| Cognos Consultant |
| 3 months to 20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 68 | 81 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +13 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.003 % | 0.002 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.170 % | 0.114 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £400 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £475 | £410 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.95 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £50.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1179 | 1754 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.556 % | 1.747 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 236 | 293 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £354 | £373 |
| Average daily rate | £379 | £396 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.42 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £404 | £420 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £355 | £354 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.35 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 39 | 95 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £22.57 | £28.76 |
| Average hourly rate | £24.28 | £29.90 |
| % change on same period last year | -18.78 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £26.00 | £31.04 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.68 | £25.69 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.85 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Consultant across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.