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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLotus
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank164164
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads768949
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.013 %1.007 %
As % of the category below2.345 %2.325 %
Daily rates quoted154165
Average minimum daily rate£281£227
Average daily rate£295£238
% change on same period last year+23.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£309£249
UK excluding London average daily rate£271£238
% change on same period last year+14.19 %
Hourly rates quoted182281
Average minimum hourly rate£16.91£18.20
Average hourly rate£18.07£19.14
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.24£20.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.61£17.32
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3275640815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.19 %43.29 %
Daily rates quoted951111470
Average minimum daily rate£381£387
Average daily rate£406£410
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£356
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Hourly rates quoted28583234
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£24.06
Average hourly rate£23.58£25.68
% change on same period last year-8.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.12£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.91£25.10
% change on same period last year-8.72 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within IBM Lotus Software.

Lotus
Demand Trend

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

Lotus Demand Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lotus Daily Rate Trend

Lotus
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Lotus Daily Rate Histogram

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lotus Hourly Rate Trend

Lotus
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lotus within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Lotus Hourly Rate Histogram

Lotus
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Lotus within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+8706£294+25.74 %
LondonUp+21294£306+28.47 %
South EastUp+13132£294+19.11 %
City of LondonUp+21104£300+35.35 %
South WestUp+3067£156-9.83 %
East of EnglandDown-753£392+30.91 %
YorkshireDown-353£225+0.41 %
BerkshireUp+4045£306+61.87 %
ScotlandUp+2141£170-49.06 %
West MidlandsDown-1639£272-1.46 %
West YorkshireDown-238£225+25.00 %
North WestDown-3133£234+80.25 %
WiltshireUp+2931£350+140.19 %
North EastUp+2221--
BedfordshireUp+1318--
SurreyDown-2618£363+6.22 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1817£241-10.16 %
SwindonUp+717£350+140.19 %
BedfordUp+216--
ManchesterDown-3216£283+45.29 %
West SussexUp+2015£293-30.35 %
LeedsDown-2415£225+25.00 %
BristolDown-1114£200-6.97 %
SomersetNew entry-14--
East MidlandsDown-1214£269-25.01 %
GlasgowUp+414--
HampshireUp+1013--
DorsetUp+1812£86-
BathNew entry-12--
BirminghamNo change011£170-27.27 %

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11477 (92.60 %)Lotus Notes
2705 (44.20 %)Windows
3494 (30.97 %)MS Office
4440 (27.59 %)Microsoft
5385 (24.14 %)Active Directory
6329 (20.63 %)Windows XP
7318 (19.94 %)Lotus Domino
8297 (18.62 %)MS Excel
9219 (13.73 %)Finance
10163 (10.22 %)Citrix
11161 (10.09 %)Windows 2000
12150 (9.404 %)MS Exchange
13145 (9.091 %)Blackberry
14131 (8.213 %)TCP/IP
15123 (7.712 %)Migration
16115 (7.210 %)ITIL
17114 (7.147 %)Novell
18110 (6.897 %)Banking
19107 (6.708 %)JavaScript
20103 (6.458 %)Remedy
21100 (6.270 %)LAN
2297 (6.082 %)DNS
2297 (6.082 %)Windows NT
2394 (5.893 %)HTML
2491 (5.705 %)SQL
2491 (5.705 %)IBM
2589 (5.580 %)Windows Server 2003
2589 (5.580 %)SQL Server
2688 (5.517 %)Microsoft Certification
2784 (5.266 %)LotusScript

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
194 (5.893 %)HTML
262 (3.887 %).NET
355 (3.448 %)CSS
453 (3.323 %)XML
530 (1.881 %)AJAX
624 (1.505 %)XHTML
723 (1.442 %)WMI
822 (1.379 %)WebSphere
822 (1.379 %)ASP.NET
919 (1.191 %)J2EE
1018 (1.129 %)ADSI
1113 (0.815 %)WinForms
1113 (0.815 %)ADO
129 (0.564 %)jQuery
138 (0.502 %)YUI
138 (0.502 %)XSL
138 (0.502 %)WebServices
147 (0.439 %)Dojo
156 (0.376 %)WSE
156 (0.376 %)MooTools
Application Platforms
11477 (92.60 %)Lotus Notes
2318 (19.94 %)Lotus Domino
3150 (9.404 %)MS Exchange
463 (3.950 %)SharePoint
463 (3.950 %)Exchange Server 2003
560 (3.762 %)Exchange Server 2007
643 (2.696 %)Exchange Server 2000
726 (1.630 %)GroupWise
820 (1.254 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
914 (0.878 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1013 (0.815 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1112 (0.752 %)IIS
1210 (0.627 %)Office Communications Server
138 (0.502 %)QuickPlace
138 (0.502 %)CMS
144 (0.251 %)BizTalk Server
144 (0.251 %)Apache
144 (0.251 %)Tomcat
153 (0.188 %)Rendezvous
153 (0.188 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
1494 (30.97 %)MS Office
2297 (18.62 %)MS Excel
364 (4.013 %)MS PowerPoint
455 (3.448 %)MS Visio
535 (2.194 %)MS Project
614 (0.878 %)Acrobat
77 (0.439 %)CA Clarity
85 (0.313 %)InfoPath
85 (0.313 %)Photoshop
94 (0.251 %)Adobe Illustrator
94 (0.251 %)QuarkXPress
101 (0.063 %)SmartSuite
101 (0.063 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.063 %)DeltaView
101 (0.063 %)InDesign
Business Applications
15 (0.313 %)Remedy AR System
24 (0.251 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.125 %)SAP SD
32 (0.125 %)WebTrends
32 (0.125 %)SAP FI
32 (0.125 %)SAP FI/CO
32 (0.125 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.125 %)Summit
32 (0.125 %)SAP CO
32 (0.125 %)Kondor+
41 (0.063 %)Misys Midas
41 (0.063 %)GoldMine
41 (0.063 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.063 %)Navision
41 (0.063 %)RMDS
41 (0.063 %)MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1131 (8.213 %)TCP/IP
2100 (6.270 %)LAN
397 (6.082 %)DNS
471 (4.451 %)DHCP
570 (4.389 %)WAN
659 (3.699 %)VPN
733 (2.069 %)WINS
827 (1.693 %)Intranet
926 (1.630 %)SAN
1023 (1.442 %)Internet
1118 (1.129 %)Firewall
1118 (1.129 %)SMTP
1215 (0.940 %)Ethernet
1215 (0.940 %)3G
1312 (0.752 %)Extranet
1411 (0.690 %)IP Telephony
1411 (0.690 %)ADSL
1510 (0.627 %)PBX
1510 (0.627 %)LDAP
1510 (0.627 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
189 (5.580 %)SQL Server
224 (1.505 %)Cognos Impromptu
224 (1.505 %)InterBase
322 (1.379 %)MS Access
416 (1.003 %)SQL Server 2005
514 (0.878 %)SQL Server 7
514 (0.878 %)SQL Server 2000
611 (0.690 %)Crystal Reports
710 (0.627 %)MySQL
89 (0.564 %)Oracle 10g
89 (0.564 %)BusinessObjects
98 (0.502 %)Oracle 8/8i
98 (0.502 %)Oracle 9i
106 (0.376 %)DB2
106 (0.376 %)Data Cleansing
115 (0.313 %)Oracle Reports
115 (0.313 %)Datawarehouse
123 (0.188 %)RDBMS
123 (0.188 %)Informix
132 (0.125 %)TOAD
Development Applications
122 (1.379 %)Visual Studio
122 (1.379 %)MSI
217 (1.066 %)InstallShield
217 (1.066 %)VSS/SourceSafe
315 (0.940 %)JIRA
46 (0.376 %)ClearQuest
