The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 - - 43
Contract jobs citing Lotus 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - 0.917%
As % of the Vendors category - - 1.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.77% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
117 311 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 43.17% 48.29% 48.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 204 90
Average daily rate £500 £410 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% +22.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £347 £350 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 15
Average hourly rate £11.00 £25.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.00% +19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £20.00 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £50.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
South West

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Lotus Daily Rate Trend

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (100.00%) Lotus Domino
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Linux

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (100.00%) Lotus Domino
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Wintel Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Wintel Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (100.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (66.67%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Symantec
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix