use Case
10 6 (6.818%) CRM
11 5 (5.682%) DRM
11 5 (5.682%) Security Architecture
12 4 (4.545%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 64 (72.73%) SQL
2 17 (19.32%) T-SQL
3 9 (10.23%) PL/SQL
4 6 (6.818%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (22.73%) Degree
2 6 (6.818%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (6.818%) MCP
3 5 (5.682%) MCSD
3 5 (5.682%) MCDBA
3 5 (5.682%) MCITP
4 4 (4.545%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 88 (100.00%) Cognos
2 30 (34.09%) Oracle
3 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 16 (18.18%) Hyperion
4 14 (15.91%) Informatica
5 10 (11.36%) IBM
5 10 (11.36%) SAP
6 9 (10.23%) Business Objects
7 6 (6.818%) Applix
7 6 (6.818%) Sybase
8 5 (5.682%) Ab Initio
8 5 (5.682%) Sage
8 5 (5.682%) MicroStrategy
8 5 (5.682%) Kalido
8 5 (5.682%) Infor
9 4 (4.545%) JD Edwards
9 4 (4.545%) Sun
9 4 (4.545%) HP
9 4 (4.545%) Siebel