The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 81 67 57
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -10
Contract jobs citing Cognos 1 9 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.077% 0.668% 1.952%
As % of the Vendors category 0.167% 1.568% 4.387%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 21
Average daily rate £465 £400 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.25% +142.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £20.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-33.25% -8.21%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
598 574 661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.25% 42.58% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 262 274
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 56 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £13.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.07% -33.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.15 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £55.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Cognos
England

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Derbyshire - - - - 2
Leicestershire - - - - 4
Northamptonshire - - - - 1
Nottinghamshire - - - - 3
Cognos
England

Cognos
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Clustering
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Intel
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Intel
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