The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 30 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Lotus 1 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% - 1.288%
As % of the Vendors category 0.909% - 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.47% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +24.00%
All Vendors
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
110 79 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 52.38% 37.09% 50.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 25 25
Average daily rate £331 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.39% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £220 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 10 15
Average hourly rate £16.00 £8.75 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.85% -66.34%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.85 £8.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
East Midlands

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester - 1 - -
Lotus
East Midlands

Lotus
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) LANDesk
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) MCP

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Rollout Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Peregrine
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) LANDesk