The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not 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 Lotus Software.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank - - 24
Contract jobs citing Lotus 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen - - 2.646%
As % of the Vendors category - - 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £298 £260
% change year-on-year
+7.56% +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
69 91 115
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 48.94% 48.40% 60.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 45 45
Average daily rate £375 £250 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £116 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £500 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 10
Average hourly rate £15.77 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £14.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.80 £14.50 £31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Lotus
Scotland

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lotus across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen Lotus Jobs Demand Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lotus across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Lotus Daily Rate Trend

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lotus across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Lotus also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus.

1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) HTML
1 8 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) CSS
1 8 (100.00%) Web Services
1 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) XSLT
1 8 (100.00%) OOP
1 8 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 8 (100.00%) Intranet
1 8 (100.00%) Document Management
1 8 (100.00%) jQuery
1 8 (100.00%) CAML
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (87.50%) Kindle
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) ISO 9001
2 7 (87.50%) OO

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Lotus also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) HTML
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) CSS
1 8 (100.00%) Web Services
1 8 (100.00%) XML
1 8 (100.00%) XSLT
1 8 (100.00%) jQuery
1 8 (100.00%) CAML
Application Platforms
1 8 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Kindle
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) OOP
1 8 (100.00%) Document Management
2 7 (87.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO 9001