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 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 817 867 995
Rank change year-on-year +50 +128 -184
Permanent jobs citing Cognos 78 85 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.086% 0.15%
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.21% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 40 64 138
10th Percentile - £35,427 £40,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,125 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +3.60% +11.00%
75th Percentile £60,313 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,875 £78,500 £75,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +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 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Top 14 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 23 May 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 +27 66 £50,000 +11.11% 15
England +84 58 £51,000 -11.30% 17
Work from Home +52 31 £50,000 -8.26% 12
East of England +28 21 £50,000 -7.41% 3
Scotland -42 19 £55,000 +30.18% 2
London +98 11 £76,250 +19.14% 3
North of England +38 8 £57,500 +43.75% 6
South West - 8 - -
South East -4 7 £50,000 -31.03% 3
North West +2 5 £57,500 -22.03% 3
Yorkshire +82 3 - - 3
West Midlands +6 2 £120,000 +187.43% 1
Midlands -16 2 £120,000 +140.00% 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 20 (25.64%) 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%) Lawson
2 3 (3.85%) IBM Planning Analytics
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 31 (39.74%) Power Platform
2 22 (28.21%) 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 18 (23.08%) DSL
2 11 (14.10%) Internet
3 2 (2.56%) DNS
3 2 (2.56%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (39.74%) Power BI
2 22 (28.21%) Data Lake
2 22 (28.21%) Tableau
3 20 (25.64%) Big Data
3 20 (25.64%) BusinessObjects
4 18 (23.08%) DB2
4 18 (23.08%) MongoDB
5 14 (17.95%) QlikView
5 14 (17.95%) Relational Database
6 13 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 10 (12.82%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (8.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (7.69%) OLAP
9 6 (7.69%) OLAP Cube
10 5 (6.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (5.13%) ActiveReports
11 4 (5.13%) Cognos Framework Manager
11 4 (5.13%) MS Access
11 4 (5.13%) Oracle OLAP
11 4 (5.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 40 (51.28%) Finance
2 27 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (30.77%) Law
4 20 (25.64%) Banking
4 20 (25.64%) Investment Banking
5 19 (24.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (23.08%) Financial Institution
6 18 (23.08%) 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 18 (23.08%) Data Engineer
1 18 (23.08%) Software Engineering Director
2 13 (16.67%) Analyst
3 12 (15.38%) Support Specialist
4 9 (11.54%) Developer
5 8 (10.26%) Consultant
5 8 (10.26%) Financial Analyst
5 8 (10.26%) Lead
6 7 (8.97%) Senior
7 6 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.41%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 4 (5.13%) Business Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 4 (5.13%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) Planning Manager
9 4 (5.13%) Project Support Coordinator
9 4 (5.13%) Senior Financial Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (5.13%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (23.08%) 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 22 (28.21%) Management Information System
2 18 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 18 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 18 (23.08%) 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 18 (23.08%) Windows
2 14 (17.95%) Linux
3 4 (5.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (69.23%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (43.59%) Analytics
3 28 (35.90%) Data Modelling
4 25 (32.05%) Agile
5 24 (30.77%) Data Analysis
6 22 (28.21%) Decision-Making
7 20 (25.64%) Asset Management
7 20 (25.64%) CI/CD
7 20 (25.64%) Performance Tuning
7 20 (25.64%) Test Automation
8 19 (24.36%) Continuous Delivery
8 19 (24.36%) Data Analytics
8 19 (24.36%) Product Management
9 18 (23.08%) Business Analytics
9 18 (23.08%) Community of Practice
9 18 (23.08%) Data Reconciliation
9 18 (23.08%) Machine Learning
9 18 (23.08%) Operational Stability
9 18 (23.08%) SDLC
9 18 (23.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 49 (62.82%) SQL
2 20 (25.64%) Python
3 18 (23.08%) Java
3 18 (23.08%) PL/SQL
3 18 (23.08%) Scala
4 5 (6.41%) VBA
5 2 (2.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.56%) R
5 2 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (24.36%) 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 19 (24.36%) SLA
2 6 (7.69%) QA
3 4 (5.13%) ISO 9001
3 4 (5.13%) PMO
4 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.56%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 18 (23.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (38.46%) Oracle
2 20 (25.64%) Alteryx
3 18 (23.08%) Databricks
3 18 (23.08%) Sybase
4 17 (21.79%) SAP
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