The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 - 47 39
Contract jobs citing Lotus 0 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 0.209% 1.570%
As % of the Vendors category - 0.435% 2.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £103
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.47% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £15.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +24.00%
All Vendors
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
114 230 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 43.18% 48.12% 61.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 114 111
Average daily rate £275 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £550 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 21 13
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.84 £9.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.32 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Lotus
England

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Domino
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) LotusScript
1 1 (100.00%) Formula Language
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (100.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Domino Developer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) LotusScript
1 1 (100.00%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
PHP/MySql... To include knowledge of advanced configuration (multiple modules, bespoke node types) HTML/CSS/JavaScript... Domino/.Net/ASP) into Drupal, using import modules... Creating and consuming web...
Concept Personnel
Rate: From £14.29 to £14.29 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013