
Cognos - Indianapolis, IN - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Cognos
Business Intelligence
United States Location
Indianapolis
IN
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/21 to 5/31/22
Salary Average
$80,579
Experience Requirement
6 Years and 6 Months
Raise +1 Year
$3,920 at 4.87%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years & 6 Months: $80,579 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $75,539 & $85,618; and, 5% of Jobs top $92,980.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$310,588 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $95,424 |
5% | $92,980 |
10% | $90,200 |
25% | $85,618 |
33% | $83,759 |
50% | $80,579 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 6 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $79,642 | $81,516 |
25% | $78,201 | $82,956 |
33% | $77,398 | $83,759 |
50% | $75,539 | $85,618 |
67% | $73,286 | $87,872 |
95% | $65,734 | $95,424 |
Salary Average =
$80,579
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 6 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
5 Years and 6 Months | $76,586 | $3,993 at 5.21% |
6 Years and 6 Months | $80,579 | $3,920 at 4.87% |
7 Years and 6 Months | $84,499 | $3,870 at 4.58% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level and increases at a fixed rate with experience.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $61,527 at the low experience of 2 Years and 1 Month; $80,579 at the average experience of 6 Years and 6 Months; and, $97,902 at the top experience of 11 Years.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 3 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
3 Years | $65,958 | $4,413 at 6.69% |
4 Years | $70,371 | $4,180 at 5.94% |
5 Years | $74,551 | $4,042 at 5.42% |
6 Years | $78,593 | $3,953 at 5.03% |
7 Years | $82,546 | $3,893 at 4.72% |
8 Years | $86,439 | $3,850 at 4.45% |
9 Years | $90,289 | $3,818 at 4.23% |
10 Years | $94,107 | $3,795 at 4.03% |
11 Years | $97,902 | $3,776 at 3.86% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 2 Years and 1 Month | $61,527 | $4,812 at 7.82% |
Average | 6 Years and 6 Months | $80,579 | $3,920 at 4.86% |
Top | 11 Years | $97,902 | $3,776 at 3.86% |
Qualifications
Description
Business Intelligence, with IBM Cognos, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- IBM Cognos;
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- Business Intelligence (BI),
- Business Intelligence (BI), Report Developer, Report Analyst, Reports Writer, Reporting Specialist or SQL Reporting.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Project Lead,
- Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 75.8% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 98.5% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 4.5% of job descriptions;
- SAP Hana,
- 72.7% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft SQL Server,
- 10.6% of job descriptions;
- Oracle PL/SQL (Procedural Language / Structured Query Language),
- 7.6% of job descriptions;
- IBM DB2,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- OLAP (Online Application Programing),
- 9.1% of job descriptions;
- Tableau,
- 84.8% of job descriptions;
- Agile software methodology,
- 4.5% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 3% of job descriptions.
Location
Indianapolis, IN
- Indiana,
- Anderson, Boone, Brownsburg, Carmel, Central, Elwood, Franklin, Greenfield, Greenwood, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Indianaplois, Indianapolis, Johnson, Lawrence, Lebanon, Madison, Marion, Martinsville, Morgan, Noblesville, Plainfield, Shelby, Shelbyville and Speedway.
These locations are all included in the Indianapolis, IN metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).