Cognos Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cognos
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2025, 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 693 716
Rank change year-on-year +179 +23 -47
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 56 66 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.092% 0.080%
As % of the Vendors category 0.38% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 51 33 36
10th Percentile - - £35,063
25th Percentile - £47,500 £36,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £70,450 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £51,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -11.30% +3.60%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,703 25,024 25,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 37.95% 34.84% 42.54%
Number of salaries quoted 7,928 17,197 12,898
10th Percentile £25,087 £25,759 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,828 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -8.34% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,931 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cognos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cognos in the UK excluding London

Cognos
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cognos in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cognos in the UK excluding London

Cognos
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 2025. 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
South East +104 16 £60,000 +20.00% 38
North of England +48 14 £60,000 +4.35% 38
Scotland +110 8 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire +67 8 £60,000 - 18
South West +103 6 £60,000 - 19
Midlands +76 6 £60,000 -50.00% 38
North West +1 6 £60,000 +4.35% 16
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 17
East of England +21 4 £60,000 +20.00% 24
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 4
West Midlands +67 1 £55,000 -54.17% 19
Cognos
UK

Cognos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 38 (67.86%) Infor LN
1 38 (67.86%) SAP BPC
2 4 (7.14%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 4 (7.14%) ResourceLink
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.79%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (89.29%) Tableau
2 12 (21.43%) Power BI
3 4 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (7.14%) OLAP
3 4 (7.14%) SAP HANA
4 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (67.86%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (89.29%) Finance
2 42 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (67.86%) Police
4 4 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Retail
4 4 (7.14%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Automotive
5 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 43 (76.79%) Lead
2 38 (67.86%) Accountant
2 38 (67.86%) Project Accountant
2 38 (67.86%) Senior
2 38 (67.86%) Senior Accountant
2 38 (67.86%) Team Leader
3 7 (12.50%) Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Analytics Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Cognos Developer
5 4 (7.14%) Cognos Planning Developer
5 4 (7.14%) MI Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Systems Manager
5 4 (7.14%) TM1 Developer
6 2 (3.57%) Data Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (1.79%) Cognos Consultant
7 1 (1.79%) Data Analytics Consultant
7 1 (1.79%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) JSON
1 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (91.07%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.14%) Social Media
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
1 4 (7.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (98.21%) Business Intelligence
2 45 (80.36%) Decision-Making
3 38 (67.86%) Business Forecasting
3 38 (67.86%) Collaborative Working
3 38 (67.86%) Cyber Intelligence
3 38 (67.86%) Internal Audit
3 38 (67.86%) Revenue Recognition
4 10 (17.86%) Analytics
5 8 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 8 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (10.71%) Visualisation
7 4 (7.14%) Customer Service
7 4 (7.14%) Data Security
7 4 (7.14%) Financial Modelling
7 4 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (7.14%) People Management
7 4 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.14%) Quality Management
7 4 (7.14%) Scorecard
8 3 (5.36%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.71%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (82.14%) ACCA
1 46 (82.14%) CIMA
2 38 (67.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 4 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) ISEB
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (67.86%) GAAP
1 38 (67.86%) IFRS
2 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 43 (76.79%) SAP
2 39 (69.64%) Oracle
3 38 (67.86%) Infor
4 6 (10.71%) IBM
5 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.79%) Concur
6 1 (1.79%) PeopleSoft