The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Powerplay skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Powerplay over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the East of England 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Powerplay
Rank 109 - 129
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 9 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.407% - 0.036%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.123% - 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £313 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £365
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +16.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
424 706 645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 19.18% 23.38% 23.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 374 306
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 41 37
Average hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.71% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £17.42 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.70 £36.00 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
Cognos Powerplay
England

Cognos Powerplay
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East of England Cognos Powerplay Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the East of England region.

East of England Cognos Powerplay Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay.

1 10 (100.00%) Cognos
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (70.00%) ReportNet
5 6 (60.00%) SQL
5 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2000
6 5 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
6 5 (50.00%) Oracle
7 4 (40.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
9 1 (10.00%) ETL
9 1 (10.00%) Cognos Impromptu
9 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (10.00%) OLAP
9 1 (10.00%) Finance
9 1 (10.00%) Retail
9 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (10.00%) IBM
9 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
9 1 (10.00%) MDX
9 1 (10.00%) ActiveReports
9 1 (10.00%) Kimball Methodology
9 1 (10.00%) Analytics
9 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

Cognos Powerplay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) MDX
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (40.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 9 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (70.00%) ReportNet
4 6 (60.00%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (50.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (10.00%) Cognos Impromptu
7 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (10.00%) OLAP
7 1 (10.00%) ActiveReports
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
1 10 (100.00%) Cognos Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) ETL
3 1 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 5 (50.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cognos
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Cognos development work required focuses entirely on data that has its source in the oracle eBusiness Suite. The successful candidate will need to have the following skills...
Hudson
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Expert around Cognos ReportNet 8.4.1 and Framework Manager... Excellent knowledge in SQL Server 2000/2008, T-SQL, Data Manager and SSIS and DW concepts. Designing and...
iKonnect
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013