Cognos Contracts

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 23 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IBM Cognos.

Cognos UK
Location	3 months to 23 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	438	459	316
Rank change year-on-year	+21	-143
Contract jobs citing Cognos	143	192	362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.32%	0.36%	0.66%
As % of the Vendors category	0.73%	0.81%	1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted	79	145	239
Median daily rate	£440	£436	£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+0.97%	-3.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£337	£325	£325
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£525	£550	£525
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£434	£400
% change year-on-year	-7.83%	+8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	3	3
Median hourly rate	-	£20.50	£32.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-	-35.93%
UK excluding London median hourly rate	-	£20.50	£32.00
% change year-on-year	-	-35.93%

Cognos is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies.

Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	19577	23800	24676
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	43.68%	44.52%	44.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	11901	14645	14199
Median daily rate	£425	£405	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+4.93%	+1.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£250	£253	£225
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£588	£560	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£385	£370
% change year-on-year	+3.89%	+4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted	638	797	1129
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00	£18.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-10.00%	+11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.25	£10.73	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£43.00	£40.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£20.00	£18.00
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	+11.11%

Cognos
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Cognos as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Vendors category.

Cognos
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Cognos.

Contractor daily rate trend for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Cognos over the 3 months to 23 May 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Cognos in the UK

Cognos
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+7	129	£431	-4.16%	53
London	+2	55	£450	-	23
South East	+25	28	£413	-2.94%	9
Scotland	+42	12	£500	+38.88%	2
West Midlands	+24	11	£375	-16.66%	6
Surrey	+8	11	£381	-25.60%	1
Edinburgh	+26	8	£500	+66.66%
City of London	-7	8	£475	+5.55%	10
East Midlands	-12	8	£340	-20.00%	2
West Sussex	+20	7	£440	+17.33%	4
Yorkshire	+15	7	£350	-27.46%	5
Berkshire	+23	6	£365	-18.88%	2
East of England	-2	6	£475	+5.55%	2
Leicestershire	-	5	£325	-
Leicester	-	5	£325	-
West Yorkshire	+21	4	£350	-30.89%	3
Birmingham	+15	4	£356	-	2
Leeds	+13	4	£350	-30.89%	3
Crawley	+4	4	£440	+17.33%	1
North West	+21	3	£475	+18.75%	6
Coventry	+14	3	£375	-25.00%	1
East Sussex	+2	3	-	-
Hove	-	3	-	-
Manchester	+16	2	£488	+21.87%	4
South West	+11	2	£525	+32.07%
Bromley	+10	2	£513	+2.50%
Inverclyde	+8	2	£475	+18.75%
Cambridgeshire	+8	2	-	-	1
Gourock	+7	2	£475	+18.75%
Midlands	+7	2	£400	-33.33%

Cognos
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Cognos also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Cognos.

1	164 (53.95%)	Business Intelligence
2	133 (43.75%)	Finance
3	100 (32.89%)	SQL
4	90 (29.61%)	Data Warehouse
5	72 (23.68%)	Oracle
5	72 (23.68%)	SQL Server
5	72 (23.68%)	Analytics
6	64 (21.05%)	ETL
7	63 (20.72%)	Tableau
8	61 (20.07%)	Data Modelling
9	56 (18.42%)	BusinessObjects
10	55 (18.09%)	SQL Server Integration Services
11	51 (16.78%)	IBM
12	48 (15.79%)	Microsoft
13	47 (15.46%)	Analytical Skills

14	45 (14.80%)	Microsoft Excel
15	40 (13.16%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
16	37 (12.17%)	QlikView
17	36 (11.84%)	Informatica
18	34 (11.18%)	Cognos TM1
19	33 (10.86%)	SAP
19	33 (10.86%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
20	29 (9.54%)	Project Management
21	28 (9.21%)	Data Analysis
21	28 (9.21%)	Power BI
22	26 (8.55%)	Business Analysis
22	26 (8.55%)	Banking
22	26 (8.55%)	Migration
22	26 (8.55%)	Oracle Database
23	24 (7.89%)	Relational Database

