The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 27 28 37
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs citing Cognos 1 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.478% 1.852% 0.284%
As % of the Vendors category 0.826% 3.871% 0.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £216 £440 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.02% +9.86%
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
121 155 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 57.89% 47.84% 50.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 73 64
Average daily rate £375 £375 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £298 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £502 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 9
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -5.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) JD Edwards

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (25.00%) Cognos Controller
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Data Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) Master Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) JD Edwards