The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Glasgow 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 78 56 45
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -11
Contract jobs citing Cognos 2 5 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.209% 0.647% 2.047%
As % of the Vendors category 0.447% 1.466% 3.815%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £275 £438 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% +37.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
447 341 367
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 46.71% 44.11% 53.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 159 191
Average daily rate £338 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £445 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 28 11
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.90 £35.00 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cognos
Scotland

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (42.86%) Marketing
4 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (42.86%) Customer Insight
4 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
5 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
6 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Time Management
6 1 (14.29%) Xcelsius
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL V3
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) VBA
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle
6 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) Siebel
6 1 (14.29%) Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Information Management
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (42.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Xcelsius
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Business Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Cognos Developer
4 1 (14.29%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Insight
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL V3
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Information Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Business Objects
2 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Siebel
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