Cognos Developer Job Trends

Cognos Developer
UK

The median Cognos Developer salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 752 734
Rank change year-on-year +88 -18 +414
Permanent jobs requiring a Cognos Developer 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.004% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £49,625 - -
25th Percentile £50,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,938 - -
90th Percentile £61,875 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,529 65,119 52,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 95.27% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,452 37,047 40,937
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,874
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,988 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.88% -5.02% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Cognos Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cognos Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cognos Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cognos Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cognos Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cognos Developer job vacancies in the UK

Cognos Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 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
England +82 2 £56,250 - 1
UK excluding London +47 2 £56,250 - 1
Work from Home +60 1 £52,500 -
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Midlands - 1 £52,500 -

Cognos Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Cognos Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cognos Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cognos
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Connection
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Event Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Kerberos
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) MDX
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing

Cognos Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Connection
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Event Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Framework Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
1 1 (50.00%) OLAP
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cognos
2 1 (50.00%) IBM