Cognos Job Trends in the North West

Cognos
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 15 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 202 192
Rank change year-on-year +21 -10 +102
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 3 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.047% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Vendors category 0.19% 0.33% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £48,125 £46,250
25th Percentile - £48,928 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,238 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -6.84% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £53,016 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £64,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,238 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.46% -6.84% -8.33%

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,618 1,831 1,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 25.23% 36.16% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 909 1,228
10th Percentile £25,938 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £83,842
England median annual salary £52,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -4.35%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in the North West

Cognos
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos

Cognos
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 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
Lancashire +9 2 - -
Manchester - 1 £55,000 - 1
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (66.67%) Infor LN
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Accountant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Accountant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) LLM
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ACCA
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) CIMA
1 2 (66.67%) ICAEW
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) IBM
1 2 (66.67%) Infor
1 2 (66.67%) Sage
1 2 (66.67%) SAP