Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Lotus Notes skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus Notes over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkIBM Lotus Notes
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank256177180
Rank change year-on-year
Down-79Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads235387741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.537 %0.841 %0.905 %
As % of the Application Platforms category3.835 %6.137 %6.798 %
Daily rates quoted72108170
Average daily rate£340£300£288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33 %+4.340 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£151£160£133
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£300£307
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-2.120 %
Hourly rates quoted5990205
Average hourly rate£14.00£16.00£15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+4.910 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£11.00£11.43
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.00£26.50£28.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.00£14.00£15.00
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-6.660 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6128630610900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.00 %13.71 %13.32 %
Daily rates quoted266020193074
Average daily rate£350£363£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.440 %-3.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£225£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£350£360
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted4455761018
Average hourly rate£19.00£21.61£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08 %+8.060 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.86£37.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.89£21.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-16.79 %+7.500 %

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.

Lotus Notes
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lotus Notes within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Lotus Notes Demand Trend

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lotus Notes within the UK.

Lotus Notes Daily Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus Notes within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Lotus Notes Daily Rate Histogram

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lotus Notes within the UK.

Lotus Notes Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus Notes
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus Notes within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Lotus Notes Hourly Rate Histogram

Lotus Notes
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-74213£330+10.00 %
LondonDown-102100£368+22.50 %
City of LondonDown-8731£375+20.00 %
South EastDown-2725£320+11.30 %
North WestUp+1724--
ManchesterUp+220--
West MidlandsUp+1718£275-21.42 %
WarwickshireUp+1117£275-
ScotlandDown-1715--
South WestUp+1414£425-
GlasgowUp+813--
YorkshireUp+513£175-
East of EnglandUp+198£158-37.00 %
North EastUp+147£225-
West YorkshireDown-67£188-
WarwickNew entry-7£300-
WiltshireUp+176£425-10.52 %
DurhamNew entry-6£350-
HertfordshireUp+155£154-61.56 %
South YorkshireUp+105--
SheffieldUp+85--
MiddlesexDown-25£458+46.40 %
HampshireDown-85£75-79.31 %
SurreyDown-95--
LeedsUp+64£188-
East MidlandsUp+13--
BristolDown-43--
BoltonNew entry-3--
NorwichUp+152£278-
NorfolkUp+122£278-

Lotus Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1458 (100.00 %)Lotus
2204 (44.54 %)Windows
3132 (28.82 %)MS Office
4125 (27.29 %)Active Directory
5114 (24.89 %)Windows XP
6109 (23.80 %)Lotus Domino
792 (20.09 %)Microsoft
871 (15.50 %)Citrix
968 (14.85 %)Blackberry
968 (14.85 %)Migration
1065 (14.19 %)Finance
1157 (12.45 %)MS Excel
1256 (12.23 %)Windows Server 2003
1351 (11.14 %)MS Exchange
1440 (8.734 %)SQL
1535 (7.642 %)Oracle
1633 (7.205 %)ITIL
1633 (7.205 %)Microsoft Certification
1729 (6.332 %)VPN
1828 (6.114 %)HP
1828 (6.114 %)UNIX
1828 (6.114 %)LotusScript
1828 (6.114 %)Banking
1927 (5.895 %)Windows 2000
1927 (5.895 %)TCP/IP
2026 (5.677 %)Remedy
2125 (5.459 %)LAN
2125 (5.459 %)Internet
2125 (5.459 %)German Language
2223 (5.022 %)MCSE

Lotus Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (4.585 %).NET
213 (2.838 %)WebSphere
213 (2.838 %)XML
312 (2.620 %)HTML
410 (2.183 %)J2EE
59 (1.965 %)ASP.NET
68 (1.747 %)CSS
76 (1.310 %)XSLT
84 (0.873 %)DHTML
84 (0.873 %)Middleware
84 (0.873 %)Dojo
93 (0.655 %)WinForms
102 (0.437 %)Web Services
102 (0.437 %)Spring
102 (0.437 %).NET Framework
111 (0.218 %)Apache Beehive
111 (0.218 %)Application Packaging
111 (0.218 %)AJAX
111 (0.218 %)XMPP
111 (0.218 %)XBRL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1109 (23.80 %)Lotus Domino
251 (11.14 %)MS Exchange
322 (4.803 %)SharePoint
421 (4.585 %)Exchange Server 2007
512 (2.620 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
610 (2.183 %)IIS
77 (1.528 %)Office Communications Server
77 (1.528 %)Exchange Server 2003
86 (1.310 %)MQSeries
93 (0.655 %)CMS
93 (0.655 %)LiveLink
102 (0.437 %)GroupWise
102 (0.437 %)QuickPlace
102 (0.437 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.437 %)Office Project Server
111 (0.218 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (0.218 %)Oracle Workflow
111 (0.218 %)Apache
111 (0.218 %)Documentum
111 (0.218 %)SAS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1132 (28.82 %)MS Office
257 (12.45 %)MS Excel
35 (1.092 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.437 %)MS Project
42 (0.437 %)Photoshop
42 (0.437 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.218 %)Adobe Illustrator
51 (0.218 %)DeltaView
51 (0.218 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.873 %)SAP Oil and Gas
21 (0.218 %)3000 Xtra
21 (0.218 %)SAP CS
21 (0.218 %)Oracle CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
129 (6.332 %)VPN
227 (5.895 %)TCP/IP
325 (5.459 %)LAN
325 (5.459 %)Internet
420 (4.367 %)WAN
519 (4.148 %)DNS
616 (3.493 %)Intranet
713 (2.838 %)DHCP
811 (2.402 %)Firewall
98 (1.747 %)SMTP
106 (1.310 %)SAN
106 (1.310 %)Extranet
115 (1.092 %)Network Security
124 (0.873 %)3G
124 (0.873 %)Wireless
124 (0.873 %)IP Telephony
133 (0.655 %)Cisco ASA
133 (0.655 %)MPLS
133 (0.655 %)VoIP
133 (0.655 %)Ethernet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (4.367 %)SQL Server
25 (1.092 %)Oracle 11g
33 (0.655 %)Data Cleansing
33 (0.655 %)MySQL
42 (0.437 %)DB2
42 (0.437 %)MS Access
42 (0.437 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.218 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.218 %)Reference Data
51 (0.218 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.218 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.218 %)RDBMS
51 (0.218 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.218 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.218 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (1.092 %)Ant
21 (0.218 %)ClearQuest
21 (0.218 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.218 %)Eclipse
21 (0.218 %)ClearCase
21 (0.218 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (14.19 %)Finance
228 (6.114 %)Banking
312 (2.620 %)Investment Banking
410 (2.183 %)Government
59 (1.965 %)Insurance
68 (1.747 %)Education
76 (1.310 %)Health
76 (1.310 %)Law
76 (1.310 %)Manufacturing
76 (1.310 %)Retail
85 (1.092 %)Front Office
85 (1.092 %)Back Office
94 (0.873 %)Legal
94 (0.873 %)Local Government
103 (0.655 %)Publishing
112 (0.437 %)Financial Institution
112 (0.437 %)Telecoms
112 (0.437 %)Home Office
121 (0.218 %)Pensions
121 (0.218 %)Electronics
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1139 (30.35 %)Analyst
271 (15.50 %)Developer
364 (13.97 %)Support Analyst
458 (12.66 %)Desktop Support
549 (10.70 %)Administrator
647 (10.26 %)Lotus Notes Developer
735 (7.642 %)1st Line Support
833 (7.205 %)Service Desk Analyst
932 (6.987 %)Desktop Analyst
932 (6.987 %)Service Analyst
1030 (6.550 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1126 (5.677 %)Support Engineer
1224 (5.240 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1224 (5.240 %)2nd Line Support
1320 (4.367 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
1320 (4.367 %)Consultant
1418 (3.930 %)Project Manager
1516 (3.493 %)Helpdesk Support
1516 (3.493 %)Domino Developer
1613 (2.838 %)1st Line Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
168 (14.85 %)Blackberry
225 (5.459 %)German Language
319 (4.148 %)PDA
412 (2.620 %)French Language
57 (1.528 %)Mainframe
57 (1.528 %)NHS
66 (1.310 %)Management Information System
66 (1.310 %)Danish Language
75 (1.092 %)Fat Client
75 (1.092 %)iSeries
75 (1.092 %)AS400
75 (1.092 %)Thin Client
84 (0.873 %)Smartcard
84 (0.873 %)Replication
84 (0.873 %)Data Extraction
93 (0.655 %)Wiki
93 (0.655 %)PKI
102 (0.437 %)Fixed Income
102 (0.437 %)Equities
102 (0.437 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1204 (44.54 %)Windows
2114 (24.89 %)Windows XP
356 (12.23 %)Windows Server 2003
428 (6.114 %)UNIX
527 (5.895 %)Windows 2000
616 (3.493 %)Windows Server 2008
711 (2.402 %)Linux
711 (2.402 %)AIX
810 (2.183 %)Windows NT
97 (1.528 %)Windows Mobile
106 (1.310 %)Solaris
106 (1.310 %)VMS
106 (1.310 %)Windows Vista
114 (0.873 %)NetWare
114 (0.873 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (0.655 %)Mac OS
123 (0.655 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.437 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
168 (14.85 %)Migration
233 (7.205 %)ITIL
316 (3.493 %)Project Management
414 (3.057 %)Workflow
512 (2.620 %)Document Management
611 (2.402 %)Web Development
611 (2.402 %)Problem Management
611 (2.402 %)Incident Management
710 (2.183 %)PRINCE2
710 (2.183 %)Service Management
89 (1.965 %)Stakeholder Management
97 (1.528 %)Data Migration
106 (1.310 %)Data Modelling
106 (1.310 %)Risk Analysis
106 (1.310 %)User Acceptance Testing
115 (1.092 %)Time Management
115 (1.092 %)Service Delivery
124 (0.873 %)E-Commerce
124 (0.873 %)Disaster Recovery
124 (0.873 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
140 (8.734 %)SQL
228 (6.114 %)LotusScript
316 (3.493 %)C
415 (3.275 %)Java
512 (2.620 %)C#
611 (2.402 %)Formula Language
710 (2.183 %)JavaScript
87 (1.528 %)Perl
96 (1.310 %)VB
104 (0.873 %)Python
104 (0.873 %)Shell Script
113 (0.655 %)VB.NET
121 (0.218 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.218 %)RPG
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
133 (7.205 %)Microsoft Certification
223 (5.022 %)MCSE
319 (4.148 %)MCP
414 (3.057 %)Security Cleared
510 (2.183 %)Degree
67 (1.528 %)IBM Certification
76 (1.310 %)MCDST
76 (1.310 %)MCTS
84 (0.873 %)SC Cleared
93 (0.655 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
93 (0.655 %)CISSP
102 (0.437 %)PRINCE2 Certification
111 (0.218 %)MOS
111 (0.218 %)CISA
111 (0.218 %)CISM
111 (0.218 %)CCNA
111 (0.218 %)Cisco Certification
111 (0.218 %)A+ Certification
111 (0.218 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.218 %)CNE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.402 %)SLA
23 (0.655 %)ISO27001
31 (0.218 %)QA
31 (0.218 %)DICOM
31 (0.218 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1125 (27.29 %)Active Directory
28 (1.747 %)ISA Server
37 (1.528 %)MetaFrame
46 (1.310 %)VMware Infrastructure
53 (0.655 %)VMware ESX
62 (0.437 %)NetBackup
71 (0.218 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.218 %)Sendmail
71 (0.218 %)XenServer
71 (0.218 %)AquaLogic
71 (0.218 %)Backup Exec
71 (0.218 %)NetMail
71 (0.218 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (1.528 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
26 (1.310 %)OpenView
26 (1.310 %)Norton AntiVirus
34 (0.873 %)AutoSys
43 (0.655 %)SCOM
52 (0.437 %)Legato
52 (0.437 %)Tivoli
52 (0.437 %)ARCserve
52 (0.437 %)DameWare
52 (0.437 %)EMC NetWorker
52 (0.437 %)WSUS
61 (0.218 %)SCCM
61 (0.218 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.218 %)Data Guard
61 (0.218 %)McAfee ePO
61 (0.218 %)HP NNM
61 (0.218 %)OVSD
61 (0.218 %)MIMEsweeper
61 (0.218 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.218 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1458 (100.00 %)Lotus
292 (20.09 %)Microsoft
371 (15.50 %)Citrix
435 (7.642 %)Oracle
528 (6.114 %)HP
626 (5.677 %)Remedy
723 (5.022 %)SAP
822 (4.803 %)Cisco
916 (3.493 %)VMware
916 (3.493 %)IBM
1010 (2.183 %)Symantec
119 (1.965 %)Reuters
119 (1.965 %)Bloomberg
127 (1.528 %)Dell
136 (1.310 %)Novell
145 (1.092 %)Adobe
154 (0.873 %)LANDesk
163 (0.655 %)Altiris
163 (0.655 %)Avaya
172 (0.437 %)Sybase