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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts within the Kent region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLotus
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4447
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.518 %2.724 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£151-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£151-
UK excluding London average daily rate£238£231
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£12.13
Average hourly rate-£12.53
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£12.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.32£17.60
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads193257
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.255 %0.256 %
Daily rates quoted6145
Average minimum daily rate£289£277
Average daily rate£302£292
% change on same period last year+3.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted3660
Average minimum hourly rate£23.29£20.40
Average hourly rate£24.52£22.20
% change on same period last year+10.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.75£24.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Lotus South EastLotus
South East

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Lotus Software.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lotus across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Kent Lotus Demand Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Lotus Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

13 (75.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
22 (50.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)MS Office
31 (25.00 %)COM
31 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (25.00 %)SMTP
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)S/MIME
31 (25.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)ISEB
31 (25.00 %)ITIL Certification
31 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (25.00 %)Unicenter
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)COM
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (50.00 %)Lotus Domino
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)SMTP
11 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)S/MIME
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)QuickTest Pro
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)1st Line Support
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Domino Administrator
21 (25.00 %)1st Line Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Tester
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)ISEB
11 (25.00 %)ITIL Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Unicenter
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft