Cheshire Cognos Business Intelligence Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Location Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hammersmith Hertfordshire Lancashire London M4 Corridor Manchester Newton-le-Willows North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Strathclyde Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	60
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.703 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£517	£398
% change on same period last year	+29.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£50.00
Average hourly rate	-	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	£31.75
% change on same period last year	+10.23 %
Business Applications Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	70	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.093 %	0.037 %
Daily rates quoted	16	20
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£428
Average daily rate	£428	£444
% change on same period last year	-3.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£445	£460
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	£435
% change on same period last year	+3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.06	£50.00
Average hourly rate	£36.12	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-27.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.18	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.61	£25.77
% change on same period last year	+14.91 %
Cognos Business Intelligence North West

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.

Cognos Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

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

Cognos Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

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