The first table below looks at the demand for Cognos Powerplay skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos Powerplay 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category.

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
IBM Cognos Powerplay
Rank 525 550 579
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +29
Contract jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 16 15 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.166% 0.135% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 3
Average daily rate £475 £425 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% +112.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £325 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £325 -
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Database & Business Intelligence
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
9625 11115 12673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 20.77% 19.04% 20.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5819 6381 7051
Average daily rate £388 £375 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -5.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £255 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 267 393
Average hourly rate £25.85 £27.50 £31.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.00% -12.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.34 £12.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £44.55 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%

Cognos Powerplay
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos Powerplay within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Cognos Powerplay Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cognos Powerplay Daily Rate Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cognos Powerplay Daily Rate Histogram

Cognos Powerplay
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cognos Powerplay Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos Powerplay
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Powerplay 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 +42 13 £525 +23.52%
London +33 10 £525 +23.52%
City of London +22 5 £525 +10.52%
Hertfordshire - 2 £375 -
East of England - 2 £375 -
South East +19 1 £350 -12.50%
Berkshire - 1 £350 -
Maidenhead - 1 £350 -

Cognos Powerplay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay.

1 25 (100.00%) Cognos
2 16 (64.00%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (48.00%) SQL
4 11 (44.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 10 (40.00%) Cognos Impromptu
6 9 (36.00%) Teradata
7 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
8 7 (28.00%) Change Management
9 6 (24.00%) Finance
9 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
9 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
9 6 (24.00%) Banking
10 5 (20.00%) Data Analysis
10 5 (20.00%) Investment Banking
10 5 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (16.00%) RDBMS
11 4 (16.00%) Tivoli
11 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
11 4 (16.00%) Information Management
11 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (16.00%) Performance Management
11 4 (16.00%) ActiveReports
12 3 (12.00%) Time Management
12 3 (12.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
12 3 (12.00%) Project Management
12 3 (12.00%) ETL
12 3 (12.00%) MS Office
12 3 (12.00%) UNIX
12 3 (12.00%) MS Excel

Cognos Powerplay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cognos Powerplay 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 Powerplay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) MDX
2 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.000%) .NET
2 1 (4.000%) COM
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Office
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (44.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (40.00%) Cognos Impromptu
2 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (24.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (16.00%) RDBMS
5 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (16.00%) ActiveReports
6 2 (8.000%) OLAP
7 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
1 6 (24.00%) Banking
2 5 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (8.000%) General Ledger
4 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) Consultant
2 9 (36.00%) Cognos Consultant
3 6 (24.00%) Cognos Developer
4 5 (20.00%) Analyst
5 4 (16.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Teradata Developer
6 3 (12.00%) SQL Developer
7 2 (8.000%) MI Developer
7 2 (8.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (8.000%) Report Developer
8 1 (4.000%) Business Intelligence Specialist
8 1 (4.000%) Report Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Cognos Specialist
8 1 (4.000%) Analyst Developer
8 1 (4.000%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
3 7 (28.00%) Change Management
4 6 (24.00%) Business Analysis
5 5 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Information Management
6 4 (16.00%) Performance Management
7 3 (12.00%) Time Management
7 3 (12.00%) Project Management
7 3 (12.00%) ETL
8 2 (8.000%) Validation
8 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.000%) Resource Management
9 1 (4.000%) Kimball Methodology
9 1 (4.000%) Analytics
9 1 (4.000%) Data Transformation
9 1 (4.000%) Data Architecture
9 1 (4.000%) GAP Analysis
9 1 (4.000%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Cognos
2 9 (36.00%) Teradata
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.000%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (4.000%) IBM
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
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
Cambridge, East Anglia
The Cognos development work required focuses entirely on data that has its source in the oracle eBusiness Suite. The successful candidate will need to have the following skills...
Hudson
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
You will need to have around 5 years solid experience working as a Cognos BI Developer with experience of the Lifecycle of Reports development using IBM Cognos 10...
Hudson
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 7 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client has a urgent need for a Congnos developer, the successful candidate will need to have the following skills and experience: Experience of developing Cognos using Oracle...
iKonnect
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Expert around Cognos ReportNet 8.4.1 and Framework Manager... Excellent knowledge in SQL Server 2000/2008, T-SQL, Data Manager and SSIS and DW concepts. Designing and...
iKas International
Rate: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013