The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos 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 Vendors for the Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank - 54 43
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire - 0.158% 1.270%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.306% 3.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £310 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
202 327 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 45.29% 51.74% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 186 109
Average daily rate £401 £400 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% -1.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 29
Average hourly rate £13.75 £28.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.89% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.53 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £41.80 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
South West

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 3 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Management
1 3 (100.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) MI Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Information Management
1 3 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Business Objects