The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 - 34 -
Contract jobs citing Lotus 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent - 0.758% -
As % of the Vendors category - 1.600% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £135 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.77% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
161 125 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 56.10% 47.35% 47.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 62 93
Average daily rate £300 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £135 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81% -31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.94 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £67.50 £105.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
South East

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (100.00%) AS400
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) iSeries

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) AS400 Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) AS400
2 1 (25.00%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Analysis