Cognos Business Intelligence Contract Job Trends

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cognos Business Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 554 633
Rank change year-on-year - +79 +181
Contract jobs citing Cognos Business Intelligence 0 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - 0.024% 0.015%
As % of the Business Applications category - 0.33% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £333 £379
25th Percentile - £377 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile - £475 £475
90th Percentile - £490 £483
UK excluding London median daily rate - £308 £425
% change year-on-year - -27.65% +30.77%

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 requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,889 2,754 3,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.70% 7.31% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,645 1,468 2,029
10th Percentile £358 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £454 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £671 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.33% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 72 85
10th Percentile £13.40 £30.00 £28.25
25th Percentile £24.49 £35.27 £49.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.75 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -22.55% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.63 £61.60 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.90 £74.18 £90.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.16 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.07% -27.58% +41.23%

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