The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Reading 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank - - 76
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - 0.198%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.347%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.62% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £20.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-33.25% -8.21%
All Vendors
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
482 610 577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 54.77% 53.00% 57.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 197 219
Average daily rate £336 £340 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.10% -9.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £221 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 38 27
Average hourly rate £27.50 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+76.56% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £31.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Cognos
Berkshire

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MicroStrategy
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MS Access
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) MicroStrategy