
Cognos - Nashville, TN - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Cognos
Business Intelligence
United States Location
Nashville
TN
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/21 to 5/31/22
Salary Average
$97,439
Experience Requirement
6 Years and 6 Months
Raise +1 Year
$8,081 at 8.29%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years & 6 Months: $97,439 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $91,344 & $103,533; and, 5% of Jobs top $112,435.
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% | $115,390 |
5% | $112,435 |
10% | $109,073 |
25% | $103,533 |
33% | $101,285 |
50% | $97,439 |
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% | $96,305 | $98,572 |
25% | $94,564 | $100,313 |
33% | $93,592 | $101,285 |
50% | $91,344 | $103,533 |
67% | $88,620 | $106,257 |
95% | $79,487 | $115,390 |
Salary Average =
$97,439
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 | $89,865 | $7,574 at 8.43% |
6 Years and 6 Months | $97,439 | $8,081 at 8.29% |
7 Years and 6 Months | $105,520 | $8,536 at 8.09% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary remains constant regardless of experience.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average remains relatively constant with experience: $69,898 at the low experience of 2 Years and 1 Month; $97,439 at the average experience of 6 Years and 6 Months; and, $137,192 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
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 | $69,898 | $4,467 at 6.39% |
Average | 6 Years and 6 Months | $97,439 | $8,081 at 8.29% |
Top | 11 Years | $137,192 | $9,926 at 7.24% |
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
Nashville, TN
- Tennessee,
- Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lebanon, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Portland, Robertson, Rutherford, Springfield, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.
These locations are all included in the Nashville, TN metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).