Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Cognos Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the London region.

 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank338286386
Rank change year-on-year
Down-52Up+100
Matching contract IT job ads351833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London0.138 %0.108 %0.091 %
As % of the Business Applications category1.751 %1.213 %1.238 %
Daily rates quoted16511
Average daily rate£475£350£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.71 %-22.22 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£335£400
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£538£440£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£250£390£420
% change year-on-year
-35.89 %-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£69.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
199914842665
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London7.881 %8.883 %7.353 %
Daily rates quoted956545870
Average daily rate£475£450£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£323£300£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£640£675
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.640 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted342345
Average hourly rate£37.50£30.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.00£19.45£17.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£44.60£68.20£69.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£20.75£23.00
% change year-on-year
+51.80 %-9.780 %
Cognos Business Intelligence EnglandCognos Business Intelligence
England

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.

Cognos Business Intelligence
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

London Cognos Business Intelligence Demand Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the London region.

London Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the London region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

London Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the London region.

London Cognos Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence within the London region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-4019£475+5.55 %
Cognos Business Intelligence EnglandCognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

159 (100.00 %)Cognos
159 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
222 (37.29 %)SQL Server
321 (35.59 %)Datawarehouse
420 (33.90 %)Finance
519 (32.20 %)SQL
618 (30.51 %)Cognos Powerplay
618 (30.51 %)ETL
716 (27.12 %)SQL Server Integration Services
814 (23.73 %)Banking
911 (18.64 %)Investment Banking
1010 (16.95 %)Migration
119 (15.25 %)Cognos Planning
128 (13.56 %)Data Mining
128 (13.56 %)OLAP
128 (13.56 %)Oracle
128 (13.56 %)MS Excel
137 (11.86 %)SQL Server 2005
146 (10.17 %)Financial Analysis
146 (10.17 %)DecisionStream
146 (10.17 %)Validation
155 (8.475 %)VB
155 (8.475 %)VBA
164 (6.780 %)VSS/SourceSafe
164 (6.780 %)Data Modelling
164 (6.780 %)Informatica
173 (5.085 %)SQL Server 2000
173 (5.085 %)Hyperion
173 (5.085 %)Project Management
173 (5.085 %)Essbase

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.695 %).NET
11 (1.695 %)XML
11 (1.695 %).NET Framework
London IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (13.56 %)MS Excel
22 (3.390 %)MS Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (15.25 %)Cognos Planning
21 (1.695 %)Oracle EBS
21 (1.695 %)Oracle Applications
21 (1.695 %)Cognos Controller
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (37.29 %)SQL Server
221 (35.59 %)Datawarehouse
318 (30.51 %)Cognos Powerplay
318 (30.51 %)ETL
416 (27.12 %)SQL Server Integration Services
58 (13.56 %)Data Mining
58 (13.56 %)OLAP
67 (11.86 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (10.17 %)DecisionStream
83 (5.085 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (5.085 %)Essbase
83 (5.085 %)SQL Server 2008
92 (3.390 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (3.390 %)Oracle OLAP
92 (3.390 %)ReportNet
92 (3.390 %)DTS
92 (3.390 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (1.695 %)Oracle 9i
101 (1.695 %)Oracle 10g
101 (1.695 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (6.780 %)VSS/SourceSafe
London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (33.90 %)Finance
214 (23.73 %)Banking
311 (18.64 %)Investment Banking
42 (3.390 %)Construction
42 (3.390 %)Front Office
42 (3.390 %)Back Office
51 (1.695 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.695 %)Government
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (28.81 %)Developer
117 (28.81 %)Cognos Developer
213 (22.03 %)Project Manager
213 (22.03 %)Consultant
312 (20.34 %)Analyst
411 (18.64 %)Cognos Consultant
510 (16.95 %)Business Intelligence Manager
67 (11.86 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
76 (10.17 %)Business Analyst
85 (8.475 %)Project Analyst
85 (8.475 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
94 (6.780 %)Cognos Support
103 (5.085 %)Data Manager
103 (5.085 %)Enterprise Consultant
112 (3.390 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
112 (3.390 %)RAD Developer
112 (3.390 %)Project Support Analyst
112 (3.390 %)Senior Analyst
112 (3.390 %)Support Analyst
121 (1.695 %)Administrator
London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (3.390 %)Visualisation
12 (3.390 %)Derivative
21 (1.695 %)Data Extraction
21 (1.695 %)Computer Science
21 (1.695 %)Cloud Computing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.695 %)UNIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
159 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
210 (16.95 %)Migration
36 (10.17 %)Financial Analysis
36 (10.17 %)Validation
44 (6.780 %)Data Modelling
53 (5.085 %)Project Management
62 (3.390 %)Stress Testing
62 (3.390 %)Time Management
62 (3.390 %)Process Management
62 (3.390 %)DRM
62 (3.390 %)RAD
71 (1.695 %)CRM
71 (1.695 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.695 %)E-Commerce
71 (1.695 %)ERP
71 (1.695 %)Service Delivery
71 (1.695 %)Dimensional Modelling
71 (1.695 %)Project Planning
71 (1.695 %)Agile Software Development
71 (1.695 %)Capacity Planning
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (32.20 %)SQL
25 (8.475 %)VB
25 (8.475 %)VBA
32 (3.390 %)C
London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.695 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (1.695 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
159 (100.00 %)Cognos
28 (13.56 %)Oracle
34 (6.780 %)Informatica
43 (5.085 %)Hyperion
52 (3.390 %)Microsoft
61 (1.695 %)Business Objects
61 (1.695 %)JD Edwards
61 (1.695 %)Ariba