The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 95 81 71
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 2 17 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.160% 1.443% 1.479%
As % of the Vendors category 0.332% 2.896% 3.667%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 14
Average salary £26,739 £36,000 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.72% +13.38%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £39,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+7.59% -12.22%
All Vendors
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
603 587 409
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 48.12% 49.83% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 554 508 369
Average salary £35,500 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £24,100 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Cognos
UK

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Cognos Salary Trend

Cognos
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales -14 2 £26,739 -25.72%
Cognos
UK

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 4 (57.14%) Business Objects
5 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
5 3 (42.86%) Finance
5 3 (42.86%) Change Control
6 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 2 (28.57%) VB
6 2 (28.57%) C#
6 2 (28.57%) .NET
6 2 (28.57%) Oracle
6 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
6 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
6 2 (28.57%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
7 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 1 (14.29%) MS Access
7 1 (14.29%) PHP
7 1 (14.29%) VBA
7 1 (14.29%) Data Mart
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (14.29%) Statistics
7 1 (14.29%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
7 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
7 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (14.29%) Financial Analysis

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) MS Access
3 1 (14.29%) Data Mart
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SQL DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Developer
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
1 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 2 (28.57%) VB
3 2 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) PHP
4 1 (14.29%) VBA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Business Objects
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle