North West Cognos Powerplay Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Cognos Powerplay skills within the North West 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 Cognos Powerplay over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM Cognos Powerplay
Location Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cannock City of London East Midlands East of England England Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Midlands North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Reading Somerset South East South West Staffordshire Surrey Tadworth Thames Valley UK Warwickshire West Midlands	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	137
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.101 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£352
% change on same period last year	+22.34 %
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	£36.25	£16.33
% change on same period last year	+121.93 %
Database & Business Intelligence North West
Matching contract IT job ads	734	991
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.978 %	1.003 %
Daily rates quoted	118	225
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£333
Average daily rate	£316	£351
% change on same period last year	-10.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£334	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	91	67
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.09	£24.31
Average hourly rate	£30.02	£27.34
% change on same period last year	+9.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.95	£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
Cognos Powerplay 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.

Cognos Powerplay
Demand Trend

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

Cognos Powerplay
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the North West region.

Cognos Powerplay
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Powerplay across the North West region.