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 West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 21 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 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 111 124 116
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs citing Lotus 8 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.339% 0.349% 0.465%
As % of the Vendors category 0.750% 0.671% 0.998%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £180 £180
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £295 £260
% change year-on-year
+5.08% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 9
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 £14.50 £15.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-6.45% +24.00%
All Vendors
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1066 1640 1403
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 45.15% 52.00% 46.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 754 687
Average daily rate £340 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 78 96
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.55 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
Lotus
England

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region.

North West Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +16 4 - -
Merseyside +2 2 - -
Lancashire +11 1 - -
Cheshire -1 1 - -
Lotus
England

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 25 (86.21%) Lotus Notes
2 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
3 15 (51.72%) Active Directory
4 14 (48.28%) MS Office
5 13 (44.83%) ITIL
6 12 (41.38%) Windows
6 12 (41.38%) MS Excel
7 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (37.93%) Windows XP
8 10 (34.48%) OpenView
8 10 (34.48%) HP
8 10 (34.48%) MCP
8 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
8 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
9 8 (27.59%) MCSE
10 7 (24.14%) MS Project
10 7 (24.14%) MS Visio
10 7 (24.14%) ISO 9000
10 7 (24.14%) BS25999
10 7 (24.14%) ServiceCenter
10 7 (24.14%) MS PowerPoint
10 7 (24.14%) MCDST
10 7 (24.14%) MCITP
10 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
10 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (24.14%) Windows 7
11 6 (20.69%) Blackberry
12 5 (17.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
12 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (6.897%) .NET
1 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 25 (86.21%) Lotus Notes
2 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange
3 4 (13.79%) Lotus Domino
3 4 (13.79%) LiveLink
3 4 (13.79%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
6 1 (3.448%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (48.28%) MS Office
2 12 (41.38%) MS Excel
3 7 (24.14%) MS Project
3 7 (24.14%) MS Visio
3 7 (24.14%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 1 (3.448%) LAN
2 1 (3.448%) VoIP
2 1 (3.448%) WAN
2 1 (3.448%) DHCP
2 1 (3.448%) Ethernet
2 1 (3.448%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.448%) 3G
2 1 (3.448%) Extranet
2 1 (3.448%) DNS
2 1 (3.448%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (17.24%) Telecoms
2 3 (10.34%) Dutch Language
2 3 (10.34%) French Language
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 2 (6.897%) Finance
3 2 (6.897%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Analyst
2 12 (41.38%) Support Analyst
3 10 (34.48%) Service Analyst
4 9 (31.03%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) IT Support
6 3 (10.34%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (10.34%) IT Support Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (6.897%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (6.897%) Development Manager
7 2 (6.897%) Administrator
7 2 (6.897%) Domino Administrator
8 1 (3.448%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 1 (3.448%) Technical Services Analyst
8 1 (3.448%) Lotus Notes Consultant
8 1 (3.448%) Technical Support
8 1 (3.448%) Help Desk Analyst
8 1 (3.448%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Blackberry
2 3 (10.34%) FMCG
3 2 (6.897%) PMI
3 2 (6.897%) Thin Client
3 2 (6.897%) iPad
3 2 (6.897%) iPhone
3 2 (6.897%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.448%) PDA
4 1 (3.448%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 12 (41.38%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Windows XP
3 7 (24.14%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.897%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.448%) UNIX
5 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) ITIL
2 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
3 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
4 3 (10.34%) Service Management
5 2 (6.897%) Project Management
5 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
5 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Java
2 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (34.48%) MCP
2 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
2 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) MCSE
4 7 (24.14%) MCDST
4 7 (24.14%) MCITP
5 2 (6.897%) PMI Certification
5 2 (6.897%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) ISO 9000
1 7 (24.14%) BS25999
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (51.72%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) Terminal Services
3 2 (6.897%) XenDesktop
4 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) OpenView
2 7 (24.14%) ServiceCenter
3 5 (17.24%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (3.448%) SCCM
4 1 (3.448%) DameWare
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (34.48%) HP
3 5 (17.24%) Citrix
4 1 (3.448%) LANDesk
4 1 (3.448%) Altiris
4 1 (3.448%) VMware