The first table below looks at the demand for Lotus Notes skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus Notes over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Platforms category for the North West 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Lotus Notes
Rank 112 123 115
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Contract jobs citing Lotus Notes 6 9 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.257% 0.289% 0.361%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.453% 1.538% 2.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £180 £146
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £263 £250
% change year-on-year
+18.09% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 7
Average hourly rate £11.50 £20.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.50% +53.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.25
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +26.53%
All Application Platforms
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
413 585 492
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 17.72% 18.80% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 300 261
Average daily rate £300 £318 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% -7.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £188 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 39 34
Average hourly rate £19.25 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.70 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Lotus Notes
England

Lotus Notes
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Lotus Notes Jobs Demand Trend

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Lotus Notes Daily Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Lotus Notes Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus Notes within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester +6 2 - -
Merseyside +5 2 - -
Cheshire -3 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Lotus Notes
England

Lotus Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 25 (100.00%) Lotus
2 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 14 (56.00%) MS Office
5 13 (52.00%) ITIL
6 12 (48.00%) Windows
6 12 (48.00%) MS Excel
7 11 (44.00%) Windows XP
7 11 (44.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (40.00%) OpenView
8 10 (40.00%) HP
8 10 (40.00%) MCP
8 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
8 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
9 8 (32.00%) MCSE
10 7 (28.00%) MS Project
10 7 (28.00%) MS Visio
10 7 (28.00%) ISO 9000
10 7 (28.00%) Incident Management
10 7 (28.00%) MS PowerPoint
10 7 (28.00%) MCDST
10 7 (28.00%) MCITP
10 7 (28.00%) BS25999
10 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (28.00%) ServiceCenter
10 7 (28.00%) Windows 7
11 6 (24.00%) Blackberry
12 5 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
12 5 (20.00%) Citrix

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (16.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 4 (16.00%) LiveLink
2 4 (16.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (8.000%) SharePoint
5 1 (4.000%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (56.00%) MS Office
2 12 (48.00%) MS Excel
3 7 (28.00%) MS Project
3 7 (28.00%) MS Visio
3 7 (28.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
2 1 (4.000%) Wireless
2 1 (4.000%) 3G
2 1 (4.000%) LAN
2 1 (4.000%) VoIP
2 1 (4.000%) WAN
2 1 (4.000%) Extranet
2 1 (4.000%) DNS
2 1 (4.000%) DHCP
2 1 (4.000%) Ethernet
2 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (12.00%) Dutch Language
2 3 (12.00%) French Language
3 2 (8.000%) Finance
3 2 (8.000%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.000%) Banking
4 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (84.00%) Analyst
2 12 (48.00%) Support Analyst
3 10 (40.00%) Service Analyst
4 9 (36.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (24.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) IT Support
6 3 (12.00%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (12.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Services Delivery Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Technical Services Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Lotus Notes Consultant
8 1 (4.000%) Migration Engineer
8 1 (4.000%) Migration Consultant
8 1 (4.000%) Technical Support Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Technical Support
8 1 (4.000%) Help Desk Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (12.00%) FMCG
3 2 (8.000%) Thin Client
3 2 (8.000%) iPad
3 2 (8.000%) iPhone
3 2 (8.000%) Fat Client
4 1 (4.000%) PDA
4 1 (4.000%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 12 (48.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Windows XP
3 7 (28.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.000%) Windows Vista
5 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.000%) UNIX
5 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000
5 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) ITIL
2 7 (28.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (12.00%) Service Management
5 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (40.00%) MCP
2 10 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 10 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (32.00%) MCSE
4 7 (28.00%) MCDST
4 7 (28.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) ISO 9000
1 7 (28.00%) BS25999
1 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (8.000%) XenDesktop
4 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) OpenView
2 7 (28.00%) ServiceCenter
3 5 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (4.000%) SCCM
4 1 (4.000%) DameWare
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) Lotus
2 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (40.00%) HP
4 5 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (4.000%) LANDesk
5 1 (4.000%) Altiris
5 1 (4.000%) VMware
Manchester, Lancashire
We currently have a contract position for an IT DESKTOP SUPPORT SPECIALIST who will be responsible for resolving & reporting various desktop or infrastructure problems, to be based in...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £10 - £18 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013