The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 71 - 39
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Lotus 1 0 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.132% - 2.627%
As % of the Vendors category 0.299% - 7.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+5.08% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £18.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.50 £15.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +24.00%
All Vendors
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
334 441 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 44.12% 49.55% 35.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 252 104
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £450 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 25
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.00 £17.11
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -12.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £11.40 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Lotus
West Yorkshire

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Messaging Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft