Cognos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 11 July 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
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 704 648 822
Rank change year-on-year -56 +174 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 44 33 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.067% 0.064%
As % of the Vendors category 0.17% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 41
10th Percentile £41,625 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,358 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +7.14% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,358 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% +20.00% +6.38%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25,656 20,664 34,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.09% 42.15% 34.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,363 11,379 23,489
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in the UK

Cognos
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos

Cognos
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cognos over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the UK over the 6 months to 11 July 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
UK excluding London -38 40 £55,358 -7.74% 7
England -56 40 £55,358 -7.74% 7
Midlands -20 16 £67,500 +8.00% 3
North of England -25 16 £50,000 -16.67% 2
East Midlands -19 13 £67,500 -3.57% 3
North West +2 12 £50,000 -16.67%
Work from Home -30 6 £47,500 +5.56% 6
South West -57 6 £43,750 -27.08% 1
Yorkshire -26 4 - -
West Midlands -16 3 £96,250 +75.00%
South East -36 2 £46,300 -22.83%

Cognos
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) JBoss
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (61.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (4.55%) Infor LN
3 1 (2.27%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.27%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.64%) AWS
2 6 (13.64%) Azure
3 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (36.36%) Power BI
2 11 (25.00%) Tableau
3 6 (13.64%) Data Lake
3 6 (13.64%) Data Vault
3 6 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.55%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (4.55%) OLAP
5 2 (4.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.27%) Metadata
6 1 (2.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 26 (59.09%) Finance
2 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (68.18%) Developer
2 21 (47.73%) TM1 Developer
3 18 (40.91%) Analyst
4 17 (38.64%) Analytics Developer
5 12 (27.27%) Analyst Developer
5 12 (27.27%) Finance Systems Analyst
5 12 (27.27%) Financial Analyst
5 12 (27.27%) Systems Analyst
5 12 (27.27%) Systems Developer
5 12 (27.27%) TM1 Analyst
6 7 (15.91%) Senior
7 6 (13.64%) Power BI Developer
7 6 (13.64%) Senior Developer
8 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (11.36%) Power BI Analyst
8 5 (11.36%) Report Analyst
8 5 (11.36%) Senior TM1 Developer
8 5 (11.36%) SQL Analyst
8 5 (11.36%) SQL Reporting Analyst
8 5 (11.36%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) DOM
1 2 (4.55%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.55%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (68.18%) Analytics
2 21 (47.73%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (38.64%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (38.64%) Decision-Making
4 15 (34.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (27.27%) Data Cleansing
5 12 (27.27%) Financial Analysis
6 10 (22.73%) Visualisation
7 7 (15.91%) Data Engineering
8 6 (13.64%) Business Continuity
8 6 (13.64%) Data Analysis
8 6 (13.64%) Data Architecture
8 6 (13.64%) Information Management
8 6 (13.64%) Kimball Methodology
8 6 (13.64%) Storytelling
9 5 (11.36%) Agile
9 5 (11.36%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (9.09%) Change Management
10 4 (9.09%) Data Virtualisation
10 4 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 20 (45.45%) SQL
2 9 (20.45%) Python
3 6 (13.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 6 (13.64%) R
4 2 (4.55%) C#
4 2 (4.55%) Java
4 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.55%) VBA
5 1 (2.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) ACCA
1 6 (13.64%) CIMA
2 5 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (9.09%) HND
4 2 (4.55%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.27%) AAT
5 1 (2.27%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (2.27%) GAAP
2 1 (2.27%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) MOM
Vendors
1 23 (52.27%) IBM
2 12 (27.27%) Workday
3 9 (20.45%) SAP
4 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 6 (13.64%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (4.55%) Infor
6 2 (4.55%) Oracle
7 1 (2.27%) Concur
7 1 (2.27%) JD Edwards
7 1 (2.27%) VMware