Cognos Contracts 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 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - +61
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cognos 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.085% - 0.11%
As % of the Vendors category 0.16% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile £356 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.41%
75th Percentile £369 - £466
90th Percentile - - £479
England median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
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 - - £45.00

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,824 2,329 2,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.67% 48.75% 52.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 1,396 1,934
10th Percentile £205 £253 £205
25th Percentile £363 £405 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 133 129
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £26.03 £18.08
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -67.10% +18.49% +142.00%
75th Percentile £39.54 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £71.42
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -27.50% +77.78%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cognos as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cognos 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
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 2 £363 -
Thames Valley - 2 £363 -
Hampshire - 1 - - 8
Cognos
England

Cognos
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Cognos Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Pricing Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) R
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree