Cognos Developer Contracts

Cognos Developer
UK

The median Cognos Developer daily rate in the UK is £414, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 591 665
Rank change year-on-year +47 +74 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Cognos Developer 4 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.005% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.005% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £408
25th Percentile £356 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.82%
75th Percentile £465 - £489
90th Percentile - - £493
UK excluding London median daily rate £363 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 30,069 39,775 53,295
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 93.04% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,151 25,566 36,972
10th Percentile £287 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,393 2,719 1,580
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% -5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £56.25 £63.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% +6.67% +82.84%

Cognos Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cognos Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cognos Developer in the UK

Cognos Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cognos Developer.

Daily rate trend for Cognos Developer in the UK

Cognos Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cognos Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Cognos Developer in the UK

Cognos Developer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 July 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
England +39 4 £414 - 1
UK excluding London +19 2 £363 - 1
Work from Home - 2 £363 - 1
London - 2 £465 - 1
South East - 2 £363 - 1

Cognos Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Cognos Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cognos Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cognos
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) CODA
2 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills

Cognos Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cognos
2 2 (50.00%) CODA
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle