Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors currently tracked.

LinkCognos
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank231220212
Rank change year-on-year
Down-11Down-8
Matching permanent IT job ads7467321842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.868 %0.863 %0.903 %
As % of the Vendors category2.123 %2.037 %2.016 %
Salaries quoted6085881526
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--1.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,500£40,000£45,000
% change year-on-year
+3.750 %-11.11 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
351363592791372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK40.90 %42.36 %44.77 %
Salaries quoted281932898373434
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-1.230 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£66,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Cognos.

Cognos
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Cognos within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cognos Demand Trend

Cognos
Salary Trend

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

Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Cognos over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Cognos Salary Histogram

Cognos
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-12707£45,000-
LondonDown-28322£52,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-18163£45,000-1.09 %
SurreyUp+6367£43,750-7.89 %
City of LondonDown-5963£55,000+10.00 %
YorkshireDown-148£38,500+10.00 %
West MidlandsUp+1641£35,000-12.50 %
East MidlandsUp+3137£32,000-20.00 %
North WestUp+3029£45,000+20.00 %
ScotlandUp+1827£40,000-27.27 %
West YorkshireDown-1027£47,500+35.71 %
East of EnglandUp+124£35,000-24.32 %
MiddlesexUp+423£50,000+2.56 %
ManchesterUp+2022£45,000-21.73 %
South WestDown-121£37,250+6.42 %
LeedsUp+1420£48,750+39.28 %
EdinburghDown-120£37,500-31.81 %
South YorkshireUp+2619£38,500-9.41 %
CambridgeshireUp+1218£34,000+36.00 %
WarwickshireUp+1916£35,000+45.83 %
EghamNew entry-16£34,250-
BerkshireDown-2414£42,500-4.49 %
East SussexUp+1413£50,000+3.62 %
LeicestershireNew entry-13£32,000-
HampshireUp+412£45,000+17.83 %
DerbyshireUp+1211£21,500-48.19 %
West SussexUp+311£42,500+41.66 %
LeatherheadNew entry-10£45,000-
North EastUp+318£43,750+45.83 %
Tyne and WearUp+258£43,750+45.83 %

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11006 (66.14 %)Business Intelligence
2644 (42.34 %)SQL
3608 (39.97 %)Datawarehouse
4533 (35.04 %)Business Objects
4533 (35.04 %)BusinessObjects
5529 (34.78 %)Finance
6452 (29.72 %)SQL Server
7445 (29.26 %)Oracle
8331 (21.76 %)ETL
9267 (17.55 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
10255 (16.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11223 (14.66 %)Microsoft
12186 (12.23 %)Hyperion
13176 (11.57 %)SQL Server 2005
14175 (11.51 %)SAP
15173 (11.37 %)Data Modelling
16164 (10.78 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17158 (10.39 %)MS Excel
18157 (10.32 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
19151 (9.928 %)Degree
20146 (9.599 %).NET
21143 (9.402 %)ERP
22136 (8.941 %)Informatica
23131 (8.613 %)SharePoint
23131 (8.613 %)Cognos Planning
24118 (7.758 %)IBM
25117 (7.692 %)T-SQL
25117 (7.692 %)C#
26112 (7.364 %)Project Management
27110 (7.232 %)OLAP

