The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 69 77 78
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Contract jobs citing Lotus 14 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.116% 0.219% 0.430%
As % of the Vendors category 2.422% 0.519% 1.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £265 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.77% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £16.50 £20.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +66.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
578 578 598
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 46.09% 42.16% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 276 217
Average daily rate £325 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 51 70
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.09 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £55.00 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
England

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Northamptonshire - 5 £150 -
Derbyshire - 3 £403 -
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £375 -
Lotus
England

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 16 (88.89%) Lotus Notes
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) Windows
4 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 6 (33.33%) MS Office
4 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 4 (22.22%) SLA
7 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
7 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
7 3 (16.67%) SQL
7 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
8 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (11.11%) ITSM
8 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000
8 2 (11.11%) Pascal
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (11.11%) NHS
8 2 (11.11%) ITIL
8 2 (11.11%) C
8 2 (11.11%) C#
8 2 (11.11%) Delphi
8 2 (11.11%) VB
8 2 (11.11%) .NET
8 2 (11.11%) Oracle
8 2 (11.11%) VPN
8 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
8 2 (11.11%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (5.556%) MCSA

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (5.556%) HTML
2 1 (5.556%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.556%) CSS
2 1 (5.556%) Silverlight
2 1 (5.556%) jQuery
2 1 (5.556%) CAML
2 1 (5.556%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 16 (88.89%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 2 (11.11%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (5.556%) Lync
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Office
2 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.556%) DNS
2 1 (5.556%) VLAN
2 1 (5.556%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Desktop Support
2 4 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.556%) Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Trainer
5 1 (5.556%) Test Coordinator
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) SharePoint Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Support Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (5.556%) W3C
2 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 2000
5 1 (5.556%) Linux
5 1 (5.556%) NetWare
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Migration
2 2 (11.11%) ITSM
2 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.556%) ERP
3 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
3 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
3 1 (5.556%) ISMS
3 1 (5.556%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.556%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (5.556%) Data Mapping
3 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.556%) Change Control
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) Pascal
2 2 (11.11%) C
2 2 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) Delphi
2 2 (11.11%) VB
3 1 (5.556%) VBScript
3 1 (5.556%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) MCSA
2 1 (5.556%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (5.556%) ISO 9000
2 1 (5.556%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) WSUS
1 1 (5.556%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) Remedy
3 1 (5.556%) Cerner
3 1 (5.556%) Novell
3 1 (5.556%) Peregrine
3 1 (5.556%) HP
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.556%) LANDesk
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