
Cognos - Salt Lake City, UT - 5 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Cognos
Business Intelligence
United States Location
Salt Lake City - Ogden
UT
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 8/1/21 to 7/31/22
Salary Average
$61,395
Experience Requirement
5 Years
Raise +1 Year
$4,666 at 7.60%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years: $61,395 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $56,150 & $66,639; and, 5% of Jobs top $74,301.
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.
$336,030 = 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 8/1/21 to 7/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $76,846 |
5% | $74,301 |
10% | $71,407 |
25% | $66,639 |
33% | $64,704 |
50% | $61,395 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $60,419 | $62,370 |
25% | $58,921 | $63,869 |
33% | $58,085 | $64,704 |
50% | $56,150 | $66,639 |
67% | $53,806 | $68,984 |
95% | $45,944 | $76,846 |
Salary Average =
$61,395
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 5 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
4 Years | $56,718 | $4,677 at 8.25% |
5 Years | $61,395 | $4,666 at 7.60% |
6 Years | $66,061 | $4,659 at 7.05% |
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: $45,289 at the low experience of 1 Year and 7 Months; $68,779 at the average experience of 6 Years and 7 Months; and, $92,035 at the top experience of 11 Years and 7 Months.
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 8/1/21 to 7/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
2 Years | $47,285 | $4,736 at 10.02% |
3 Years | $52,021 | $4,697 at 9.03% |
4 Years | $56,718 | $4,677 at 8.25% |
5 Years | $61,395 | $4,666 at 7.60% |
6 Years | $66,061 | $4,659 at 7.05% |
7 Years | $70,720 | $4,654 at 6.58% |
8 Years | $75,374 | $4,652 at 6.17% |
9 Years | $80,026 | $4,650 at 5.81% |
10 Years | $84,676 | $4,648 at 5.49% |
11 Years | $89,324 | $4,648 at 5.20% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Year and 7 Months | $45,289 | $4,765 at 10.52% |
Average | 6 Years and 7 Months | $68,779 | $4,656 at 6.77% |
Top | 11 Years and 7 Months | $92,035 | $4,647 at 5.05% |
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% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 76.1% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 98.5% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 7.5% of job descriptions;
- SAP Hana,
- 71.6% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft SQL Server,
- 13.4% of job descriptions;
- Oracle PL/SQL (Procedural Language / Structured Query Language),
- 7.5% of job descriptions;
- IBM DB2,
- 6% of job descriptions;
- OLAP (Online Application Programing),
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Tableau,
- 88.1% of job descriptions;
- Agile software methodology,
- 7.5% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 3% of job descriptions.
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
- Utah,
- Bennion City, Bountiful, Clearfield, Clinton, Cottonwood Heights, Cottonwood, Davis, Draper, Granite Park, Granite, Harrisville, Holladay, Kerns, Lake City, Magna, Midvale, Millcreek, Mount Olympus, Murray, North Salt Lake, Ogden, Riverdale, Riverton, Roy, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Sandy, South Jordan, South Ogden, South Salt Lake, South Weber, Sunset, Taylorsville, Val Verde, Washington Terrace, Weber, West Haven, West Jordan, West Point, West Valley City and Woods Cross.
These locations are all included in the Salt Lake City, UT metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).