The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Business Intelligence over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Business Applications category for the South East 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Rank 211 219 214
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 13 20 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.167% 0.197% 0.376%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.149% 2.227% 4.402%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 6
Average daily rate £450 £440 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +0.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £418 £385
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £458 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.52% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
605 898 886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.762% 8.851% 8.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 468 364
Average daily rate £433 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.80% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £588 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £13.50 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

South East Cognos Business Intelligence Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the South East region.

South East Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Business Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence across the South East region.

South East Cognos Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Business Intelligence
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire - 4 £450 -
Berkshire +15 3 £650 +52.94%
Surrey +8 3 £430 -
West Sussex - 2 £475 -
Cognos Business Intelligence
England

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence.

1 29 (100.00%) Cognos
1 29 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (58.62%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
4 12 (41.38%) SQL
5 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 7 (24.14%) Star Schema
6 7 (24.14%) ETL
7 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 6 (20.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (17.24%) Analytics
8 5 (17.24%) IBM
8 5 (17.24%) Oracle
8 5 (17.24%) Data Modelling
8 5 (17.24%) SAP
9 4 (13.79%) Cognos Impromptu
9 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
9 4 (13.79%) OLAP
9 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
9 4 (13.79%) Project Management
9 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (13.79%) Dimensional Modelling
10 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (10.34%) Business Analytics
11 2 (6.897%) TOAD
11 2 (6.897%) MS Office
11 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
11 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
11 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
11 2 (6.897%) Degree

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Cognos Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.897%) MS Office
3 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Movex
1 1 (3.448%) Cognos Controller
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (58.62%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (48.28%) SQL Server
3 9 (31.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (24.14%) Star Schema
5 6 (20.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (13.79%) Cognos Impromptu
6 4 (13.79%) OLAP
7 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (6.897%) TOAD
8 2 (6.897%) QlikView
8 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (3.448%) DTS
9 1 (3.448%) DB2
9 1 (3.448%) DataStage
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Developer
2 14 (48.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 7 (24.14%) Business Developer
3 7 (24.14%) SQL Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Analyst
4 6 (20.69%) Cognos Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Report Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Cognos Consultant
6 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Consultant
6 3 (10.34%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 2 (6.897%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (6.897%) Business Manager
7 2 (6.897%) MI Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (6.897%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Mathematics
1 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (24.14%) ETL
3 5 (17.24%) Analytics
3 5 (17.24%) Data Modelling
4 4 (13.79%) Project Management
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.79%) Dimensional Modelling
5 3 (10.34%) Business Analytics
6 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Resource Management
6 2 (6.897%) Financial Modelling
6 2 (6.897%) Use Case
7 1 (3.448%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.448%) Kimball Methodology
7 1 (3.448%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (3.448%) Process Management
7 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.448%) Risk Management
7 1 (3.448%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.448%) ISEB
2 1 (3.448%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Cognos
2 5 (17.24%) IBM
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) SAP
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.448%) Informatica