The first table below looks at the demand for the Cognos Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos Consultant
Rank 521 542 540
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Cognos Consultant 20 23 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.039% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.043% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 18
Average daily rate £400 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £290 £368
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £550 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year
- -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Cognos Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cognos Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos Consultant within the UK.

Cognos Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cognos Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cognos Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Consultant within the UK.

Cognos Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Consultant
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Consultant within the UK 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
England +41 17 £400 -20.00%
London +24 5 £400 -15.78%
South East +21 5 - -
City of London +18 3 £375 -10.71%
East of England - 3 £525 -
Essex - 2 - -
Berkshire +16 1 - -
North West +9 1 £385 -26.31%
Cheshire - 1 £385 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £525 -
Midlands - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 £385 -
Newbury - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 £525 -

Cognos Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Cognos Consultant in their job title 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 with Cognos Consultant in their job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Cognos
2 32 (82.05%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (66.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 11 (28.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (28.21%) Finance
5 10 (25.64%) ETL
6 9 (23.08%) Cognos Powerplay
6 9 (23.08%) SQL
6 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
7 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (17.95%) Oracle
9 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (12.82%) IBM
9 5 (12.82%) Analytics
10 4 (10.26%) Project Management
10 4 (10.26%) PL/SQL
10 4 (10.26%) SQL Server 2005
11 3 (7.692%) Cognos Controller
11 3 (7.692%) Retail
11 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (7.692%) Manufacturing
11 3 (7.692%) Cognos Impromptu
11 3 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (7.692%) DecisionStream
11 3 (7.692%) ISO 9001
11 3 (7.692%) Data Governance
12 2 (5.128%) Banking
12 2 (5.128%) iPad
12 2 (5.128%) TOAD
12 2 (5.128%) OLTP

Cognos Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Cognos Consultant in their job title 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 with Cognos Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 26 (66.67%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 3 (7.692%) Cognos Controller
3 1 (2.564%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 9 (23.08%) Cognos Powerplay
2 9 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 8 (20.51%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (10.26%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (7.692%) Cognos Impromptu
6 3 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (7.692%) DecisionStream
7 2 (5.128%) TOAD
7 2 (5.128%) OLTP
7 2 (5.128%) RDBMS
7 2 (5.128%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (5.128%) OLAP
7 2 (5.128%) Data Mart
8 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.564%) MS Access
8 1 (2.564%) DB2
General
1 11 (28.21%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Retail
2 3 (7.692%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.128%) Banking
3 2 (5.128%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) iPad
1 2 (5.128%) Blackberry
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (82.05%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (25.64%) ETL
3 5 (12.82%) Analytics
4 4 (10.26%) Project Management
5 3 (7.692%) Data Governance
6 2 (5.128%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.564%) Use Case
7 1 (2.564%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.564%) Data Migration
7 1 (2.564%) Data Mapping
7 1 (2.564%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.564%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.564%) Scrum
7 1 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.564%) Migration
7 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.564%) ERP
7 1 (2.564%) Business Analytics
7 1 (2.564%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 4 (10.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) CIPD
2 1 (2.564%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.564%) QA
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) Cognos
2 7 (17.95%) Oracle
3 5 (12.82%) IBM
4 1 (2.564%) Trillium
4 1 (2.564%) SAP
4 1 (2.564%) Informatica
4 1 (2.564%) Microsoft
England
I currently have an exciting opportunity for a Cognos TM1 developer to come on board with my client on a 3 month initial contract basis... The key requirements...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nationwide
Cognos Consultant / BI / PowerPlay / Report Studio / Analysis Studio / Cubes - £350-450pdMy client require a Cognos Business Intelligence Consultant for an initial 6 month contract to provide consultancy services...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP450 per day
Posted: 26 April 2013
Warwickshire
My client is a leading consultancy who are looking for a Senior Cognos BI Consultant for a new Cognos deployment... Cognos Data Manager 8.x/10.1/10...
Firway Consulting
Rate: Unspecified Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Greater London
Cognos Consultant - Business Intelligence / Analysis / Report / PowerPlay / SQL £400-500pdCognos Consultant with extensive experience using the Cognos toolset and SQL Server is urgently required for a 6 month...
OPUS
Rate: GBP400 to GBP500 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Warwickshire
My client is a leading consultancy who are looking for a Senior Cognos Planning Consultant for a new Cognos deployment. You will have 3 years plus exposure of...
Firway Consulting
Rate: Unspecified Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, North West
You will have worked with large scale Data Warehouses (ideally Oracle based) and have a strong understanding of business intelligence and information reporting Ideally you will have developed...
Applause IT Ltd
Rate: £360 - £410 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013