The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Powerplay skills 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 Powerplay 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Powerplay
Rank 506 540 573
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +33
Contract jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 29 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.066% 0.017% 0.010%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.322% 0.087% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 4
Average daily rate £463 £450 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +21.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £425 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £525 £428
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £425 £370
% change year-on-year
-17.64% +14.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9019 10361 11958
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 20.60% 19.54% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5510 6215 6898
Average daily rate £388 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £333
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 233 324
Average hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £15.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £43.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.25 £26.50 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+6.60% -15.87%
Cognos Powerplay
UK

Cognos Powerplay
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Cognos Powerplay Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Cognos Powerplay Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Powerplay
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Cognos Powerplay Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay within the England 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
London +33 20 £500 +11.11%
South West - - - -
Cognos Powerplay
UK

Cognos Powerplay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 34 (100.00%) Cognos
2 23 (67.65%) SQL
3 21 (61.76%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (47.06%) Data Modelling
5 14 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (41.18%) Oracle
6 13 (38.24%) Oracle 8/8i
7 12 (35.29%) ETL
7 12 (35.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (32.35%) Finance
8 11 (32.35%) SQL Server
9 10 (29.41%) Cognos Impromptu
10 9 (26.47%) Teradata
10 9 (26.47%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 9 (26.47%) Oracle BI EE
11 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
11 8 (23.53%) Data Management
11 8 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (23.53%) DecisionStream
12 7 (20.59%) ReportNet
12 7 (20.59%) Oracle 10g
12 7 (20.59%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (20.59%) Change Management
12 7 (20.59%) Oracle ODI
13 6 (17.65%) Essbase
13 6 (17.65%) Banking
13 6 (17.65%) Business Analysis
13 6 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
13 6 (17.65%) TOAD
14 5 (14.71%) Windows XP

Cognos Powerplay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 2 (5.882%) MDX
2 1 (2.941%) .NET
2 1 (2.941%) COM
2 1 (2.941%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Office
1 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (38.24%) Oracle 8/8i
3 12 (35.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (32.35%) SQL Server
5 10 (29.41%) Cognos Impromptu
6 9 (26.47%) Oracle BI EE
7 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
7 8 (23.53%) DecisionStream
7 8 (23.53%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (20.59%) Oracle 10g
8 7 (20.59%) ReportNet
8 7 (20.59%) Oracle 11g
8 7 (20.59%) Oracle ODI
9 6 (17.65%) Essbase
9 6 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
9 6 (17.65%) TOAD
10 4 (11.76%) RDBMS
10 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (11.76%) ActiveReports
11 3 (8.824%) OLAP
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Banking
3 5 (14.71%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.882%) General Ledger
4 2 (5.882%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Developer
2 16 (47.06%) Cognos Developer
3 14 (41.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Designer
4 6 (17.65%) Senior Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Solutions Designer
5 5 (14.71%) Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
7 3 (8.824%) Teradata Developer
7 3 (8.824%) Senior Designer
7 3 (8.824%) SQL Developer
8 2 (5.882%) Report Developer
8 2 (5.882%) MI Developer
9 1 (2.941%) Oracle BI Developer
9 1 (2.941%) OBIEE Developer
9 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Specialist
9 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence Manager
9 1 (2.941%) Cognos Specialist
9 1 (2.941%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Windows
1 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
2 3 (8.824%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (47.06%) Data Modelling
3 12 (35.29%) ETL
4 8 (23.53%) Data Management
5 7 (20.59%) Change Management
6 6 (17.65%) Business Analysis
7 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
8 4 (11.76%) Information Management
8 4 (11.76%) Performance Management
9 3 (8.824%) Project Management
9 3 (8.824%) Time Management
10 2 (5.882%) Validation
10 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (5.882%) Data Cleansing
10 2 (5.882%) Resource Management
11 1 (2.941%) Data Architecture
11 1 (2.941%) Kimball Methodology
11 1 (2.941%) Analytics
11 1 (2.941%) Data Transformation
11 1 (2.941%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.941%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Cognos
2 14 (41.18%) Oracle
3 9 (26.47%) Teradata
4 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.941%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.941%) 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