The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 48 - 44
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cognos 3 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.679% - 1.111%
As % of the Vendors category 1.333% - 2.146%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £318 - £250
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
225 368 233
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 50.90% 58.51% 51.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 176 103
Average daily rate £328 £413 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.60% +34.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £253 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £525 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 59 32
Average hourly rate £14.63 £17.05 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.23% +13.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.75 £27.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Oxford - 1 £325 -
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 15 (93.75%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 14 (87.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 13 (81.25%) SQL
4 12 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 6 (37.50%) SAP
6 6 (37.50%) Star Schema
7 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (25.00%) QlikView
9 3 (18.75%) QA
9 3 (18.75%) Migration
10 2 (12.50%) Finance
10 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
10 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
10 2 (12.50%) ERP
10 2 (12.50%) ETL
10 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
10 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
11 1 (6.250%) HTTP
11 1 (6.250%) MS Excel

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (87.50%) SQL Server
1 14 (87.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 12 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (37.50%) Star Schema
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (25.00%) QlikView
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Developer
2 11 (68.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 8 (50.00%) SQL Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Business Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) QA Leader
6 1 (6.250%) QA Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Cognos Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Cognos Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Developer Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (12.50%) ERP
3 2 (12.50%) ETL
3 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft