The first 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 19 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 Business Applications category for the London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Rank 352 392 387
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -5
Contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 32 18 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.140% 0.068% 0.178%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.771% 0.862% 2.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 36
Average daily rate £418 £331 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.03% -26.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £240 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £37.50
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1807 2088 2701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.924% 7.853% 8.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1126 1648
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 21
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.50 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.55% +16.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £17.25 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £48.35 £71.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 19 June 2013.

London Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 19 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
City of London +10 13 £405 +1.25%
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 73 (100.00%) Cognos
1 73 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 38 (52.05%) Finance
3 30 (41.10%) ETL
4 20 (27.40%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (24.66%) Banking
6 16 (21.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (20.55%) SQL
8 13 (17.81%) Oracle
8 13 (17.81%) OLTP
9 12 (16.44%) IBM
9 12 (16.44%) OLAP
9 12 (16.44%) Migration
10 10 (13.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing
11 9 (12.33%) Dimensional Modelling
12 8 (10.96%) Cognos Planning
12 8 (10.96%) Blackberry
13 7 (9.589%) Oracle 10g
13 7 (9.589%) DecisionStream
13 7 (9.589%) SQL Server
13 7 (9.589%) Oracle 8/8i
13 7 (9.589%) Data Management
14 6 (8.219%) RDBMS
14 6 (8.219%) TOAD
15 5 (6.849%) Cognos Powerplay
15 5 (6.849%) Data Modelling
15 5 (6.849%) Windows
15 5 (6.849%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (6.849%) Project Management

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (4.110%) .NET
2 1 (1.370%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.479%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.370%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (2.740%) MS Project
1 2 (2.740%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.370%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 8 (10.96%) Cognos Planning
2 3 (4.110%) Cognos Controller
3 2 (2.740%) Infor M3
3 2 (2.740%) MFGPRO
3 2 (2.740%) Movex
3 2 (2.740%) Lawson
4 1 (1.370%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (1.370%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.370%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (27.40%) Data Warehouse
2 16 (21.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (17.81%) OLTP
4 12 (16.44%) OLAP
5 10 (13.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (9.589%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (9.589%) DecisionStream
6 7 (9.589%) SQL Server
6 7 (9.589%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (8.219%) RDBMS
7 6 (8.219%) TOAD
8 5 (6.849%) Cognos Powerplay
8 5 (6.849%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (5.479%) Spotfire
9 4 (5.479%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (5.479%) DataStage
10 3 (4.110%) QlikView
10 3 (4.110%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (4.110%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 38 (52.05%) Finance
2 18 (24.66%) Banking
3 5 (6.849%) Financial Institution
3 5 (6.849%) Investment Banking
4 4 (5.479%) Publishing
5 3 (4.110%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.110%) Retail
6 1 (1.370%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.370%) Electronics
6 1 (1.370%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.370%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (49.32%) Developer
2 30 (41.10%) Cognos Developer
3 16 (21.92%) Consultant
4 11 (15.07%) Cognos Consultant
4 11 (15.07%) Analyst
5 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (6.849%) Business Analyst
6 5 (6.849%) Lead Developer
6 5 (6.849%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 4 (5.479%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 4 (5.479%) Test Analyst
8 3 (4.110%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (4.110%) Test Manager
8 3 (4.110%) Solutions Designer
8 3 (4.110%) Designer
9 2 (2.740%) ETL Developer
9 2 (2.740%) Movex Consultant
9 2 (2.740%) Business Intelligence Consultant
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Developer
9 2 (2.740%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.740%) iPad
2 2 (2.740%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.370%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.849%) Windows
2 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (2.740%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 30 (41.10%) ETL
3 12 (16.44%) Migration
4 9 (12.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (12.33%) Dimensional Modelling
5 7 (9.589%) Data Management
6 5 (6.849%) Data Modelling
6 5 (6.849%) Project Management
7 3 (4.110%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.110%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (4.110%) Data Governance
7 3 (4.110%) Analytics
8 2 (2.740%) Business Transformation
8 2 (2.740%) Business Analysis
8 2 (2.740%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (2.740%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (2.740%) Unit Testing
8 2 (2.740%) Test Scripting
8 2 (2.740%) ERP
9 1 (1.370%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.55%) SQL
2 3 (4.110%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.740%) VBA
4 1 (1.370%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (4.110%) IBM Certification
1 3 (4.110%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.110%) ISO 9001
1 3 (4.110%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.370%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) Cognos
2 13 (17.81%) Oracle
3 12 (16.44%) IBM
4 4 (5.479%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.110%) SAP
6 2 (2.740%) Tableau
6 2 (2.740%) QAD
6 2 (2.740%) Infor
6 2 (2.740%) TIBCO
6 2 (2.740%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.370%) Siebel
7 1 (1.370%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.370%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.370%) Informatica
7 1 (1.370%) HP
7 1 (1.370%) Ab Initio