IBM Planning Analytics Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM Planning Analytics (formerly Cognos TM1, Applix TM1)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring IBM Planning Analytics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 371 421
Rank change year-on-year +2 +50 +89
Contract jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.017% 0.009%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.091% 0.28% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £423
25th Percentile £348 £304 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £308 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -35.26% -7.32%
75th Percentile £363 £311 £513
90th Percentile - - £528
UK median daily rate £417 £600 £800
% change year-on-year -30.50% -25.00% +56.10%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

IBM Planning Analytics falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 1,099 1,058 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.12% 5.90% 6.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 626 838
10th Percentile £360 £318 £350
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £725 £689
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 63 62
10th Percentile £12.82 £30.00 £32.61
25th Percentile £20.37 £37.52 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £45.00 £55.71
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -19.22% +59.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £61.60 £68.13
90th Percentile £80.50 £65.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £36.48 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.93% -18.18% +22.22%

IBM Planning Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing IBM Planning Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Planning Analytics in the UK excluding London

IBM Planning Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IBM Planning Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IBM Planning Analytics

IBM Planning Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IBM Planning Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing IBM Planning Analytics

IBM Planning Analytics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
North of England -30 1 £355 - 1
North West - 1 £355 - 1
IBM Planning Analytics
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IBM Planning Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cognos