The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus 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 Vendors for the South 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 105 128 113
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -15
Contract jobs citing Lotus 3 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.247% 0.318%
As % of the Vendors category 0.342% 0.585% 0.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £250 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+8.77% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £9.00 £14.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.84% -28.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
876 1368 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.43% 42.29% 44.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 783 580
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 99 112
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.35 £46.00 £36.40
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South 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
Bristol +15 3 - -
Lotus
England

Lotus
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 6 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (50.00%) Lotus Domino
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) MCSA
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Symantec
2 3 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (50.00%) Sophos
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 3 (50.00%) vSphere
3 2 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) PBX
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) IBM
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (50.00%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) PBX
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Wintel Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Wintel Consultant
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCSE
1 3 (50.00%) MCSA
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 2 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Symantec
1 3 (50.00%) Sophos
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) HP
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