Cognos
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cognos over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within IBM Cognos.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 862 1017
Rank change year-on-year +33 +155 -206
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 78 85 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.090% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.22% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 42 64 136
10th Percentile - £35,427 £41,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +3.60% +15.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,650 £78,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +15.79%

All Vendors
UK

Cognos is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37,019 39,367 65,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.27% 41.59% 38.93%
Number of salaries quoted 24,965 23,355 33,174
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 1 June 2024.

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 1 June 2024. 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 -14 66 £50,000 - 14
England +25 60 £50,500 -12.17% 23
Work from Home +35 31 £50,000 -9.09% 10
East of England +20 22 £50,000 -7.41% 3
Scotland -52 17 £55,000 +30.18% 1
London +94 11 £76,250 +19.14% 8
North of England +32 8 £57,500 +43.75% 5
South West - 8 - - 1
South East -18 7 £50,000 -31.03% 2
North West -3 5 £57,500 -22.03% 3
Yorkshire +64 3 - - 2
Midlands -21 3 £120,000 +140.00% 4
West Midlands -18 2 £120,000 +155.32% 1
East Midlands -22 1 £50,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £54,408 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (23.08%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.28%) CMS
3 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (5.13%) SPSS
3 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 4 (5.13%) Lawson
2 3 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.56%) Cognos Controller
3 2 (2.56%) SAP WM
4 1 (1.28%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 33 (42.31%) Power Platform
2 20 (25.64%) AWS
3 6 (7.69%) Azure
4 4 (5.13%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.56%) GitHub
6 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.51%) DSL
2 11 (14.10%) Internet
3 2 (2.56%) DNS
3 2 (2.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (42.31%) Power BI
2 21 (26.92%) BusinessObjects
3 20 (25.64%) Data Lake
3 20 (25.64%) Tableau
4 18 (23.08%) Big Data
5 16 (20.51%) DB2
5 16 (20.51%) MongoDB
6 15 (19.23%) QlikView
6 15 (19.23%) Relational Database
7 13 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 10 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (7.69%) OLAP
10 6 (7.69%) OLAP Cube
11 5 (6.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (5.13%) ActiveReports
12 4 (5.13%) Cognos Framework Manager
12 4 (5.13%) Data Mining
12 4 (5.13%) MS Access
12 4 (5.13%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 39 (50.00%) Finance
2 25 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (28.21%) Law
4 18 (23.08%) Banking
4 18 (23.08%) Investment Banking
5 17 (21.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (20.51%) Financial Institution
6 16 (20.51%) Marketing
7 10 (12.82%) Retail
8 5 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (6.41%) Social Skills
9 3 (3.85%) Billing
9 3 (3.85%) General Ledger
9 3 (3.85%) Legal
10 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.28%) Back Office
10 1 (1.28%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Data Engineer
1 16 (20.51%) Software Engineering Director
2 14 (17.95%) Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Support Specialist
4 10 (12.82%) Developer
5 9 (11.54%) Financial Analyst
6 8 (10.26%) Consultant
6 8 (10.26%) Lead
7 7 (8.97%) Senior
8 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 6 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (6.41%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 5 (6.41%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (5.13%) Applications Specialist
10 4 (5.13%) Applications Support
10 4 (5.13%) Applications Support Specialist
10 4 (5.13%) Business Consultant
10 4 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 4 (5.13%) Coordinator
10 4 (5.13%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.51%) Kafka
2 11 (14.10%) HTML
3 2 (2.56%) .NET
3 2 (2.56%) MDX
3 2 (2.56%) REST
3 2 (2.56%) SOAP
3 2 (2.56%) Web Services
4 1 (1.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 16 (20.51%) Cloud Native
2 16 (20.51%) Product Ownership
2 16 (20.51%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.13%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.13%) PMI
3 4 (5.13%) Tandem
4 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (24.36%) Windows
2 15 (19.23%) Linux
3 4 (5.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (69.23%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (41.03%) Analytics
3 26 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 23 (29.49%) Agile
5 22 (28.21%) Data Analysis
6 20 (25.64%) Decision-Making
7 18 (23.08%) Asset Management
7 18 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 18 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
7 18 (23.08%) Test Automation
8 17 (21.79%) Continuous Delivery
8 17 (21.79%) Data Analytics
8 17 (21.79%) Product Management
9 16 (20.51%) Architectural Design
9 16 (20.51%) Community of Practice
9 16 (20.51%) Data Reconciliation
9 16 (20.51%) Machine Learning
9 16 (20.51%) Operational Stability
9 16 (20.51%) SDLC
9 16 (20.51%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 48 (61.54%) SQL
2 18 (23.08%) Python
3 16 (20.51%) Java
3 16 (20.51%) PL/SQL
3 16 (20.51%) Scala
4 6 (7.69%) VBA
5 2 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.56%) R
5 2 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (25.64%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.13%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.28%) ACCA
4 1 (1.28%) CIMA
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.79%) SLA
2 6 (7.69%) QA
3 4 (5.13%) ISO 9001
3 4 (5.13%) PMO
4 3 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.56%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (35.90%) Oracle
2 18 (23.08%) Alteryx
3 17 (21.79%) SAP
4 16 (20.51%) Databricks
4 16 (20.51%) Sybase
5 15 (19.23%) IBM
5 15 (19.23%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.13%) Avaya
6 4 (5.13%) Concur
6 4 (5.13%) JD Edwards
7 3 (3.85%) Aderant
7 3 (3.85%) Intapp
7 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.56%) Cyberscience
8 2 (2.56%) Infor
8 2 (2.56%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (1.28%) Workday