The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 20 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 Slough 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 32 25 38
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +13
Contract jobs citing Cognos 7 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 2.881% 0.971% 0.980%
As % of the Vendors category 5.833% 1.961% 2.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
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
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
120 102 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 49.38% 49.51% 45.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 50 69
Average daily rate £373 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.61% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £211 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -4.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
Berkshire

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 9 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (50.00%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) IBM
4 5 (41.67%) ETL
4 5 (41.67%) DataStage
5 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
5 4 (33.33%) Finance
5 4 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) SAP
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
7 2 (16.67%) Project Management
7 2 (16.67%) Informatica
7 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 2 (16.67%) Ab Initio
7 2 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
7 2 (16.67%) Numerical Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (16.67%) Data Mart
8 1 (8.333%) Data Integration
8 1 (8.333%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
8 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (8.333%) Banking
8 1 (8.333%) JD Edwards
8 1 (8.333%) Microsoft

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (41.67%) DataStage
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (16.67%) Data Mart
4 2 (16.67%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (8.333%) OLAP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) ETL Developer
2 3 (25.00%) DataStage Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Business Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Cognos Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Cognos Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (8.333%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (41.67%) ETL
3 4 (33.33%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (16.67%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Numerical Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) IBM
3 3 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (16.67%) Informatica
4 2 (16.67%) Ab Initio
5 1 (8.333%) JD Edwards
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft