Cognos Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cognos
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring knowledge or experience of Cognos products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cognos over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IBM Cognos.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - - 0.28%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £581
25th Percentile - - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £638
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.79%
75th Percentile - - £672
90th Percentile - - £674
Central London median daily rate - - £638
% change year-on-year - - +28.79%

All Vendors
City of London

Cognos falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the City of London.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,018 851 937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 47.59% 50.18% 44.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 595 594
10th Percentile £325 £323 £338
25th Percentile £448 £421 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £669 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.27% -0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 12
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.43 £18.70
25th Percentile £19.31 £20.18 £25.38
Median hourly rate £23.58 £24.50 £71.25
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -65.61% +216.67%
75th Percentile £38.69 £56.75 £118.38
90th Percentile £55.95 £64.11 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £24.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +6.65% -51.00% +140.96%

Cognos Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cognos relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cognos job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cognos Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cognos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cognos

Cognos Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cognos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cognos