The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within IBM Cognos.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cognos 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.189% - -
As % of the Vendors category 0.467% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
214 261 236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.53% 31.11% 38.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 166 106
Average daily rate £325 £313 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £157 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 18
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +40.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.70 £10.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £40.30 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
South West

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bristol Cognos Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos across the Bristol region.

Bristol Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the Bristol region.

Bristol Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (50.00%) IBM
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Cognos Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (25.00%) QlikView
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Infor
4 1 (25.00%) Tableau
4 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (25.00%) ION Trading

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos Planning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (25.00%) QlikView
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (25.00%) OLAP
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (25.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Business Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Business Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ION Trading
2 1 (25.00%) Infor
2 1 (25.00%) Tableau