Cognos Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cognos
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 - 198
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Contract jobs citing Cognos 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.046% - 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.089% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.91%
75th Percentile - - £788
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £533 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.93% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - -22.22% +63.64%

All Vendors
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,238 1,874 2,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.18% 50.34% 52.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,586 1,241 1,679
10th Percentile £221 £239 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £608
90th Percentile £675 £688 £676
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 53 122
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.36 £24.18 £24.06
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.11% -30.91% +129.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £67.23
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.78 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.84% -32.91% +77.76%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cognos job vacancy trend in the South East

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognos.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognos

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognos.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognos

Cognos
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hampshire - 2 - -
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Pricing Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree