Cognos Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 549
Rank change year-on-year - - +82
Contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 0 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - - 0.025%
As % of the Business Applications category - - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £420
25th Percentile - - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.86%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - £490
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

Cognos Business Intelligence falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing business application skills.

6 months to
3 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing business application skills 3,878 2,982 2,665
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 7.05% 8.70% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,075 1,691 1,429
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £659 £665
90th Percentile £775 £750 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 66 65
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.98 £27.24
25th Percentile £18.75 £25.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.92% -2.42% -26.54%
75th Percentile £66.38 £78.06 £61.60
90th Percentile £87.50 £90.09 £79.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £41.86 £40.33
% change year-on-year -28.32% +3.79% -28.62%

Cognos Business Intelligence Job Vacancy Trend

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

Cognos Business Intelligence job vacancy trend in the UK

Cognos Business Intelligence Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence

Cognos Business Intelligence Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cognos Business Intelligence