Cognos
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	20 (6.58%)	SAS
2	14 (4.61%)	Apache Pig
3	13 (4.28%)	Apache Spark
4	9 (2.96%)	SharePoint
5	4 (1.32%)	Adobe Experience Manager
5	4 (1.32%)	FileNet
5	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Coherence
5	4 (1.32%)	SharePoint 2010
6	2 (0.66%)	IIS
6	2 (0.66%)	iPlanet
6	2 (0.66%)	MQSeries
6	2 (0.66%)	SharePoint 2013
6	2 (0.66%)	WebLogic
6	2 (0.66%)	WebLogic Portal
7	1 (0.33%)	Apache
7	1 (0.33%)	BizTalk Server
7	1 (0.33%)	CMS
7	1 (0.33%)	Elasticsearch
7	1 (0.33%)	Oracle Workflow

Applications
1	45 (14.80%)	Microsoft Excel
2	18 (5.92%)	Microsoft Office
3	9 (2.96%)	SPSS
4	6 (1.97%)	MS Visio
5	3 (0.99%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
6	2 (0.66%)	Weka
7	1 (0.33%)	Microsoft Project
7	1 (0.33%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	34 (11.18%)	Cognos TM1
2	33 (10.86%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
3	13 (4.28%)	Cognos Controller
4	10 (3.29%)	Adobe Campaign
5	9 (2.96%)	Maximo
6	8 (2.63%)	Cognos Planning
7	6 (1.97%)	Oracle EBS
8	5 (1.64%)	Dynamics CRM
8	5 (1.64%)	WebTrends
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Assets
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Cash Management
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Internet Expenses
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle iProcurement
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Payables
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Receivables
9	4 (1.32%)	Oracle Subledger Accounting
9	4 (1.32%)	SAP ERP
9	4 (1.32%)	Unit4 Business World
10	3 (0.99%)	iTrent
10	3 (0.99%)	Oracle E-Business Tax

Cloud Services
1	11 (3.62%)	Adobe Analytics
2	5 (1.64%)	Google Tag Manager
3	4 (1.32%)	SaaS
4	3 (0.99%)	Amazon AWS
4	3 (0.99%)	Microsoft Azure
4	3 (0.99%)	SuccessFactors
5	2 (0.66%)	Google Analytics
6	1 (0.33%)	Amazon EC2
6	1 (0.33%)	Amazon EMR
6	1 (0.33%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.33%)	Dynamics 365
6	1 (0.33%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	9 (2.96%)	HTTP
2	4 (1.32%)	Internet
3	2 (0.66%)	BIG-IP
3	2 (0.66%)	Firewall
3	2 (0.66%)	FTP
3	2 (0.66%)	LDAP
3	2 (0.66%)	NAS
3	2 (0.66%)	Network Security
3	2 (0.66%)	SAN
3	2 (0.66%)	SSH
4	1 (0.33%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	90 (29.61%)	Data Warehouse
2	72 (23.68%)	SQL Server
3	56 (18.42%)	BusinessObjects
4	55 (18.09%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	40 (13.16%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	37 (12.17%)	QlikView
7	28 (9.21%)	Power BI
8	26 (8.55%)	Oracle Database
9	24 (7.89%)	Relational Database
10	23 (7.57%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
11	21 (6.91%)	Big Data
12	19 (6.25%)	Hadoop
12	19 (6.25%)	SQL Server 2012
13	17 (5.59%)	Oracle Database 11g
14	16 (5.26%)	RDBMS
15	15 (4.93%)	Cognos Framework Manager
16	14 (4.61%)	Apache Hive
16	14 (4.61%)	Cognos Report Studio
16	14 (4.61%)	Spotfire
16	14 (4.61%)	Star Schema

Development Applications
1	8 (2.63%)	Eclipse
1	8 (2.63%)	Team Foundation Server
2	6 (1.97%)	Talend Open Studio
3	4 (1.32%)	ERwin
4	3 (0.99%)	Git (software)
4	3 (0.99%)	JIRA
5	2 (0.66%)	Visual Studio
6	1 (0.33%)	Vagrant

