Cognos Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cognos
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 146 - 115
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognos 6 0 24
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.24% - 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 0.47% - 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 19
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £419 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 - £550
75th Percentile £536 - £638
90th Percentile £544 - £645
England median daily rate £533 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.93% -2.27% +1.85%

All Vendors
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,276 1,024 1,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.55% 47.63% 46.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 828 566 805
10th Percentile £220 £306 £239
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.38% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 45 87
10th Percentile £16.59 £16.00 £16.22
25th Percentile £19.67 £24.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +66.27%
75th Percentile £55.42 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.52 £79.35 £57.00
England median hourly rate £23.69 £30.52 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.38% -33.48% +74.02%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in the North West

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos

Cognos
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Cognos in the North West

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cognos

Cognos
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 6 £486 - 1
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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