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1146 (9.599 %).NET
245 (2.959 %)ASP.NET
340 (2.630 %)HTML
434 (2.235 %).NET Framework
527 (1.775 %)XML
621 (1.381 %)EDI
720 (1.315 %)AJAX
812 (0.789 %)WebSphere
910 (0.657 %)Struts
910 (0.657 %)J2EE
109 (0.592 %)Web Services
117 (0.460 %)MDX
117 (0.460 %)Middleware
126 (0.394 %)SAP XI
126 (0.394 %)ASP
134 (0.263 %)Spring
134 (0.263 %)Oracle Coherence
143 (0.197 %)WSDL
143 (0.197 %)JDBC
143 (0.197 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1131 (8.613 %)SharePoint
2108 (7.101 %)SAS
312 (0.789 %)SharePoint Server 2007
410 (0.657 %)Lotus Notes
59 (0.592 %)MS Exchange
68 (0.526 %)Oracle Workflow
77 (0.460 %)Documentum
85 (0.329 %)WebLogic
85 (0.329 %)Exchange Server 2003
94 (0.263 %)WebSphere Application Server
94 (0.263 %)Tomcat
94 (0.263 %)WebSphere Message Broker
94 (0.263 %)WebSphere Transformation Extender
103 (0.197 %)IIS
103 (0.197 %)SharePoint Portal Server
103 (0.197 %)NetWeaver
103 (0.197 %)BizTalk Server
112 (0.131 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
112 (0.131 %)CMS
112 (0.131 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1158 (10.39 %)MS Excel
260 (3.945 %)MS Office
329 (1.907 %)SPSS
418 (1.183 %)MS Visio
511 (0.723 %)MATLAB
511 (0.723 %)S-PLUS
66 (0.394 %)MS PowerPoint
74 (0.263 %)MS Project
83 (0.197 %)CA Clarity
83 (0.197 %)FastStats
92 (0.131 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1267 (17.55 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
2131 (8.613 %)Cognos Planning
357 (3.748 %)SAP BPC
439 (2.564 %)Cognos Controller
530 (1.972 %)HFM
616 (1.052 %)Hyperion Planning
715 (0.986 %)Oracle Financials
814 (0.920 %)Oracle Applications
911 (0.723 %)Hyperion Enterprise
109 (0.592 %)Applix TM1
118 (0.526 %)Dynamics CRM
118 (0.526 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
127 (0.460 %)Dynamics AX
127 (0.460 %)CODA-Financials
127 (0.460 %)PeopleSoft Financials
136 (0.394 %)Dynamics NAV
136 (0.394 %)Unica Affinium
145 (0.329 %)Oracle BPM
145 (0.329 %)CODA Dream
145 (0.329 %)Academy Housing
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (1.972 %)Internet
217 (1.118 %)Intranet
38 (0.526 %)LDAP
47 (0.460 %)SAN
54 (0.263 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.131 %)HTTP
62 (0.131 %)Extranet
62 (0.131 %)Firewall
71 (0.066 %)C7
71 (0.066 %)RFID
71 (0.066 %)DNS
71 (0.066 %)VoIP
71 (0.066 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1608 (39.97 %)Datawarehouse
2533 (35.04 %)BusinessObjects
3452 (29.72 %)SQL Server
4331 (21.76 %)ETL
5255 (16.77 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6176 (11.57 %)SQL Server 2005
7164 (10.78 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
8157 (10.32 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9110 (7.232 %)OLAP
10106 (6.969 %)Crystal Reports
11101 (6.640 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1292 (6.049 %)DTS
1386 (5.654 %)DB2
1474 (4.865 %)SQL Server 2008
1567 (4.405 %)Cognos Powerplay
1661 (4.011 %)Oracle 8/8i
1760 (3.945 %)DataStage
1856 (3.682 %)Oracle BI EE
1950 (3.287 %)Oracle OLAP
2045 (2.959 %)ReportNet
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (2.564 %)Visual Studio
219 (1.249 %)ERwin
36 (0.394 %)Oracle APEX
45 (0.329 %)JIRA
54 (0.263 %)Eclipse
54 (0.263 %)Synon
54 (0.263 %)COOL2E
63 (0.197 %)VSS/SourceSafe
63 (0.197 %)ClearCase
63 (0.197 %)Ant
63 (0.197 %)JUnit
63 (0.197 %)IEF
63 (0.197 %)ClearQuest
72 (0.131 %)Subversion
72 (0.131 %)Oracle Developer 2000
81 (0.066 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1529 (34.78 %)Finance
2110 (7.232 %)Insurance
380 (5.260 %)Marketing
470 (4.602 %)Retail
560 (3.945 %)Banking
654 (3.550 %)Pensions
742 (2.761 %)Health
830 (1.972 %)Pharmaceutical
928 (1.841 %)Telecoms
1027 (1.775 %)Games
1126 (1.709 %)Manufacturing
1224 (1.578 %)Advertising
1318 (1.183 %)Investment Banking
1417 (1.118 %)Billing
1516 (1.052 %)Financial Institution
1613 (0.855 %)Education
1712 (0.789 %)Publishing
1712 (0.789 %)Construction
1811 (0.723 %)Online Games
1910 (0.657 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1409 (26.89 %)Analyst
2377 (24.79 %)Developer
3373 (24.52 %)Consultant
4146 (9.599 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
5138 (9.073 %)Cognos Developer
6121 (7.955 %)Business Analyst
7113 (7.429 %)Cognos Consultant
8108 (7.101 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
999 (6.509 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
1088 (5.786 %)Architect
1177 (5.062 %)Business Consultant
1274 (4.865 %)Senior Consultant
1364 (4.208 %)SQL Developer
1456 (3.682 %)Business Developer
1547 (3.090 %)Systems Analyst
1646 (3.024 %)Microsoft Consultant
1743 (2.827 %)Senior Developer
1839 (2.564 %)Applications Support
1839 (2.564 %)Data Warehouse (DWH) Developer
1839 (2.564 %)Business Intelligence Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
166 (4.339 %)Management Information System
245 (2.959 %)AS400
342 (2.761 %)Data Integration
439 (2.564 %)Computer Science
533 (2.170 %)Data Extraction
533 (2.170 %)Mathematics
621 (1.381 %)French Language
719 (1.249 %)Clustering
817 (1.118 %)Statistics
913 (0.855 %)Client/Server
1012 (0.789 %)N-Tier
1012 (0.789 %)Economics
1111 (0.723 %)German Language
1210 (0.657 %)iSeries
138 (0.526 %)FMCG
147 (0.460 %)Visualisation
147 (0.460 %)SaaS
156 (0.394 %)Equities
165 (0.329 %)Replication
174 (0.263 %)Data Conversion
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
159 (3.879 %)Windows
251 (3.353 %)UNIX
329 (1.907 %)Windows Server 2003
424 (1.578 %)Linux
512 (0.789 %)Windows 2000 Server
69 (0.592 %)Solaris
76 (0.394 %)Windows 2000
76 (0.394 %)OS/400
84 (0.263 %)Windows XP
84 (0.263 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.066 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.066 %)i5/OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11006 (66.14 %)Business Intelligence
2173 (11.37 %)Data Modelling
3143 (9.402 %)ERP
4112 (7.364 %)Project Management
599 (6.509 %)Performance Management
679 (5.194 %)Data Management
776 (4.997 %)CRM
874 (4.865 %)Data Analysis
970 (4.602 %)Business Analysis
1054 (3.550 %)Dimensional Modelling
1140 (2.630 %)ITIL
1231 (2.038 %)Migration
1231 (2.038 %)Information Management
1329 (1.907 %)PRINCE2
1425 (1.644 %)Data Architecture
1523 (1.512 %)Service Delivery
1523 (1.512 %)Stakeholder Management
1622 (1.446 %)UML
1720 (1.315 %)Asset Management
1720 (1.315 %)Web Analytics
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1644 (42.34 %)SQL
2117 (7.692 %)T-SQL
2117 (7.692 %)C#
383 (5.457 %)PL/SQL
482 (5.391 %)Java
556 (3.682 %)VBA
629 (1.907 %)JavaScript
629 (1.907 %)C
722 (1.446 %)VB.NET
821 (1.381 %)Perl
913 (0.855 %)RPG
1011 (0.723 %)Python
1011 (0.723 %)VBScript
1011 (0.723 %)VB
117 (0.460 %)PowerHouse
117 (0.460 %)PowerShell
126 (0.394 %)Bash shell
135 (0.329 %)ABAP
144 (0.263 %)Shell Script
152 (0.131 %)Apex Code
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1151 (9.928 %)Degree
242 (2.761 %)ACCA
334 (2.235 %)Security Cleared
426 (1.709 %)CIMA
518 (1.183 %)SC Cleared
69 (0.592 %)ITIL Certification
77 (0.460 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (0.329 %)PMI Certification
94 (0.263 %)IBM Certification
94 (0.263 %)MCP
94 (0.263 %)SAS Certification
94 (0.263 %)PMP
94 (0.263 %)PRINCE2 Certification
103 (0.197 %)MBA
103 (0.197 %)MCSE
103 (0.197 %)DV Cleared
103 (0.197 %)ISEB
112 (0.131 %)NVQ Level 3
112 (0.131 %)MCDBA
112 (0.131 %)MCSD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (1.446 %)QA
218 (1.183 %)SLA
312 (0.789 %)GxP
48 (0.526 %)GAAP
51 (0.066 %)GCP
51 (0.066 %)GMP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
110 (0.657 %)Active Directory
26 (0.394 %)Oracle RMAN
26 (0.394 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.066 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.066 %)MetaFrame
31 (0.066 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (0.460 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
26 (0.394 %)Tivoli
26 (0.394 %)Data Guard
32 (0.131 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.066 %)WSUS
41 (0.066 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.066 %)Norton AntiVirus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1533 (35.04 %)Business Objects
2445 (29.26 %)Oracle
3223 (14.66 %)Microsoft
4186 (12.23 %)Hyperion
5175 (11.51 %)SAP
6136 (8.941 %)Informatica
7118 (7.758 %)IBM
8104 (6.838 %)MicroStrategy
962 (4.076 %)Teradata
1055 (3.616 %)OutlookSoft
1055 (3.616 %)JD Edwards
1148 (3.156 %)Ab Initio
1234 (2.235 %)ProClarity
1332 (2.104 %)Infor
1428 (1.841 %)Siebel
1527 (1.775 %)CODA
1625 (1.644 %)Agresso
1722 (1.446 %)PeopleSoft
1820 (1.315 %)Omniture
1919 (1.249 %)Sun