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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCognos
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3955
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.724 %0.980 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£409
% change on same period last year-19.48 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.79£35.56
% change on same period last year-44.35 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads116204
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.165 %0.206 %
Daily rates quoted2241
Average minimum daily rate£290£305
Average daily rate£310£317
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted2842
Average minimum hourly rate£23.43£31.35
Average hourly rate£25.50£33.15
% change on same period last year-23.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£34.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
Cognos CambridgeshireCognos
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Cognos.

Cognos
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cambridge Cognos Demand Trend

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

18 (100.00 %)VB.NET
18 (100.00 %)VBA
18 (100.00 %).NET
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
18 (100.00 %)OLAP
18 (100.00 %)Business Objects
18 (100.00 %)XML
18 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
18 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
18 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
23 (37.50 %)Telecoms
23 (37.50 %)Finance
23 (37.50 %)Banking
23 (37.50 %)Retail
32 (25.00 %)Health
32 (25.00 %)ETL
41 (12.50 %)C

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %).NET
18 (100.00 %)XML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server
18 (100.00 %)OLAP
18 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
18 (100.00 %)BusinessObjects
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
18 (100.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
18 (100.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
22 (25.00 %)ETL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Telecoms
13 (37.50 %)Finance
13 (37.50 %)Banking
13 (37.50 %)Retail
22 (25.00 %)Health
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (100.00 %)Developer
18 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse Developer
25 (62.50 %)Business Intelligence Developer
25 (62.50 %)Business Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)VB.NET
18 (100.00 %)VBA
21 (12.50 %)C
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (100.00 %)Business Objects