The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 65 79 92
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +13
Contract jobs citing Cognos 13 19 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.066% 1.182% 0.539%
As % of the Vendors category 2.060% 2.510% 1.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 2
Average daily rate £430 £275 £429
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+56.36% -35.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £245 £382
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £373 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.62% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £20.00 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-33.25% -8.21%
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
631 757 910
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 51.72% 47.11% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 386 437
Average daily rate £350 £364 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +2.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £165 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 53 45
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.55 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.95 £35.00 £40.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Guildford - 3 £430 -
Chertsey - - - -
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 10 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
4 5 (31.25%) IBM
4 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
5 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (18.75%) Business Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Analytics
6 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (18.75%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
7 2 (12.50%) ETL
7 2 (12.50%) MS Access
7 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (12.50%) TOAD
7 2 (12.50%) .NET
7 2 (12.50%) MS Project
7 2 (12.50%) MS Office
7 2 (12.50%) SAP
7 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
7 2 (12.50%) ISEB
7 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Advertising

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (12.50%) MS Project
3 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (12.50%) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) MS Access
3 2 (12.50%) TOAD
3 2 (12.50%) Data Mart
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (6.250%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) ActiveReports
4 1 (6.250%) DataStage
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Advertising
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) MI Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
2 2 (12.50%) Programmer
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (6.250%) Cognos Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Report Writer
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
1 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Analytics
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
4 2 (12.50%) ETL
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE
5 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Resource Management
5 1 (6.250%) Master Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) Kimball Methodology
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Data Management
5 1 (6.250%) Matrix Management
5 1 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ISEB
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Oracle
2 5 (31.25%) IBM
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (6.250%) Informatica