Cognos Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cognos
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Cognos products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cognos over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 132 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.044% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.40% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,875 £52,500 -
90th Percentile £57,250 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,238 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.46% -6.84% -8.33%

All Vendors
East Midlands

Cognos falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 742 779 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.56% 34.56% 40.20%
Number of salaries quoted 439 340 529
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £72,500 £71,000
England median annual salary £51,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.43% +4.55% -4.35%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cognos relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Cognos job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Cognos
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cognos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Cognos

Cognos
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derbyshire - 2 £52,500 -
Leicestershire +8 1 £55,000 +10.00%
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (33.33%) HFM
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cognos Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ETL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) ETL Development
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ACCA
2 1 (33.33%) CIMA
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ICAEW
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Hyperion
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Informatica
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle