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This section looks at the demand for IBM Lotus QuickPlace skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickPlace over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM Lotus QuickPlace
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank560631
Rank change on same period last yearUp+71
Matching contract IT job ads513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.053 %0.110 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£250£300
Average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads950011861
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.54 %11.81 %
Daily rates quoted30503196
Average minimum daily rate£353£353
Average daily rate£376£375
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£347
% change on same period last year+1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted8711206
Average minimum hourly rate£22.96£23.45
Average hourly rate£24.60£24.95
% change on same period last year-1.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.24£26.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.22£24.95
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
QuickPlace UKQuickPlace
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

QuickPlace
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QuickPlace across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

England QuickPlace Demand Trend

QuickPlace
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QuickPlace across the England region.

England QuickPlace Daily Rate Trend

QuickPlace
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QuickPlace across the England region.

England QuickPlace Hourly Rate Trend

QuickPlace
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuickPlace within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South WestNew entry-3--
East of EnglandNew entry-1£300-
LondonUp+551--
QuickPlace UKQuickPlace
UK

QuickPlace
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing QuickPlace 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 QuickPlace.

15 (100.00 %)Lotus Domino
24 (80.00 %)Lotus
24 (80.00 %)LotusScript
24 (80.00 %)Lotus Notes
33 (60.00 %)Workflow
33 (60.00 %)AJAX
33 (60.00 %)RDBMS
33 (60.00 %)HTML
33 (60.00 %)JavaScript
33 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)CSS
33 (60.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)ODBC
41 (20.00 %)Chemicals
41 (20.00 %)Migration
41 (20.00 %)IronPort
41 (20.00 %)Formula Language
41 (20.00 %)Windows
41 (20.00 %)AIX
41 (20.00 %)IBM
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)MS Excel
41 (20.00 %)Windows XP
41 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server

QuickPlace
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing QuickPlace 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 QuickPlace. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)AJAX
13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %)CSS
13 (60.00 %)XML
13 (60.00 %)ODBC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)Lotus Domino
24 (80.00 %)Lotus Notes
31 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)RDBMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Chemicals
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Lotus Notes Developer
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Consultant
31 (20.00 %)Administrator
31 (20.00 %)Messaging Consultant
31 (20.00 %)Messaging Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Domino Administrator
31 (20.00 %)Domino Consultant
31 (20.00 %)Technical Analyst
31 (20.00 %)Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)AIX
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
11 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Workflow
21 (20.00 %)Migration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)LotusScript
23 (60.00 %)JavaScript
23 (60.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)Formula Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Lotus
21 (20.00 %)IronPort
21 (20.00 %)IBM
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft