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 17 September 2025, 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 123 158
Rank change year-on-year - +35 +44
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London - 0.29% 0.033%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.65% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £581 -
25th Percentile - £591 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £638 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -
75th Percentile - £672 £438
90th Percentile - £674 -
Central London median daily rate - £638 £425
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +21.43%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 862 920 1,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 48.92% 44.25% 41.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 598 865
10th Percentile £323 £350 £311
25th Percentile £413 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% -1.65% +1.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £745 £768 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile £20.23 £16.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £23.75 £19.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £34.65 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% +30.12% -1.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £60.35
Central London median hourly rate £31.58 £27.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year +16.94% +30.12% -12.34%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Cognos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Cognos 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