The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 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.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 54 56 72
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +16
Contract jobs citing Lotus 14 19 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.728% 1.947% 0.562%
As % of the Vendors category 3.825% 4.000% 1.432%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
Average daily rate £206 £130 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+58.65% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £130 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £266 £217
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.77% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 3
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
366 475 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 45.19% 48.67% 39.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 188 139
Average daily rate £325 £315 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -8.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 43 60
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.06 £12.04 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £45.80 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
South East

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Lotus Daily Rate Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Lotus Daily Rate Histogram

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +4 13 £206 +58.65%
Lotus
South East

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 20 (86.96%) Lotus Notes
2 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
3 15 (65.22%) Windows
3 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
4 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
5 13 (56.52%) MS Office
6 8 (34.78%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (34.78%) SAP
6 8 (34.78%) ITIL
6 8 (34.78%) Windows XP
6 8 (34.78%) Broadband
6 8 (34.78%) TCP/IP
6 8 (34.78%) VPN
6 8 (34.78%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (34.78%) 3G
6 8 (34.78%) Remedy
6 8 (34.78%) Windows Vista
6 8 (34.78%) PDA
7 6 (26.09%) Migration
8 5 (21.74%) Citrix
9 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
9 4 (17.39%) Marketing
10 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
10 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
10 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (13.04%) SQL
10 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (13.04%) Finance
11 2 (8.696%) Logistics
12 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 1 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 20 (86.96%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.348%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (34.78%) Broadband
1 8 (34.78%) TCP/IP
1 8 (34.78%) VPN
1 8 (34.78%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (17.39%) Marketing
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Service Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Support Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (17.39%) Help Desk Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Lotus Notes Developer
7 2 (8.696%) Applications Support
8 1 (4.348%) Deployment Manager
8 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Engineer
8 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
8 1 (4.348%) Project Support Analyst
8 1 (4.348%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (4.348%) Support Engineer
8 1 (4.348%) Technical Architect
8 1 (4.348%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) PDA
2 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
1 15 (65.22%) Windows 7
2 8 (34.78%) Windows XP
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 2 (8.696%) Logistics
4 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 16 (69.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 8 (34.78%) SAP
2 8 (34.78%) Remedy
3 5 (21.74%) Citrix