Cognos Contract Job Trends in London

Cognos
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 15 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
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 368 401
Rank change year-on-year +7 +33 +172
Contract jobs citing Cognos 6 14 35
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.045% 0.087% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.097% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 25
10th Percentile £449 £475 £418
25th Percentile £504 £516 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% +17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £658 £650
90th Percentile £755 £672 £810
England median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -22.22% -

All Vendors
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,210 6,997 8,554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.42% 43.52% 41.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,039 4,422 5,946
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £421 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £746 £750 £775
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 75 114
10th Percentile £17.40 £18.28 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.63 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -13.04% +61.00%
75th Percentile £37.81 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £87.80 £76.18
England median hourly rate £25.08 £35.18 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.72% -20.94% +85.42%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in London

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cognos

Cognos
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cognos in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cognos in London

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Cognos

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Loan IQ
2 1 (16.67%) Maximo
2 1 (16.67%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) DB2
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Front Office
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Maximo Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) TM1 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (16.67%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) API Integration
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Integration
1 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
1 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (16.67%) EAM
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) VBA
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL
3 2 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) IBM