City of London Cognos Impromptu Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM Cognos Impromptu skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos Impromptu over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Cognos Impromptu
Location Berkshire Cambridgeshire City of London East Midlands East of England England London Sheffield Solihull South East South Yorkshire Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Sussex Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	186	180
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.081 %	0.167 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£230
Average daily rate	£425	£230
% change on same period last year	+84.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£230
UK excluding London average daily rate	£400	£273
% change on same period last year	+46.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	£21.25
% change on same period last year	+64.70 %
Database & Business Intelligence City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	1227	1199
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.991 %	1.309 %
Daily rates quoted	677	576
Average minimum daily rate	£383	£425
Average daily rate	£411	£452
% change on same period last year	-8.94 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£478
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£347
% change on same period last year	-3.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.25	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£35.25	£29.40
% change on same period last year	+19.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.26	£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.53	£31.68
% change on same period last year	-16.25 %
Cognos Impromptu London

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 Impromptu
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Cognos Impromptu 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 Impromptu.

1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos Powerplay 1 1 (50.00 %) ETL 1 1 (50.00 %) Informatica 1 1 (50.00 %) ReportNet 1 1 (50.00 %) Banking

Cognos Impromptu
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Cognos Impromptu 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 Impromptu. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos Powerplay 1 1 (50.00 %) ETL 1 1 (50.00 %) ReportNet	General 1 1 (50.00 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 1 (50.00 %) Consultant 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos Consultant	Vendors 1 1 (50.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (50.00 %) Informatica