The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Lancashire 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 30 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cognos 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.437% - 0.415%
As % of the Vendors category 0.980% - 0.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £418 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.31% +11.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £20.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-33.25% -8.21%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
102 197 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 44.54% 45.92% 48.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 91 60
Average daily rate £300 £411 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.05% +26.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £155 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £505 £431
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 16
Average hourly rate £20.00 £21.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.97% -33.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.20 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.60 £33.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.18% -1.87%
Cognos
North West

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Planning
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cognos Planning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Cognos Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL