The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 38 45 53
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +8
Contract jobs citing Lotus 14 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.729% 2.476% 0.838%
As % of the Vendors category 5.932% 4.813% 1.946%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
Average daily rate £163 £130 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £130 £122
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £249 £217
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.47% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £11.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% +14.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.75 £13.00 £9.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.00 £13.50 £13.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +24.00%
All Vendors
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
236 374 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 46.00% 51.44% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 144 99
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £224 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 29 41
Average hourly rate £13.00 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £13.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £47.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
Buckinghamshire

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Lotus Daily Rate Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Lotus Daily Rate Histogram

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lotus across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Lotus Hourly Rate Histogram

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 21 (91.30%) Lotus Notes
2 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
3 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
3 16 (69.57%) Windows
3 16 (69.57%) Windows 7
4 15 (65.22%) MS Office
5 10 (43.48%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (43.48%) SAP
5 10 (43.48%) ITIL
5 10 (43.48%) Windows XP
5 10 (43.48%) Broadband
5 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
5 10 (43.48%) VPN
5 10 (43.48%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (43.48%) 3G
5 10 (43.48%) Remedy
5 10 (43.48%) PDA
5 10 (43.48%) Windows Vista
6 6 (26.09%) Marketing
7 5 (21.74%) Citrix
8 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
8 4 (17.39%) Migration
9 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
9 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (13.04%) SQL
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (13.04%) Finance
10 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (4.348%) Logistics

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 (4.348%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 21 (91.30%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.348%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 15 (65.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Broadband
1 10 (43.48%) TCP/IP
1 10 (43.48%) VPN
1 10 (43.48%) 3G
1 10 (43.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (26.09%) Marketing
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (82.61%) Analyst
2 13 (56.52%) Service Analyst
2 13 (56.52%) Service Desk Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Support Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (26.09%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (8.696%) Developer
6 2 (8.696%) Applications Support
6 2 (8.696%) Lotus Notes Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Project Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Project Support Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.348%) Support Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Deployment Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) PDA
2 3 (13.04%) Mathematics
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (69.57%) Windows
1 16 (69.57%) Windows 7
2 10 (43.48%) Windows XP
2 10 (43.48%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Migration
3 1 (4.348%) Logistics
3 1 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 10 (43.48%) SAP
2 10 (43.48%) Remedy
3 5 (21.74%) Citrix