Midlands DecisionStream Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for IBM Cognos DecisionStream skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DecisionStream over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Cognos DecisionStream
Location Berkshire Birmingham City of London England Leeds London Midlands North West Scotland South East UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	65
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	1	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.709 %	3.145 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£450
% change on same period last year	-14.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
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Database & Business Intelligence Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	141	318
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.222 %	0.341 %
Daily rates quoted	15	35
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£344
Average daily rate	£388	£360
% change on same period last year	+7.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£336	£346
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.33	£27.42
Average hourly rate	£28.75	£28.81
% change on same period last year	-0.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.17	£30.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.32	£31.87
% change on same period last year	-14.27 %
DecisionStream England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DecisionStream across the Midlands region.

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Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing DecisionStream 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 DecisionStream.

1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Intelligence 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos Business Intelligence

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing DecisionStream 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 DecisionStream. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos Business Intelligence	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) Business Intelligence
Vendors 1 1 (100.00 %) Cognos