General
1	133 (43.75%)	Finance
2	26 (8.55%)	Banking
3	18 (5.92%)	Marketing
4	16 (5.26%)	Retail
5	6 (1.97%)	Investment Banking
6	5 (1.64%)	General Ledger
7	4 (1.32%)	Legal
7	4 (1.32%)	Manufacturing
8	3 (0.99%)	Advertising
8	3 (0.99%)	Front Office
8	3 (0.99%)	Law
8	3 (0.99%)	Pharmaceutical
8	3 (0.99%)	Telecoms
9	2 (0.66%)	Billing
9	2 (0.66%)	Financial Institution
10	1 (0.33%)	Aerospace
10	1 (0.33%)	Back Office
10	1 (0.33%)	Electronics
10	1 (0.33%)	Local Government
10	1 (0.33%)	Publishing

Job Titles
1	114 (37.50%)	Developer
2	57 (18.75%)	Analyst
3	51 (16.78%)	Cognos Developer
4	38 (12.50%)	Consultant
5	27 (8.88%)	Architect
5	27 (8.88%)	Business Intelligence Developer
6	22 (7.24%)	Cognos Consultant
7	16 (5.26%)	Business Analyst
7	16 (5.26%)	Report Developer
8	15 (4.93%)	Data Architect
9	14 (4.61%)	Data Analyst
9	14 (4.61%)	ETL Developer
10	13 (4.28%)	SQL Developer
11	12 (3.95%)	Data Warehouse Developer
11	12 (3.95%)	Report Specialist
12	11 (3.62%)	Cognos BI Developer
12	11 (3.62%)	Cognos Support
12	11 (3.62%)	Support Consultant
12	11 (3.62%)	Systems Support
12	11 (3.62%)	TM1 Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	15 (4.93%)	HTML
2	10 (3.29%)	.NET
3	8 (2.63%)	Web Services
4	7 (2.30%)	XML
5	5 (1.64%)	Regular Expression
5	5 (1.64%)	SOAP
5	5 (1.64%)	WSDL
5	5 (1.64%)	XSD
6	4 (1.32%)	CSS
6	4 (1.32%)	REST
6	4 (1.32%)	XML Messaging
7	3 (0.99%)	D3.js
7	3 (0.99%)	J2EE
7	3 (0.99%)	JSON
7	3 (0.99%)	MDX
8	2 (0.66%)	.NET Framework
8	2 (0.66%)	JSP
8	2 (0.66%)	Natural Language Processing
8	2 (0.66%)	Node.js
8	2 (0.66%)	Oracle GoldenGate

Miscellaneous
1	47 (15.46%)	Analytical Skills
2	14 (4.61%)	Management Information System
3	6 (1.97%)	User Experience
4	5 (1.64%)	Data Structures
4	5 (1.64%)	Digital Media
4	5 (1.64%)	Mobile App
5	4 (1.32%)	Computer Science
5	4 (1.32%)	Enterprise Software
5	4 (1.32%)	Replication
5	4 (1.32%)	Virtual Team
6	3 (0.99%)	Client/Server
6	3 (0.99%)	Clustering
6	3 (0.99%)	Greenfield Project
6	3 (0.99%)	Reinsurance
7	2 (0.66%)	Algorithms
7	2 (0.66%)	Grid Computing
7	2 (0.66%)	HP Storage
7	2 (0.66%)	Life Science
7	2 (0.66%)	Mainframe
7	2 (0.66%)	SCADA

