IBM Planning Analytics Contracts

IBM Planning Analytics (formerly Cognos TM1, Applix TM1)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IBM Planning Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IBM Planning Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 580 716
Rank change year-on-year +65 +136 +122
Contract jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.21% 0.062% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £432 £338 -
25th Percentile £466 £390 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £504 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +11.94% -4.26%
75th Percentile £509 £640 -
90th Percentile £526 £706 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £308 -
% change year-on-year +62.60% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,404 3,235 3,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.21% 7.43% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,348 1,884 2,189
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £529
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 112 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £38.58 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.94 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
% change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%

IBM Planning Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IBM Planning Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IBM Planning Analytics in the UK

IBM Planning Analytics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics.

Daily rate trend for IBM Planning Analytics in the UK

IBM Planning Analytics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IBM Planning Analytics.

Hourly rate trend for IBM Planning Analytics in the UK

IBM Planning Analytics
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 IBM Planning Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +60 5 £495 -1.74% 7
Work from Home +43 3 £500 +62.60% 2
London +40 3 £490 -30.00% 4
UK excluding London +63 1 £500 +62.60% 4
East of England - 1 £500 - 1

IBM Planning Analytics
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) OLAP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) LSMW
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) TM1 Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Support Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) TM1 Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (20.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cognos
1 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP