The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Business Intelligence skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Applications category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Rank 201 179 149
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 3 6 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.132% 0.647%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.612% 1.508% 6.383%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 24
Average salary £45,000 £35,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.76% -29.00%
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.75% -11.11%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
490 398 423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 9.745% 8.732% 10.14%
Number of salaries quoted 366 330 364
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £33,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Cognos Business Intelligence Salary Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
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 West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -21 1 £45,000 +38.46%
Staffordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 15 (100.00%) Cognos
1 15 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (53.33%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
4 6 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (33.33%) Cognos Powerplay
6 4 (26.67%) SAS
6 4 (26.67%) Java
6 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 4 (26.67%) Linux
6 4 (26.67%) Teradata
6 4 (26.67%) Banking
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
7 3 (20.00%) IBM
8 2 (13.33%) ETL
8 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
8 2 (13.33%) Cognos Controller
8 2 (13.33%) Intel
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (13.33%) Clustering
8 2 (13.33%) Degree
8 2 (13.33%) Cognos Planning
8 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (13.33%) Capacity Management
9 1 (6.667%) Analytics
9 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
9 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (6.667%) Oracle

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Cognos Controller
1 2 (13.33%) Cognos Planning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (33.33%) Cognos Powerplay
3 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Developer
2 6 (40.00%) Administrator
2 6 (40.00%) Cognos Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Cognos Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Cognos Support
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Cognos Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Clustering
2 1 (6.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (13.33%) ETL
2 2 (13.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (6.667%) Analytics
3 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
2 4 (26.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cognos
2 4 (26.67%) Teradata
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) IBM
4 2 (13.33%) Intel
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle