London Lotus Notes Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM Lotus Notes skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Lotus Notes over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Avon Aylesbury Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Dewsbury Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Godalming Guisborough Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Ipswich Knottingley Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Stockton-on-Tees Street Suffolk Surrey Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	180	198
Rank change on same period last year	+18
Matching contract IT job ads	281	386
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.370 %	0.404 %
As % of the category below	5.837 %	6.778 %
Daily rates quoted	102	89
Average minimum daily rate	£285	£228
Average daily rate	£300	£239
% change on same period last year	+25.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£315	£251
UK excluding London average daily rate	£272	£224
% change on same period last year	+21.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	110
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.74	£20.69
Average hourly rate	£19.03	£21.58
% change on same period last year	-11.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.32	£22.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.52	£17.18
% change on same period last year	+1.93 %
Application Platforms London
Matching contract IT job ads	4814	5695
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.347 %	5.955 %
Daily rates quoted	1867	1807
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£378
Average daily rate	£391	£400
% change on same period last year	-2.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£422
UK excluding London average daily rate	£359	£348
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	383	470
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.22	£23.49
Average hourly rate	£24.58	£24.87
% change on same period last year	-1.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.94	£26.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.67	£24.13
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Lotus Notes England

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.

Lotus Notes
Demand Trend

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

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus Notes across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus Notes across the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Lotus Notes
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Lotus Notes within the London region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	+8	100	£302	+38.11 %
Docklands, London	+20	7	£180	-46.66 %
Hounslow	+1	5	-	-
Croydon	+7	2	-	-
Canary Wharf	+5	2	£333	-
Hammersmith	-8	1	-	-
Bromley	-	1	-	-
Paddington	-3	1	-	-
Westminster	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Lotus Notes 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 Notes.

1 635 (100.00 %) Lotus 2 270 (42.52 %) Windows 3 215 (33.86 %) MS Office 4 181 (28.50 %) Microsoft 5 174 (27.40 %) Active Directory 6 138 (21.73 %) Windows XP 7 128 (20.16 %) MS Excel 8 106 (16.69 %) Blackberry 9 98 (15.43 %) Finance 10 93 (14.65 %) Lotus Domino 11 89 (14.02 %) Banking 12 77 (12.13 %) MS Exchange 13 76 (11.97 %) Windows 2000 14 71 (11.18 %) Remedy 15 62 (9.764 %) Investment Banking

16 60 (9.449 %) Migration 17 55 (8.661 %) TCP/IP 18 49 (7.717 %) Exchange Server 2007 19 46 (7.244 %) ITIL 20 40 (6.299 %) .NET 21 39 (6.142 %) SharePoint 21 39 (6.142 %) Citrix 22 38 (5.984 %) Microsoft Certification 23 35 (5.512 %) Exchange Server 2003 24 34 (5.354 %) MS Visio 24 34 (5.354 %) Java 25 33 (5.197 %) MS PowerPoint 26 32 (5.039 %) Windows Server 2003 27 30 (4.724 %) DNS 28 29 (4.567 %) SQL

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Lotus Notes 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 Notes. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 40 (6.299 %) .NET 2 19 (2.992 %) ASP.NET 3 14 (2.205 %) AJAX 4 13 (2.047 %) HTML 4 13 (2.047 %) CSS 4 13 (2.047 %) WinForms 5 10 (1.575 %) XML 6 6 (0.945 %) WSE 6 6 (0.945 %) XHTML 7 4 (0.630 %) ASP.NET 2.0 7 4 (0.630 %) MVC 8 3 (0.472 %) J2SE 8 3 (0.472 %) .NET Framework 8 3 (0.472 %) Velocity 8 3 (0.472 %) FreeMarker 9 2 (0.315 %) WebSphere 9 2 (0.315 %) J2EE 10 1 (0.157 %) Hibernate 10 1 (0.157 %) XSL 10 1 (0.157 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 93 (14.65 %) Lotus Domino 2 77 (12.13 %) MS Exchange 3 49 (7.717 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 39 (6.142 %) SharePoint 5 35 (5.512 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 22 (3.465 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 14 (2.205 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 12 (1.890 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 10 (1.575 %) Office Communications Server 10 7 (1.102 %) IIS 10 7 (1.102 %) Exchange Server 5.5 11 5 (0.787 %) QuickPlace 11 5 (0.787 %) CMS 12 3 (0.472 %) Rendezvous 12 3 (0.472 %) SharePoint Portal Server 13 1 (0.157 %) GroupWise 13 1 (0.157 %) Tomcat 13 1 (0.157 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 215 (33.86 %) MS Office 2 128 (20.16 %) MS Excel 3 34 (5.354 %) MS Visio 4 33 (5.197 %) MS PowerPoint 5 13 (2.047 %) Acrobat 6 6 (0.945 %) MS Project 7 5 (0.787 %) Photoshop 8 4 (0.630 %) CA Clarity 8 4 (0.630 %) InfoPath 8 4 (0.630 %) QuarkXPress 8 4 (0.630 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 5 (0.787 %) Remedy AR System 2 2 (0.315 %) Kondor+ 2 2 (0.315 %) WebTrends 3 1 (0.157 %) Misys Midas 3 1 (0.157 %) RMDS
Communications & Networking 1 55 (8.661 %) TCP/IP 2 30 (4.724 %) DNS 3 26 (4.094 %) LAN 4 19 (2.992 %) DHCP 5 17 (2.677 %) VPN 6 16 (2.520 %) Intranet 7 15 (2.362 %) 3G 8 14 (2.205 %) WAN 9 10 (1.575 %) IP Telephony 9 10 (1.575 %) Ethernet 9 10 (1.575 %) PBX 9 10 (1.575 %) WINS 10 9 (1.417 %) SMTP 10 9 (1.417 %) Internet 11 7 (1.102 %) Wireless 11 7 (1.102 %) Extranet 12 6 (0.945 %) ADSL 12 6 (0.945 %) Firewall 13 5 (0.787 %) Broadband 14 4 (0.630 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 28 (4.409 %) SQL Server 2 10 (1.575 %) SQL Server 7 3 8 (1.260 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (1.260 %) MySQL 4 7 (1.102 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (0.787 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (0.315 %) Data Cleansing 6 2 (0.315 %) TOAD 6 2 (0.315 %) DB2 6 2 (0.315 %) SQLPlus 7 1 (0.157 %) SQL Server 2000 7 1 (0.157 %) Datawarehouse 7 1 (0.157 %) DTS 7 1 (0.157 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 1 (0.157 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 18 (2.835 %) MSI 2 17 (2.677 %) InstallShield 2 17 (2.677 %) Visual Studio 3 15 (2.362 %) JIRA 4 13 (2.047 %) VSS/SourceSafe 5 6 (0.945 %) ClearQuest 6 1 (0.157 %) Eclipse	General 1 98 (15.43 %) Finance 2 89 (14.02 %) Banking 3 62 (9.764 %) Investment Banking 4 17 (2.677 %) Law 5 14 (2.205 %) Legal 6 13 (2.047 %) Front Office 7 12 (1.890 %) Government 8 11 (1.732 %) Health 8 11 (1.732 %) Publishing 9 10 (1.575 %) Insurance 10 5 (0.787 %) Back Office 10 5 (0.787 %) Retail 11 4 (0.630 %) Marketing 11 4 (0.630 %) Auditing 11 4 (0.630 %) Telecoms 11 4 (0.630 %) Education 11 4 (0.630 %) Financial Institution 11 4 (0.630 %) Manufacturing 12 3 (0.472 %) Local Government 13 2 (0.315 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 182 (28.66 %) Analyst 2 109 (17.17 %) Support Analyst 3 86 (13.54 %) Administrator 4 68 (10.71 %) Developer 5 58 (9.134 %) Desktop Support 6 57 (8.976 %) 2nd Line Support 7 42 (6.614 %) Lotus Notes Developer 8 40 (6.299 %) Service Analyst 9 39 (6.142 %) Support Engineer 10 34 (5.354 %) Consultant 11 32 (5.039 %) Service Desk Analyst 12 29 (4.567 %) Helpdesk Support 13 28 (4.409 %) Desktop Analyst 13 28 (4.409 %) Helpdesk Analyst 14 26 (4.094 %) Desktop Support Analyst 15 25 (3.937 %) 1st Line Support 15 25 (3.937 %) Lotus Notes Administrator 16 20 (3.150 %) 3rd Line Support 17 19 (2.992 %) Desktop Engineer 18 18 (2.835 %) Migration Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 106 (16.69 %) Blackberry 2 15 (2.362 %) French Language 3 7 (1.102 %) AS400 4 6 (0.945 %) German Language 4 6 (0.945 %) Asset Management 4 6 (0.945 %) NHS 5 5 (0.787 %) Mainframe 5 5 (0.787 %) Italian Language 6 4 (0.630 %) PDA 6 4 (0.630 %) Derivative 7 3 (0.472 %) Replication 7 3 (0.472 %) Management Information System 7 3 (0.472 %) Equity Derivative 7 3 (0.472 %) Japanese Language 7 3 (0.472 %) Spread Betting 8 2 (0.315 %) Video Conferencing 8 2 (0.315 %) Fat Client 8 2 (0.315 %) Thin Client 9 1 (0.157 %) Handset 9 1 (0.157 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 270 (42.52 %) Windows 2 138 (21.73 %) Windows XP 3 76 (11.97 %) Windows 2000 4 32 (5.039 %) Windows Server 2003 5 29 (4.567 %) Windows NT 6 25 (3.937 %) Unix 7 18 (2.835 %) Linux 8 16 (2.520 %) NetWare 9 7 (1.102 %) Mac OS X 10 5 (0.787 %) Windows Mobile 11 4 (0.630 %) Mac OS X Server 12 3 (0.472 %) AIX 12 3 (0.472 %) HPUX 13 2 (0.315 %) Windows Vista 14 1 (0.157 %) OS/2	Processes & Methodologies 1 60 (9.449 %) Migration 2 46 (7.244 %) ITIL 3 28 (4.409 %) Service Delivery 4 16 (2.520 %) Configuration Management 5 15 (2.362 %) Project Management 6 14 (2.205 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 14 (2.205 %) Service Management 7 13 (2.047 %) Change Management 7 13 (2.047 %) Document Management 8 11 (1.732 %) Release Management 9 10 (1.575 %) SOA 10 9 (1.417 %) Workflow 11 8 (1.260 %) Data Management 11 8 (1.260 %) Disaster Recovery 12 7 (1.102 %) Incident Management 13 6 (0.945 %) Risk Management 13 6 (0.945 %) Validation 13 6 (0.945 %) Risk Assessment 13 6 (0.945 %) Information Security 14 5 (0.787 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 34 (5.354 %) Java 2 29 (4.567 %) SQL 3 22 (3.465 %) C# 3 22 (3.465 %) LotusScript 4 19 (2.992 %) JavaScript 5 16 (2.520 %) Formula Language 6 14 (2.205 %) VB 7 13 (2.047 %) C++ 7 13 (2.047 %) DHTML 8 5 (0.787 %) VB.NET 9 2 (0.315 %) VBA 10 1 (0.157 %) PHP 10 1 (0.157 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 38 (5.984 %) Microsoft Certification 2 26 (4.094 %) MCSE 3 19 (2.992 %) MCP 4 18 (2.835 %) Degree 5 11 (1.732 %) IBM Certification 6 7 (1.102 %) MCSA 7 4 (0.630 %) CCNA 7 4 (0.630 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (0.472 %) CNA 8 3 (0.472 %) CNE 8 3 (0.472 %) Novell Certification 8 3 (0.472 %) ITIL Certification 8 3 (0.472 %) MCDST 9 1 (0.157 %) HNC 9 1 (0.157 %) A+ Certification 9 1 (0.157 %) PMI Certification 9 1 (0.157 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (2.205 %) SLA 2 6 (0.945 %) COBIT 3 4 (0.630 %) QA	System Software 1 174 (27.40 %) Active Directory 2 11 (1.732 %) ISA Server 3 7 (1.102 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 6 (0.945 %) VMware ESX 5 5 (0.787 %) Terminal Server 6 3 (0.472 %) NDS 6 3 (0.472 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 2 (0.315 %) MailMarshal 7 2 (0.315 %) MetaFrame 7 2 (0.315 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 19 (2.992 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 11 (1.732 %) ZENworks 3 10 (1.575 %) DameWare 4 5 (0.787 %) OpenView 5 3 (0.472 %) WSUS 6 2 (0.315 %) SCCM 6 2 (0.315 %) SCOM 6 2 (0.315 %) MIIS 6 2 (0.315 %) MAILsweeper 6 2 (0.315 %) AutoSys 7 1 (0.157 %) ARCserve 7 1 (0.157 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 1 (0.157 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 635 (100.00 %) Lotus 2 181 (28.50 %) Microsoft 3 71 (11.18 %) Remedy 4 39 (6.142 %) Citrix 5 26 (4.094 %) Novell 6 23 (3.622 %) IBM 7 22 (3.465 %) HP 8 21 (3.307 %) Adobe 9 20 (3.150 %) Altiris 10 19 (2.992 %) Reuters 10 19 (2.992 %) Bloomberg 11 17 (2.677 %) Oracle 12 14 (2.205 %) Cisco 13 10 (1.575 %) Polycom 13 10 (1.575 %) VMware 14 9 (1.417 %) Dell 14 9 (1.417 %) Siemens 14 9 (1.417 %) Tandberg 15 8 (1.260 %) Apple 15 8 (1.260 %) Sybase