The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 23 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 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.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 158 168 182
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +14
Contract jobs citing Cognos 65 75 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.835% 0.738% 0.730%
As % of the Vendors category 1.650% 1.495% 1.492%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 20
Average daily rate £450 £440 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% +6.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £350 £367
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £548 £489
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3939 5017 5160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.61% 49.34% 48.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 2193 2036
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 383 429
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.79
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.35 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Cognos
England

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Cognos Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Cognos Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Berkshire +30 28 £450 +20.00%
Surrey +6 9 £450 +12.50%
Hampshire -9 9 £413 -15.38%
West Sussex - 4 £450 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £318 -
East Sussex -2 1 - -
Cognos
England

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 89 (65.93%) Business Intelligence
2 49 (36.30%) SQL
3 44 (32.59%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (28.15%) SQL Server
5 31 (22.96%) SAP
6 29 (21.48%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 27 (20.00%) Oracle
8 26 (19.26%) ETL
9 18 (13.33%) Finance
9 18 (13.33%) IBM
10 17 (12.59%) DataStage
11 16 (11.85%) JD Edwards
12 15 (11.11%) Microsoft
12 15 (11.11%) PL/SQL
12 15 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 15 (11.11%) Analytics
13 14 (10.37%) Data Modelling
14 13 (9.630%) Migration
15 12 (8.889%) Project Management
15 12 (8.889%) Business Objects
15 12 (8.889%) MS Excel
16 10 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
16 10 (7.407%) Cognos Impromptu
16 10 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
17 8 (5.926%) Stakeholder Management
17 8 (5.926%) Degree
18 7 (5.185%) Use Case
18 7 (5.185%) Agile Software Development
18 7 (5.185%) Scrum

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 1 (0.741%) MDX
1 1 (0.741%) .NET
1 1 (0.741%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.963%) SAS
2 3 (2.222%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.481%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.741%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.741%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (0.741%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.741%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.741%) Oracle 9iAS
4 1 (0.741%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (8.889%) MS Excel
2 7 (5.185%) MS Office
3 4 (2.963%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.741%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 29 (21.48%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 3 (2.222%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.741%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.741%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.741%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (0.741%) Movex
3 1 (0.741%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.741%) Internet
1 1 (0.741%) LAN
1 1 (0.741%) WAN
1 1 (0.741%) HTTP
1 1 (0.741%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (32.59%) Data Warehouse
2 38 (28.15%) SQL Server
3 17 (12.59%) DataStage
4 15 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (7.407%) Oracle 8/8i
5 10 (7.407%) Cognos Impromptu
5 10 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (5.185%) Star Schema
7 6 (4.444%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (4.444%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (3.704%) Data Mart
8 5 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (3.704%) OLAP
8 5 (3.704%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (2.963%) MS Access
9 4 (2.963%) SAP BW
9 4 (2.963%) QlikView
10 3 (2.222%) IBM InfoSphere
10 3 (2.222%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (0.741%) ERwin
General
1 18 (13.33%) Finance
2 3 (2.222%) Banking
3 2 (1.481%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (1.481%) Billing
3 2 (1.481%) Investment Banking
4 1 (0.741%) Automotive
4 1 (0.741%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 43 (31.85%) Analyst
2 36 (26.67%) Developer
3 19 (14.07%) Business Analyst
4 17 (12.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 13 (9.630%) DBA
6 12 (8.889%) Team Leader
7 10 (7.407%) SQL Developer
8 9 (6.667%) Cognos Developer
8 9 (6.667%) Project Manager
8 9 (6.667%) Consultant
9 8 (5.926%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (5.185%) Business Intelligence Manager
10 7 (5.185%) Report Developer
10 7 (5.185%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
10 7 (5.185%) Cognos Consultant
10 7 (5.185%) Business Developer
11 6 (4.444%) Development Team Leader
11 6 (4.444%) Data Analyst
11 6 (4.444%) DataStage Developer
11 6 (4.444%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.444%) AS400
2 5 (3.704%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.704%) Mathematics
3 2 (1.481%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.741%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.741%) Fat Client
4 1 (0.741%) Data Extraction
4 1 (0.741%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.741%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.963%) Windows
2 2 (1.481%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.741%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (0.741%) Tru64
3 1 (0.741%) AIX
3 1 (0.741%) Solaris
3 1 (0.741%) Linux
3 1 (0.741%) Windows 2000
3 1 (0.741%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (65.93%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (19.26%) ETL
3 15 (11.11%) Analytics
4 14 (10.37%) Data Modelling
5 13 (9.630%) Migration
6 12 (8.889%) Project Management
7 8 (5.926%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (5.185%) Use Case
8 7 (5.185%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (5.185%) Scrum
9 6 (4.444%) PRINCE2
10 4 (2.963%) ERP
10 4 (2.963%) Dimensional Modelling
11 3 (2.222%) Master Data Management
11 3 (2.222%) Business Analytics
11 3 (2.222%) Data Migration
11 3 (2.222%) Resource Management
11 3 (2.222%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (2.222%) Numerical Analysis
11 3 (2.222%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 49 (36.30%) SQL
2 15 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.222%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.481%) VBA
5 1 (0.741%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.741%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (5.926%) Degree
2 4 (2.963%) ISEB
2 4 (2.963%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.481%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.481%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.481%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.741%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.741%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.741%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.444%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (2.222%) QA
3 1 (0.741%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.741%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.741%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (0.741%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (1.481%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.481%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 2 (1.481%) Netcool
1 2 (1.481%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (1.481%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.741%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle Statspack
2 1 (0.741%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 31 (22.96%) SAP
2 27 (20.00%) Oracle
3 18 (13.33%) IBM
4 16 (11.85%) JD Edwards
5 15 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 12 (8.889%) Business Objects
7 4 (2.963%) Informatica
8 3 (2.222%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.481%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (1.481%) Minitab
10 1 (0.741%) Northgate
10 1 (0.741%) Remedy
10 1 (0.741%) VMware
10 1 (0.741%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.741%) Intel
Thame, Oxfordshire
The ideal candidate will need to understand the systems that are currently in place (IDeaS & Cognos will be the main two)... Understand IDeaS revenue management system working with...
Fixed Recruitment
Rate: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013