South West Cognos Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Cognos
Location Andover Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London County Antrim Docklands, London Dover Dunstable Durham East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Highlands Hull Inverness Kent Lancashire Leeds London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Preston Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Surrey Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	134	122
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	12	45
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	0.656 %	1.942 %
Daily rates quoted	7	7
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£283
Average daily rate	£303	£311
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£310	£339
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£411
% change on same period last year	-18.39 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£45.00
Average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.21	£35.56
% change on same period last year	-40.34 %
Vendors South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1828	2317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.585 %	2.345 %
Daily rates quoted	461	503
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£309
Average daily rate	£363	£326
% change on same period last year	+11.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	223	273
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.45	£22.61
Average hourly rate	£26.15	£24.30
% change on same period last year	+7.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.85	£25.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
Cognos England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Cognos.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos across the South West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-2	2	£188	-
Somerset	-	1	£450	-
Bristol	-11	1	£225	-21.05 %

Cognos England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 12 (52.17 %) Business Intelligence 2 10 (43.48 %) Datawarehouse 3 8 (34.78 %) Finance 4 7 (30.43 %) Oracle 5 6 (26.09 %) Business Objects 5 6 (26.09 %) BusinessObjects 6 4 (17.39 %) Migration 6 4 (17.39 %) Security Cleared 6 4 (17.39 %) ETL 6 4 (17.39 %) SQL Server 6 4 (17.39 %) SQL 7 3 (13.04 %) SAP 7 3 (13.04 %) DTS 7 3 (13.04 %) SOA 7 3 (13.04 %) Cognos Powerplay

7 3 (13.04 %) IBM 7 3 (13.04 %) Oracle Fusion 7 3 (13.04 %) WebSphere 7 3 (13.04 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 7 3 (13.04 %) Data Migration 7 3 (13.04 %) Data Cleansing 7 3 (13.04 %) Data Extraction 7 3 (13.04 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (13.04 %) Teradata 7 3 (13.04 %) MODAF 8 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 2 (8.696 %) Local Government 8 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server 2005 8 2 (8.696 %) Government 8 2 (8.696 %) Spreadsheet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (13.04 %) WebSphere 1 3 (13.04 %) Oracle Fusion	Applications 1 2 (8.696 %) MS Excel 1 2 (8.696 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (4.348 %) MS Project
Business Applications 1 3 (13.04 %) Cognos Business Intelligence	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (43.48 %) Datawarehouse 2 6 (26.09 %) BusinessObjects 3 4 (17.39 %) ETL 3 4 (17.39 %) SQL Server 4 3 (13.04 %) Cognos Powerplay 4 3 (13.04 %) DTS 4 3 (13.04 %) Data Cleansing 5 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (8.696 %) ReportNet 5 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 2 (8.696 %) Cognos Impromptu 5 2 (8.696 %) MS Access 6 1 (4.348 %) MySQL 6 1 (4.348 %) Crystal Reports 6 1 (4.348 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (4.348 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (4.348 %) Data Mining 6 1 (4.348 %) Oracle Discoverer 6 1 (4.348 %) RDBMS
General 1 8 (34.78 %) Finance 2 2 (8.696 %) Government 2 2 (8.696 %) Local Government 3 1 (4.348 %) Health 3 1 (4.348 %) Publishing 3 1 (4.348 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 8 (34.78 %) Developer 2 7 (30.43 %) Analyst 3 5 (21.74 %) Cognos Developer 4 3 (13.04 %) Architect 4 3 (13.04 %) Solutions Architect 4 3 (13.04 %) Report Analyst 4 3 (13.04 %) Data Analyst 5 2 (8.696 %) SQL Developer 5 2 (8.696 %) Consultant 5 2 (8.696 %) SQL Server Developer 5 2 (8.696 %) Cognos Consultant 5 2 (8.696 %) Report Writer 6 1 (4.348 %) Report Developer 6 1 (4.348 %) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 3 (13.04 %) Data Extraction	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (52.17 %) Business Intelligence 2 4 (17.39 %) Migration 2 4 (17.39 %) Security Cleared 3 3 (13.04 %) Data Migration 3 3 (13.04 %) SC Cleared 3 3 (13.04 %) MODAF 3 3 (13.04 %) SOA 4 2 (8.696 %) Data Modelling 5 1 (4.348 %) Project Management 5 1 (4.348 %) Dimensional Modelling 5 1 (4.348 %) Business Analysis
Programming Languages 1 4 (17.39 %) SQL 2 2 (8.696 %) COBOL 3 1 (4.348 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (4.348 %) ACCA 1 1 (4.348 %) CIMA
Vendors 1 7 (30.43 %) Oracle 2 6 (26.09 %) Business Objects 3 3 (13.04 %) SAP 3 3 (13.04 %) IBM 3 3 (13.04 %) Teradata 4 2 (8.696 %) MicroStrategy 5 1 (4.348 %) Hyperion