Cognos Job Trends in the South East

Cognos
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 14 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 297 288
Rank change year-on-year +29 -9 +92
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 2 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.019% 0.10% 0.080%
As % of the Vendors category 0.062% 0.27% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,000 £64,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% -1.89% +25.00%
75th Percentile £51,000 £65,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - - £69,375
England median annual salary £52,500 £51,238 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.46% -6.84% -8.33%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,233 3,337 3,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.15% 37.17% 38.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,797 1,744 2,611
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £61,375
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,875 £73,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in the South East

Cognos
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognos

Cognos
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £49,000 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £49,000 - 1
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA