The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire - - -
As % of the Vendors category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
349 490 420
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 44.29% 48.23% 39.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 196 140
Average daily rate £320 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £173 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 43 56
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £14.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.09 £12.50 £9.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £42.40 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Minitab
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) DTS
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Movex
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (25.00%) DB2
3 1 (25.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Movex
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) DTS
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL DBA
3 1 (25.00%) MI Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Minitab
2 1 (25.00%) Business Objects