The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 112 108 93
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -15
Contract jobs citing Cognos 1 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.053% 0.175% 0.440%
As % of the Vendors category 0.115% 0.383% 1.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
Average daily rate - £260 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.66%
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
872 1044 732
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 45.94% 45.55% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 517 303
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £185 £193
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 68 74
Average hourly rate £13.71 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.60% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £35.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
England

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire 0 1 - -
Cognos
England

Cognos
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (40.00%) FTP
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle OLAP
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) IBM
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) OLAP
3 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Teradata
3 1 (20.00%) ProClarity
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (40.00%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) FTP
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) ProClarity
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle OLAP
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) OLAP
2 1 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Teradata