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 17 June 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
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 645 844 839
Rank change year-on-year +199 -5 +198
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 72 73 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.066% 0.088%
As % of the Vendors category 0.31% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 63 44 61
10th Percentile £45,000 - £36,332
25th Percentile - £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -11.30% +3.60%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £72,500
90th Percentile - £88,125 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

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 23,345 37,579 37,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.58% 33.87% 41.25%
Number of salaries quoted 12,451 25,134 22,924
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,851 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £45,828 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.47% -8.34% +5.26%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cognos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cognos.

Salary trend for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cognos over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Top 15 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 17 June 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
UK excluding London +184 59 £60,000 +20.00% 211
England +147 52 £60,000 +17.65% 261
Work from Home +109 18 £45,000 -10.00% 88
South East +100 16 £60,000 +20.00% 51
North of England +77 14 £60,000 +4.35% 42
Scotland +107 8 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Midlands +90 8 £60,000 -29.41% 44
Yorkshire +81 8 £60,000 - 22
South West +107 7 £60,000 - 24
East Midlands +54 7 £60,000 +20.00% 23
North West +21 6 £60,000 +4.35% 17
East of England +17 4 £60,000 +20.00% 33
London +96 3 £57,500 -23.33% 65
Wales - 2 £60,000 - 5
West Midlands +72 1 £55,000 -54.17% 21

Cognos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 40 (55.56%) Infor LN
1 40 (55.56%) SAP BPC
2 4 (5.56%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 4 (5.56%) ResourceLink
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 25 (34.72%) Power Platform
2 12 (16.67%) Azure
3 8 (11.11%) Snowflake
4 3 (4.17%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.39%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.39%) AWS
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (83.33%) Tableau
2 25 (34.72%) Power BI
3 5 (6.94%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (5.56%) OLAP
4 4 (5.56%) SAP HANA
4 4 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.39%) DB2
7 1 (1.39%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (55.56%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (72.22%) Analytical Skills
1 52 (72.22%) Finance
2 40 (55.56%) Police
3 6 (8.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (1.39%) Automotive
5 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 45 (62.50%) Lead
2 44 (61.11%) Senior
3 40 (55.56%) Accountant
3 40 (55.56%) Project Accountant
3 40 (55.56%) Senior Accountant
3 40 (55.56%) Team Leader
4 11 (15.28%) Analyst
5 9 (12.50%) Data Engineer
6 8 (11.11%) Developer
6 8 (11.11%) Junior
6 8 (11.11%) Junior Data Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Analytics Developer
7 4 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (5.56%) Cognos Developer
7 4 (5.56%) Cognos Planning Developer
7 4 (5.56%) MI Manager
7 4 (5.56%) Systems Manager
7 4 (5.56%) TM1 Developer
8 3 (4.17%) Senior Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) .NET
2 2 (2.78%) JSON
2 2 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.56%) Social Media
3 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.39%) Replication
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (97.22%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (68.06%) Decision-Making
3 40 (55.56%) Business Forecasting
3 40 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
3 40 (55.56%) Cyber Intelligence
3 40 (55.56%) Internal Audit
3 40 (55.56%) Revenue Recognition
4 19 (26.39%) Analytics
5 15 (20.83%) Visualisation
6 8 (11.11%) Budgeting
6 8 (11.11%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
6 8 (11.11%) Data Transformation
6 8 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
7 7 (9.72%) Data Analysis
8 4 (5.56%) Data Security
8 4 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.56%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) SQL
2 10 (13.89%) Python
3 4 (5.56%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (66.67%) ACCA
1 48 (66.67%) CIMA
2 41 (56.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (18.06%) Degree
4 4 (5.56%) DBS Check
5 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.39%) ISEB
6 1 (1.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (55.56%) GAAP
1 40 (55.56%) IFRS
2 11 (15.28%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 45 (62.50%) SAP
2 42 (58.33%) Oracle
3 40 (55.56%) Infor
4 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
5 7 (9.72%) IBM
6 1 (1.39%) Concur
6 1 (1.39%) PeopleSoft