The first table below looks at the demand for Lotus Notes skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus Notes over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Lotus Notes
Rank 53 54 70
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +16
Contract jobs citing Lotus Notes 12 21 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.523% 2.067% 0.472%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.186% 12.43% 3.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
Average daily rate £136 £130 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.80% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £130 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £249 £217
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £280 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +14.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-8.06% +24.79%
All Application Platforms
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
167 169 138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 21.19% 16.63% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 77 58
Average daily rate £330 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £150 £148
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £350 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 15
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £19.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -29.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.00 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £16.90 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Milton Keynes +5 12 £136 +4.80%
Lotus Notes
South East

Lotus Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 21 (100.00%) Lotus
2 18 (85.71%) Active Directory
3 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
4 15 (71.43%) MS Office
4 15 (71.43%) Windows
4 15 (71.43%) Windows 7
5 10 (47.62%) SAP
5 10 (47.62%) ITIL
5 10 (47.62%) Windows XP
5 10 (47.62%) Broadband
5 10 (47.62%) TCP/IP
5 10 (47.62%) VPN
5 10 (47.62%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (47.62%) 3G
5 10 (47.62%) Remedy
5 10 (47.62%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (47.62%) PDA
5 10 (47.62%) Windows Vista
6 6 (28.57%) Marketing
7 5 (23.81%) Citrix
8 4 (19.05%) MS Exchange
9 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (14.29%) Finance
9 3 (14.29%) Migration
9 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
9 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (9.524%) SQL
11 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
11 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) MS Exchange
2 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (71.43%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) Broadband
1 10 (47.62%) TCP/IP
1 10 (47.62%) VPN
1 10 (47.62%) 3G
1 10 (47.62%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (28.57%) Marketing
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Analyst
2 13 (61.90%) Service Analyst
2 13 (61.90%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (38.10%) Support Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (28.57%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (19.05%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (9.524%) Developer
6 2 (9.524%) Applications Support
6 2 (9.524%) Lotus Notes Developer
7 1 (4.762%) Project Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Project Support Analyst
7 1 (4.762%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) PDA
2 3 (14.29%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.762%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (71.43%) Windows
1 15 (71.43%) Windows 7
2 10 (47.62%) Windows XP
2 10 (47.62%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL
2 3 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (85.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Lotus
2 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
3 10 (47.62%) Remedy
3 10 (47.62%) SAP
4 5 (23.81%) Citrix