The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 310 324 239
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -85
Contract jobs citing Lotus 214 269 412
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.507% 0.496% 0.744%
As % of the Vendors category 1.087% 1.073% 1.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 101 161
Average daily rate £255 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.27% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £150 £158
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+5.08% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 34 103
Average hourly rate £15.50 £16.36 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.25% +5.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.90 £13.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £24.40 £26.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-8.06% +24.79%
All Vendors
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
19694 25078 25524
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 46.65% 46.23% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10834 13246 13131
Average daily rate £400 £400 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1141 1256 1497
Average hourly rate £19.56 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.18% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.34 £11.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
UK

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Lotus Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London -4 109 £238 -3.55%
South East +9 54 £238 -20.16%
East Midlands +10 13 £295 -
Yorkshire -1 10 £250 -16.66%
East of England +8 8 £333 -30.00%
North West +4 8 - -
West Midlands +7 7 £155 -40.95%
South West +23 3 - -
Lotus
UK

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 394 (90.37%) Lotus Notes
2 237 (54.36%) Windows
3 184 (42.20%) Microsoft
4 179 (41.06%) Active Directory
5 139 (31.88%) MS Office
6 121 (27.75%) Windows XP
7 115 (26.38%) Windows 7
8 110 (25.23%) Migration
9 104 (23.85%) MS Excel
10 92 (21.10%) Citrix
10 92 (21.10%) Blackberry
11 88 (20.18%) MS Exchange
12 77 (17.66%) Finance
13 76 (17.43%) TCP/IP
14 73 (16.74%) ITIL
15 64 (14.68%) Lotus Domino
16 60 (13.76%) Banking
17 59 (13.53%) Windows Server 2008
18 52 (11.93%) Microsoft Certification
19 46 (10.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
20 44 (10.09%) Windows Server 2003
21 42 (9.633%) Project Management
22 40 (9.174%) Exchange Server 2010
23 38 (8.716%) Incident Management
23 38 (8.716%) SQL
24 37 (8.486%) MS PowerPoint
25 35 (8.028%) Exchange Server 2003
25 35 (8.028%) LAN
26 34 (7.798%) SharePoint
27 33 (7.569%) MCSE

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 26 (5.963%) HTML
2 24 (5.505%) XML
3 20 (4.587%) .NET
4 13 (2.982%) CSS
5 10 (2.294%) WebSphere
5 10 (2.294%) jQuery
6 9 (2.064%) XHTML
7 8 (1.835%) .NET Framework
8 6 (1.376%) Middleware
8 6 (1.376%) ODBC
8 6 (1.376%) Servlets
8 6 (1.376%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.147%) WSDL
9 5 (1.147%) ASP
9 5 (1.147%) J2EE
9 5 (1.147%) XSL
9 5 (1.147%) FIXML
9 5 (1.147%) OLE DB
10 4 (0.917%) JSP
11 3 (0.688%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 394 (90.37%) Lotus Notes
2 88 (20.18%) MS Exchange
3 64 (14.68%) Lotus Domino
4 46 (10.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 40 (9.174%) Exchange Server 2010
6 35 (8.028%) Exchange Server 2003
7 34 (7.798%) SharePoint
8 19 (4.358%) Exchange Server 2007
9 18 (4.128%) Lync
10 14 (3.211%) Office Communications Server
11 9 (2.064%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (1.606%) IIS
12 7 (1.606%) Apache
13 6 (1.376%) CMS
13 6 (1.376%) WebSphere MQ
13 6 (1.376%) Tomcat
14 5 (1.147%) Alfresco
14 5 (1.147%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 5 (1.147%) SharePoint 2013
15 4 (0.917%) LiveLink
Applications
1 139 (31.88%) MS Office
2 104 (23.85%) MS Excel
3 37 (8.486%) MS PowerPoint
4 21 (4.817%) MS Visio
5 15 (3.440%) MS Project
6 11 (2.523%) Office 365
7 3 (0.688%) Google Apps
7 3 (0.688%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.459%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.459%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 4 (0.917%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.229%) Maximo
2 1 (0.229%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 76 (17.43%) TCP/IP
2 35 (8.028%) LAN
3 30 (6.881%) WAN
4 29 (6.651%) Internet
5 27 (6.193%) VPN
6 20 (4.587%) LDAP
7 19 (4.358%) SSL
8 18 (4.128%) POP3
8 18 (4.128%) SMTP
9 16 (3.670%) DNS
10 15 (3.440%) SAN
11 14 (3.211%) VoIP
12 11 (2.523%) Intranet
13 10 (2.294%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (2.294%) 3G
13 10 (2.294%) DHCP
13 10 (2.294%) ADSL
14 9 (2.064%) Broadband
15 8 (1.835%) Wireless
16 6 (1.376%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.734%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.064%) MS Access
3 8 (1.835%) Oracle 8/8i
3 8 (1.835%) MySQL
4 4 (0.917%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (0.459%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.229%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.229%) DB2
6 1 (0.229%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.229%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.229%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.229%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.147%) WinDbg
2 3 (0.688%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.459%) MSI
General
1 77 (17.66%) Finance
2 60 (13.76%) Banking
3 28 (6.422%) Telecoms
4 21 (4.817%) Investment Banking
5 13 (2.982%) Back Office
6 12 (2.752%) French Language
7 11 (2.523%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.064%) Marketing
9 7 (1.606%) Retail
10 4 (0.917%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.917%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.688%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.459%) Publishing
12 2 (0.459%) Automotive
13 1 (0.229%) Legal
13 1 (0.229%) Advertising
13 1 (0.229%) Military
13 1 (0.229%) Electronics
13 1 (0.229%) Front Office
13 1 (0.229%) German Language
Job Titles
1 184 (42.20%) Analyst
2 81 (18.58%) Support Analyst
3 53 (12.16%) Service Analyst
4 51 (11.70%) 2nd Line Support
5 48 (11.01%) Desktop Support
5 48 (11.01%) Service Desk Analyst
6 24 (5.505%) Project Manager
6 24 (5.505%) Developer
7 23 (5.275%) Consultant
8 22 (5.046%) Test Analyst
9 20 (4.587%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 18 (4.128%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 18 (4.128%) Desktop Analyst
10 18 (4.128%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 18 (4.128%) 1st Line Support
11 17 (3.899%) Administrator
11 17 (3.899%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.670%) Support Engineer
13 15 (3.440%) Desktop Engineer
13 15 (3.440%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 92 (21.10%) Blackberry
2 12 (2.752%) Fat Client
2 12 (2.752%) Thin Client
3 10 (2.294%) Handset
4 9 (2.064%) AS400
4 9 (2.064%) iPhone
4 9 (2.064%) PDA
5 8 (1.835%) iPad
5 8 (1.835%) PMI
6 7 (1.606%) Equities
7 6 (1.376%) FMCG
8 5 (1.147%) Replication
8 5 (1.147%) Mathematics
8 5 (1.147%) SWIFT
8 5 (1.147%) Open Source
8 5 (1.147%) Statistics
8 5 (1.147%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.917%) iSeries
9 4 (0.917%) Clustering
10 3 (0.688%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 237 (54.36%) Windows
2 121 (27.75%) Windows XP
3 115 (26.38%) Windows 7
4 59 (13.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 44 (10.09%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (5.505%) Windows Vista
7 9 (2.064%) UNIX
7 9 (2.064%) Windows 2000
8 8 (1.835%) Mac OS X
9 5 (1.147%) Linux
9 5 (1.147%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.917%) Windows NT
11 3 (0.688%) Solaris
11 3 (0.688%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.459%) NetWare
13 1 (0.229%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.229%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (25.23%) Migration
2 73 (16.74%) ITIL
3 42 (9.633%) Project Management
4 38 (8.716%) Incident Management
5 27 (6.193%) Service Management
6 23 (5.275%) Change Management
7 17 (3.899%) PRINCE2
8 16 (3.670%) Service Delivery
8 16 (3.670%) Software Deployment
9 14 (3.211%) Configuration Management
10 12 (2.752%) Test Scripting
11 11 (2.523%) Problem Management
12 9 (2.064%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (2.064%) Asset Management
13 8 (1.835%) Business Continuity
13 8 (1.835%) Document Management
13 8 (1.835%) Time Management
14 7 (1.606%) Test Management
14 7 (1.606%) Systems Analysis
15 6 (1.376%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (8.716%) SQL
2 21 (4.817%) C
3 17 (3.899%) Java
3 17 (3.899%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.670%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.752%) VBScript
6 10 (2.294%) LotusScript
7 7 (1.606%) C#
8 5 (1.147%) PHP
9 4 (0.917%) VB
9 4 (0.917%) VBA
10 3 (0.688%) RPG
10 3 (0.688%) Ruby
11 2 (0.459%) Delphi
11 2 (0.459%) Pascal
12 1 (0.229%) C++
12 1 (0.229%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.229%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 52 (11.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (7.569%) MCSE
3 27 (6.193%) MCP
4 19 (4.358%) Security Cleared
5 17 (3.899%) SC Cleared
6 16 (3.670%) MCDST
7 15 (3.440%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (3.440%) MCITP
8 10 (2.294%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.064%) Degree
10 8 (1.835%) MCSA
10 8 (1.835%) ISEB
11 5 (1.147%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.688%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.688%) CCNA
13 2 (0.459%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.459%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.459%) PMP
14 1 (0.229%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.229%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.046%) SLA
2 12 (2.752%) ISO 9001
3 10 (2.294%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.835%) ISO 9000
5 7 (1.606%) BS25999
5 7 (1.606%) QA
6 2 (0.459%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.459%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 179 (41.06%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.587%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.440%) XenDesktop
4 13 (2.982%) XenApp
5 6 (1.376%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (1.147%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.917%) vSphere
8 3 (0.688%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.459%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.229%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.229%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.229%) VMware ESX
10 1 (0.229%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.229%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 1 (0.229%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (3.899%) Norton AntiVirus
2 16 (3.670%) SCCM
2 16 (3.670%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 14 (3.211%) OpenView
4 10 (2.294%) MAILsweeper
5 9 (2.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 9 (2.064%) Tivoli
5 9 (2.064%) ServiceCenter
5 9 (2.064%) HP Quality Center
6 8 (1.835%) SCOM
7 3 (0.688%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 3 (0.688%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 3 (0.688%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.688%) Backup Exec
7 3 (0.688%) DameWare
7 3 (0.688%) WSUS
8 2 (0.459%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.229%) Unicenter
9 1 (0.229%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 184 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 92 (21.10%) Citrix
3 33 (7.569%) HP
3 33 (7.569%) VMware
4 31 (7.110%) Bloomberg
4 31 (7.110%) Remedy
5 27 (6.193%) Symantec
6 22 (5.046%) Reuters
6 22 (5.046%) IBM
7 21 (4.817%) Oracle
8 18 (4.128%) Cisco
9 12 (2.752%) SAP
10 11 (2.523%) McAfee
11 10 (2.294%) LANDesk
11 10 (2.294%) Apple
12 6 (1.376%) Dell
13 5 (1.147%) Plumtree
13 5 (1.147%) BMC
13 5 (1.147%) Fidessa
13 5 (1.147%) AppSense
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