IBM Planning Analytics Job Trends

IBM Planning Analytics (formerly Cognos TM1, Applix TM1)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring IBM Planning Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 737 721
Rank change year-on-year +78 -16 +406
Permanent jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics 3 24 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.035% 0.028%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.11% 0.70% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 15
10th Percentile - - £49,500
25th Percentile - £47,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £51,238 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +65.89% -24.09% -3.57%
75th Percentile - £70,875 £70,625
90th Percentile - £77,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -22.31% +30.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK

IBM Planning Analytics falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,729 3,406 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.46% 5.01% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,711 2,330
10th Percentile £30,795 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% -12.50% +14.29%

IBM Planning Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IBM Planning Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK

IBM Planning Analytics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM Planning Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IBM Planning Analytics

IBM Planning Analytics
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +63 3 £85,000 +65.89% 4
London +54 3 £85,000 +13.33%

IBM Planning Analytics
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) TestDirector
1 2 (66.67%) TestRail
1 2 (66.67%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) ETL
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CODA
1 2 (66.67%) Cognos
2 1 (33.33%) Alteryx
2 1 (33.33%) IBM