The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 53 59 61
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Contract jobs citing Cognos 7 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.080% 1.146% 0.469%
As % of the Vendors category 2.365% 3.064% 0.903%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 3
Average daily rate £315 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
296 359 443
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.68% 37.40% 51.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 139 166
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £474 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 37 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -52.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
East of England

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Hemel Hempstead +10 2 £315 -10.00%
Cognos
East of England

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (44.44%) ERP
3 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
3 4 (44.44%) C
3 4 (44.44%) C#
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Cognos Powerplay
4 3 (33.33%) OLAP
4 3 (33.33%) ETL
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (22.22%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (22.22%) Time Management
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (11.11%) ActiveReports
6 1 (11.11%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (11.11%) DTV

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) MDX
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (22.22%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (88.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (33.33%) OLAP
3 3 (33.33%) Cognos Powerplay
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (11.11%) ActiveReports
5 1 (11.11%) Cognos Impromptu
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Cognos Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
4 3 (33.33%) Navision Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Report Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) ERP
2 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) ETL
4 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (11.11%) Analytics
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) C#
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
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