| IBM Lotus Notes |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 56 | 52 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 |  +13 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 1.145 % | 1.115 % | 0.582 % |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 8.264 % | 6.667 % | 4.762 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £550 | £263 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £250 | £345 | £285 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £16.00 | - |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £16.00 | £14.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category | 121 | 135 | 147 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester | 13.86 % | 16.73 % | 12.23 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 43 | 28 | 24 |
| Average daily rate | £225 | £400 | £350 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £184 | £205 | £280 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £336 | £500 | £458 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £340 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 18 | 10 | 16 |
| Average hourly rate | £13.00 | £22.50 | £15.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.60 | £13.00 | £11.70 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £36.86 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £17.50 | £22.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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 chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lotus Notes across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.
