The first table below looks at the demand for the Cognos Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos Developer
Rank 453 495 471
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Cognos Developer 60 64 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.144% 0.120% 0.178%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.156% 0.130% 0.192%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 41 53
Average daily rate £400 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £341 £313 £353
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £575 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-3.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Cognos Developer
UK

Cognos Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Cognos Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Cognos Developer Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Cognos Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cognos Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
London +42 37 £405 -10.00%
North West +22 10 £380 -
South East +14 8 £450 +2.27%
East of England - 5 £345 -
Cognos Developer
UK

Cognos Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Cognos Developer in their job title 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 with Cognos Developer in their job title.

1 96 (100.00%) Cognos
2 71 (73.96%) Business Intelligence
3 46 (47.92%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 34 (35.42%) ETL
5 33 (34.38%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (33.33%) SQL
6 32 (33.33%) Oracle
6 32 (33.33%) Finance
7 22 (22.92%) IBM
8 19 (19.79%) Banking
9 18 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (15.63%) SQL Server
10 15 (15.63%) OLAP
10 15 (15.63%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (12.50%) PL/SQL
12 10 (10.42%) OLTP
13 9 (9.375%) Oracle 10g
13 9 (9.375%) DataStage
14 8 (8.333%) DecisionStream
14 8 (8.333%) TOAD
14 8 (8.333%) RDBMS
14 8 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
14 8 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (7.292%) Cognos Planning
15 7 (7.292%) Cognos Powerplay
15 7 (7.292%) Data Modelling
16 6 (6.250%) Siebel
16 6 (6.250%) Blackberry
16 6 (6.250%) Publishing
16 6 (6.250%) Kimball Methodology

Cognos Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Cognos Developer in their job title 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 with Cognos Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.125%) XBRL
2 2 (2.083%) COM
3 1 (1.042%) MDX
3 1 (1.042%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.042%) Apache
1 1 (1.042%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.042%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.042%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.083%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 46 (47.92%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 7 (7.292%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (1.042%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.042%) Cognos Controller
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (34.38%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 15 (15.63%) SQL Server
3 15 (15.63%) OLAP
3 15 (15.63%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (10.42%) OLTP
5 9 (9.375%) Oracle 10g
5 9 (9.375%) DataStage
6 8 (8.333%) DecisionStream
6 8 (8.333%) TOAD
6 8 (8.333%) RDBMS
6 8 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (7.292%) Cognos Powerplay
8 5 (5.208%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (4.167%) Cognos Impromptu
9 4 (4.167%) ReportNet
9 4 (4.167%) ActiveReports
10 3 (3.125%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (3.125%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.042%) JIRA
General
1 32 (33.33%) Finance
2 19 (19.79%) Banking
3 6 (6.250%) Publishing
4 4 (4.167%) Marketing
4 4 (4.167%) Retail
5 3 (3.125%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.125%) Retail Banking
5 3 (3.125%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.083%) Billing
7 1 (1.042%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.042%) Electronics
7 1 (1.042%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.250%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.042%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.042%) DTV
2 1 (1.042%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.125%) UNIX
2 1 (1.042%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (73.96%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (35.42%) ETL
3 7 (7.292%) Data Modelling
4 6 (6.250%) Kimball Methodology
5 5 (5.208%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (5.208%) Dimensional Modelling
5 5 (5.208%) Migration
5 5 (5.208%) Scrum
5 5 (5.208%) GAP Analysis
5 5 (5.208%) E-Commerce
6 4 (4.167%) Data Mapping
6 4 (4.167%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (4.167%) Analytics
7 3 (3.125%) Customer Insight
7 3 (3.125%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (3.125%) Project Management
8 2 (2.083%) Financial Modelling
8 2 (2.083%) Test Strategy
8 2 (2.083%) Business Analysis
9 1 (1.042%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (33.33%) SQL
2 12 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 3 (3.125%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.042%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (5.208%) Degree
2 3 (3.125%) IBM Certification
3 1 (1.042%) CIPD
3 1 (1.042%) CITP
3 1 (1.042%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.042%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) Cognos
2 32 (33.33%) Oracle
3 22 (22.92%) IBM
4 6 (6.250%) Siebel
5 4 (4.167%) Microsoft
6 3 (3.125%) SAP
7 2 (2.083%) Trillium
8 1 (1.042%) Teradata
8 1 (1.042%) Business Objects
City of London
Cognos BI Specialist - Immediate - Day Rate NegotiableI'm currently looking for a Cognos BI developer to come on board and start a 3 month interim assignment, there is...
Hudson IT London
Rate: Day Rate Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
North West England
The successful Cognos developer will lead the way with reporting changes and improvements and should have a strong communication, as you will not only be dealing with internal...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 14 May 2013
North West England
The successful Cognos developer will lead the way with reporting changes and improvements and should have a strong communication, as you will not only be dealing with internal...
Amoria Bond
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Lead Cognos Developer - My client require a Lead Cognos Developer to join their team on a 6 month contract, you will be responsible for improving the quality and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Warrington, North West
Job Title: Cognos Developer, Warrington, £325 - £375 per day, contract 3 months +My client are looking for an experienced Cognos Developer to join their organisation on a 3 -...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £375.00 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
COGNOS - Framework Manager - BI - Oracle - Datastage This time around, they are looking for a seasoned COGNOS Developer to join their busy team on a significant project... Any Datastage...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £400 to £415 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warrington, North West
You will have worked with large scale Data Warehouses (ideally Oracle based) and have a strong understanding of business intelligence and information reporting Ideally you will have developed...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £360 - £410 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
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
My client has a urgent need for a Congnos developer, the successful candidate will need to have the following skills and experience: Experience of developing Cognos using Oracle...
iKonnect
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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...
iKas International
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
You will need to have around 5 years solid experience working as a Cognos BI Developer with experience of the Lifecycle of Reports development using IBM Cognos 10...
Hudson
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 7 May 2013