Operating Systems
1	14 (4.61%)	Linux
2	13 (4.28%)	Solaris
3	7 (2.30%)	Windows
4	5 (1.64%)	Windows Server 2008
5	2 (0.66%)	AIX
5	2 (0.66%)	Unix
5	2 (0.66%)	Windows 2000 Server
5	2 (0.66%)	Windows Server
5	2 (0.66%)	Windows Server 2003
6	1 (0.33%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	164 (53.95%)	Business Intelligence
2	72 (23.68%)	Analytics
3	64 (21.05%)	ETL
4	61 (20.07%)	Data Modelling
5	29 (9.54%)	Project Management
6	28 (9.21%)	Data Analysis
7	26 (8.55%)	Business Analysis
7	26 (8.55%)	Migration
8	23 (7.57%)	Stakeholder Management
9	22 (7.24%)	ERP
10	21 (6.91%)	Data Management
10	21 (6.91%)	Visualisation
11	19 (6.25%)	Agile Software Development
12	17 (5.59%)	E-Commerce
13	16 (5.26%)	Translating Business Requirements
13	16 (5.26%)	Web Analytics
14	15 (4.93%)	Budgeting and Forecasting
14	15 (4.93%)	Data Migration
14	15 (4.93%)	Performance Tuning
15	14 (4.61%)	User Acceptance Testing

Programming Languages
1	100 (32.89%)	SQL
2	19 (6.25%)	R
3	17 (5.59%)	PL/SQL
3	17 (5.59%)	Python
4	14 (4.61%)	Java
5	12 (3.95%)	T-SQL
6	11 (3.62%)	Korn
7	10 (3.29%)	C#
8	8 (2.63%)	VBA
9	7 (2.30%)	Scala
10	6 (1.97%)	C
11	5 (1.64%)	JavaScript
12	4 (1.32%)	PowerShell
13	3 (0.99%)	ABAP
14	2 (0.66%)	Perl
14	2 (0.66%)	PHP
15	1 (0.33%)	C++
15	1 (0.33%)	JCL
15	1 (0.33%)	Ruby

Qualifications
1	24 (7.89%)	Degree
2	7 (2.30%)	Security Cleared
3	4 (1.32%)	ACCA
3	4 (1.32%)	CIMA
4	3 (0.99%)	BPSS Clearance
5	2 (0.66%)	CBAP
5	2 (0.66%)	IIBA
5	2 (0.66%)	ISEB
5	2 (0.66%)	PRINCE2 Certification
6	1 (0.33%)	CTC Cleared
6	1 (0.33%)	ITIL Certification
6	1 (0.33%)	PMI Certification
6	1 (0.33%)	PMP
6	1 (0.33%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
6	1 (0.33%)	SC Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (5.59%)	Data Quality
2	9 (2.96%)	QA
3	7 (2.30%)	PMO
4	4 (1.32%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
4	4 (1.32%)	SLA
5	2 (0.66%)	Basel II
5	2 (0.66%)	JSP 440
5	2 (0.66%)	Solvency II
6	1 (0.33%)	Disclosure Scotland
6	1 (0.33%)	IFRS
6	1 (0.33%)	IFRS 9

System Software
1	10 (3.29%)	Apache Flume
2	2 (0.66%)	Active Directory
2	2 (0.66%)	Oracle RAC
2	2 (0.66%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.33%)	HDFS

Systems Management
1	5 (1.64%)	Oozie
2	3 (0.99%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
3	2 (0.66%)	BMC PATROL
3	2 (0.66%)	EMC NetWorker
3	2 (0.66%)	HP Data Protector
3	2 (0.66%)	NetBackup
3	2 (0.66%)	OpenView
3	2 (0.66%)	Opscode Chef
4	1 (0.33%)	Ansible
4	1 (0.33%)	Hadoop YARN

Vendors
1	72 (23.68%)	Oracle
2	63 (20.72%)	Tableau
3	51 (16.78%)	IBM
4	48 (15.79%)	Microsoft
5	36 (11.84%)	Informatica
6	33 (10.86%)	SAP
7	17 (5.59%)	MicroStrategy
8	15 (4.93%)	Teradata
9	12 (3.95%)	Adobe
10	11 (3.62%)	Netezza
11	7 (2.30%)	Omniture
12	6 (1.97%)	Brio
12	6 (1.97%)	Cisco
12	6 (1.97%)	Google
12	6 (1.97%)	Hyperion
12	6 (1.97%)	Talend
13	5 (1.64%)	CODA
13	5 (1.64%)	Concur
13	5 (1.64%)	Coremetrics
13	5 (1.64%)	TIBCO