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 24 October 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
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 121 138
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +64
Contract jobs citing Cognos 0 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.28% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.64% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £581 £429
25th Percentile - £591 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £638 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +28.79% -
75th Percentile - £672 £573
90th Percentile - £674 £619
Central London median daily rate - £638 £495
% 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 848 935 1,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 50.42% 44.23% 41.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 590 826
10th Percentile £322 £331 £320
25th Percentile £413 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -1.28% -0.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 9
10th Percentile £17.75 £18.70 £16.05
25th Percentile £20.08 £25.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £71.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +216.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £58.50 £118.38 £52.50
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £57.90
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £50.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -49.06% +140.96% -12.34%

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