Cognos Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Cognos
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 December 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 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognos 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.49% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 - -
75th Percentile £536 - -
90th Percentile £544 - -
North West median daily rate £486 - £550

All Vendors
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 551 486 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 45.24% 45.72% 40.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 289 448
10th Percentile £311 £340 £248
25th Percentile £381 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £594
90th Percentile £678 £688 £700
North West median daily rate £463 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -7.38% -1.96% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 25
10th Percentile £19.01 £18.50 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.52 £30.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.41 £32.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -31.05% +83.41% -72.74%
75th Percentile £29.22 £33.75 £46.88
90th Percentile £31.40 - £58.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +66.27%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in Manchester

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cognos

Cognos
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cognos in Manchester over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cognos in Manchester

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Cognos

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Cognos Framework Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Cognos Report Studio
1 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (50.00%) Cognos Transformer
2 3 (50.00%) OLAP
2 3 (50.00%) OLAP Cube
3 2 (33.33%) Metadata
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cognos Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Data Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Cognos Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 6 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) ETL
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (66.67%) Sprint Review
3 3 (50.00%) API Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (50.00%) Use Case
4 2 (33.33%) Batch Processing
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) CRD IV
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (33.33%) FINREP
1 2 (33.33%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft