The first table below looks at the demand for Lotus Notes skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 60 63 72
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +9
Contract jobs citing Lotus Notes 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.139% 0.495% 0.101%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.806% 2.759% 0.629%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £110 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £280 £250
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-8.06% +24.79%
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
124 145 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 17.17% 17.95% 15.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 71 96
Average daily rate £339 £344 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.45% -1.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £291 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £14.00 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £30.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Lotus Notes
North West

Lotus Notes
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Lotus Notes Daily Rate Trend

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Lotus Notes Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 15 (100.00%) Lotus
2 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
3 11 (73.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (73.33%) ITIL
4 10 (66.67%) MCP
4 10 (66.67%) MS Office
4 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
4 10 (66.67%) OpenView
4 10 (66.67%) HP
4 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
5 8 (53.33%) MCSE
5 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
6 7 (46.67%) ISO 9000
6 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
6 7 (46.67%) MS Visio
6 7 (46.67%) MS Project
6 7 (46.67%) Windows
6 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
6 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (46.67%) ServiceCenter
6 7 (46.67%) BS25999
6 7 (46.67%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (46.67%) MCDST
6 7 (46.67%) MCITP
6 7 (46.67%) Incident Management
7 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
7 4 (26.67%) Migration
7 4 (26.67%) LiveLink
7 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 (26.67%) LiveLink
1 4 (26.67%) MS Exchange
2 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
2 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.667%) Lync
3 1 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (66.67%) MS Office
1 10 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 7 (46.67%) MS Visio
2 7 (46.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 7 (46.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Extranet
General
1 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.667%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Service Analyst
5 3 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Services Delivery Analyst
6 1 (6.667%) Lotus Notes Consultant
6 1 (6.667%) Migration Engineer
6 1 (6.667%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
1 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
1 7 (46.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) ITIL
2 7 (46.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (66.67%) MCP
2 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (53.33%) MCSE
4 7 (46.67%) MCDST
4 7 (46.67%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) ISO 9000
1 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (46.67%) BS25999
2 3 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) OpenView
2 7 (46.67%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Lotus
2 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (66.67%) HP