The first table below looks at the demand for Lotus Notes skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus Notes over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Platforms category for the Berkshire 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Lotus Notes
Rank 114 115 96
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -19
Contract jobs citing Lotus Notes 11 20 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.445% 0.641% 1.093%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.757% 4.739% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 5
Average daily rate £183 £300 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-39.16% +20.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £275 £250
% change year-on-year
+12.72% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
Average hourly rate £20.00 £14.75 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.59% +20.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.34
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +25.65%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
399 422 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 16.15% 13.53% 15.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 191 150
Average daily rate £350 £318 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.23% -9.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.25 £14.55 £16.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Lotus Notes
South East

Lotus Notes
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Lotus Notes Jobs Demand Trend

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Lotus Notes Daily Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus Notes across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Lotus Notes Daily Rate Histogram

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Lotus Notes Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus Notes within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell -13 3 - -
Slough -13 3 - -
Reading 0 2 £183 -38.65%
Lotus Notes
South East

Lotus Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Lotus Notes 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 Notes.

1 29 (100.00%) Lotus
2 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 21 (72.41%) LAN
3 19 (65.52%) WAN
4 18 (62.07%) Active Directory
5 14 (48.28%) Windows XP
6 12 (41.38%) Windows 7
7 11 (37.93%) Software Deployment
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
7 11 (37.93%) Blackberry
8 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
8 10 (34.48%) Aerospace
9 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
10 7 (24.14%) Citrix
11 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
11 6 (20.69%) MCP
11 6 (20.69%) Remedy
11 6 (20.69%) MS PowerPoint
11 6 (20.69%) MCDST
12 5 (17.24%) Finance
12 5 (17.24%) Oracle
12 5 (17.24%) VPN
12 5 (17.24%) DNS
13 4 (13.79%) .NET
13 4 (13.79%) AS400
14 3 (10.34%) VMware
14 3 (10.34%) RPG
14 3 (10.34%) SQL
14 3 (10.34%) Oracle 8/8i

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Lotus Notes 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 Notes. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (13.79%) .NET
Applications
1 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
2 6 (20.69%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (72.41%) LAN
2 19 (65.52%) WAN
3 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
4 5 (17.24%) VPN
4 5 (17.24%) DNS
5 2 (6.897%) SAN
5 2 (6.897%) WLAN
6 1 (3.448%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
1 10 (34.48%) Aerospace
2 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Team Leader
2 6 (20.69%) Desktop Team Leader
3 5 (17.24%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Test Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Desktop Support
5 3 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (10.34%) Service Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Blackberry
2 4 (13.79%) AS400
3 3 (10.34%) iSeries
4 2 (6.897%) Handset
5 1 (3.448%) Clustering
5 1 (3.448%) Mainframe
5 1 (3.448%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 21 (72.41%) Windows
2 14 (48.28%) Windows XP
3 12 (41.38%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Vista
5 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Software Deployment
2 1 (3.448%) OO
2 1 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (3.448%) Test Scripting
2 1 (3.448%) Manual Testing
2 1 (3.448%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) RPG
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) VB
2 1 (3.448%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (20.69%) MCP
1 6 (20.69%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (62.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.897%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.448%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Lotus
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (24.14%) Citrix
4 6 (20.69%) Remedy
5 5 (17.24%) Oracle
6 3 (10.34%) VMware
7 2 (6.897%) EMC
7 2 (6.897%) Empirix
7 2 (6.897%) NetApp
7 2 (6.897%) SAP
8 1 (3.448%) IBM