The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Business Intelligence skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 17 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
Rank 74 91 98
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +7
Contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 3 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.263% 0.547% 0.160%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.704% 6.522% 2.256%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £430 - £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Business Applications
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
81 138 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 7.112% 8.384% 7.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 68 56
Average daily rate £475 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £600 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £17.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+114.28% -41.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
Cognos Business Intelligence
South East

Cognos Business Intelligence
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Cognos Business Intelligence Daily 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Guildford - 2 £430 -
Cognos Business Intelligence
South East

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) Cognos
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) TOAD
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Informatica
3 1 (33.33%) DataStage
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology

Cognos Business Intelligence
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (66.67%) TOAD
3 1 (33.33%) DataStage
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst Programmer
1 2 (66.67%) Programmer
1 2 (66.67%) MI Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cognos Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cognos
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Informatica
3 1 (33.33%) IBM