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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 645 820
Rank change year-on-year -19 +175 +188
Permanent jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics 17 14 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.032% 0.013%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.67% 0.56% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 7
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,375 £62,250
25th Percentile £58,124 £48,750 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,996 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% +5.18% +3.85%
75th Percentile £91,250 £77,500 £70,625
90th Percentile - £77,875 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +28.71% -25.19% +50.00%

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 2,543 2,497 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.52% 5.67% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 1,406 2,834
10th Percentile £32,875 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,469 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £103,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for IBM Planning Analytics in the UK

IBM Planning Analytics
Top 11 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 9 March 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 -5 14 £65,000 +28.71% 2
England -6 14 £62,498 -11.97% 3
North of England -26 6 £62,498 +23.76% 1
North West -8 4 £62,498 +24.37% 1
London +17 3 £85,000 +13.33% 1
Scotland - 3 £87,500 -
South West -22 2 £45,000 -37.49%
Yorkshire -41 2 - -
South East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1

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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (11.76%) Infor CloudSuite
1 2 (11.76%) Infor LN
1 2 (11.76%) Q-Pulse
1 2 (11.76%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Tableau
3 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.88%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.88%) OLAP
4 1 (5.88%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
1 2 (11.76%) TestDirector
1 2 (11.76%) TestRail
1 2 (11.76%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Developer
2 5 (29.41%) TM1 Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Analytics Developer
4 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Accountant
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Accountant
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior TM1 Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (5.88%) ERP Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) ERP Support
6 1 (5.88%) Finance Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) TM1 Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) e-Learning
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Analytics
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (35.29%) ERP
3 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (29.41%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (23.53%) Budgeting
5 4 (23.53%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (23.53%) Change Management
5 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
6 3 (17.65%) Business Development
6 3 (17.65%) Dashboard Development
6 3 (17.65%) Data Integration
6 3 (17.65%) Performance Management
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) ACCA
1 5 (29.41%) CIMA
2 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (11.76%) HND
3 2 (11.76%) ICAEW
3 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) IBM
2 9 (52.94%) Cognos
3 8 (47.06%) SAP
4 4 (23.53%) Sage
5 3 (17.65%) Anaplan
5 3 (17.65%) Hyperion
5 3 (17.65%) Oracle
6 2 (11.76%) CODA
6 2 (11.76%) Infor
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) OpenText
6 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
7 1 (5.88%) Alteryx
7 1 (5.88%) Workday