54 (0.251 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (0.188 %)Ant
72 (0.125 %)JUnit
72 (0.125 %)Log4j
72 (0.125 %)Synon
81 (0.063 %)COOL2E
81 (0.063 %)Oracle APEX
81 (0.063 %)FrontPage
81 (0.063 %)Eclipse
General
1219 (13.73 %)Finance
2110 (6.897 %)Banking
374 (4.639 %)Investment Banking
431 (1.944 %)Government
526 (1.630 %)Pharmaceutical
625 (1.567 %)Insurance
722 (1.379 %)Manufacturing
821 (1.317 %)Law
919 (1.191 %)Health
919 (1.191 %)Telecoms
1018 (1.129 %)Education
1018 (1.129 %)Retail
1116 (1.003 %)Legal
1214 (0.878 %)Financial Institution
1214 (0.878 %)Publishing
1312 (0.752 %)Front Office
1411 (0.690 %)Pensions
158 (0.502 %)Back Office
166 (0.376 %)Marketing
174 (0.251 %)Auditing
Job Titles
1479 (30.03 %)Analyst
2198 (12.41 %)Developer
3197 (12.35 %)Support Analyst
4139 (8.715 %)Administrator
5138 (8.652 %)Service Analyst
6131 (8.213 %)2nd Line Support
7125 (7.837 %)Service Desk Analyst
8118 (7.398 %)Desktop Support
9110 (6.897 %)Lotus Notes Developer
1097 (6.082 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1097 (6.082 %)Support Engineer
1193 (5.831 %)1st Line Support
1285 (5.329 %)Consultant
1378 (4.890 %)Helpdesk Support
1453 (3.323 %)3rd Line Support
1545 (2.821 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
1639 (2.445 %)Technical Support
1737 (2.320 %)Trainer
1737 (2.320 %)Desktop Analyst
1836 (2.257 %)Domino Developer
Miscellaneous
1145 (9.091 %)Blackberry
233 (2.069 %)AS400
321 (1.317 %)French Language
420 (1.254 %)Mainframe
516 (1.003 %)Replication
615 (0.940 %)Web 2.0
712 (0.752 %)PDA
89 (0.564 %)Fat Client
89 (0.564 %)Thin Client
89 (0.564 %)Client/Server
98 (0.502 %)NHS
98 (0.502 %)Asset Management
107 (0.439 %)Clustering
107 (0.439 %)German Language
116 (0.376 %)EPoS
116 (0.376 %)Management Information System
125 (0.313 %)Italian Language
125 (0.313 %)Data Integration
125 (0.313 %)Derivative
125 (0.313 %)Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1705 (44.20 %)Windows
2329 (20.63 %)Windows XP
3161 (10.09 %)Windows 2000
497 (6.082 %)Windows NT
589 (5.580 %)Windows Server 2003
669 (4.326 %)NetWare
757 (3.574 %)Unix
837 (2.320 %)Linux
914 (0.878 %)AIX
1011 (0.690 %)Solaris
117 (0.439 %)Windows Mobile
117 (0.439 %)Windows Vista
126 (0.376 %)HPUX
135 (0.313 %)Mac OS X
144 (0.251 %)zOS
144 (0.251 %)Mac OS X Server
151 (0.063 %)OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1123 (7.712 %)Migration
2115 (7.210 %)ITIL
351 (3.197 %)Project Management
446 (2.884 %)Service Delivery
537 (2.320 %)Web Development
634 (2.132 %)Document Management
733 (2.069 %)Service Management
832 (2.006 %)Change Management
921 (1.317 %)Workflow
921 (1.317 %)Release Management
1020 (1.254 %)PRINCE2
1020 (1.254 %)Security Cleared
1119 (1.191 %)Configuration Management
1216 (1.003 %)Problem Management
1216 (1.003 %)User Acceptance Testing
1315 (0.940 %)SOA
1414 (0.878 %)SEO
1513 (0.815 %)Business Analysis
1513 (0.815 %)Data Management
1612 (0.752 %)Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1107 (6.708 %)JavaScript
291 (5.705 %)SQL
384 (5.266 %)LotusScript
481 (5.078 %)Java
556 (3.511 %)VB
637 (2.320 %)DHTML
732 (2.006 %)C#
828 (1.755 %)VBScript
925 (1.567 %)Formula Language
1017 (1.066 %)C++
1114 (0.878 %)VBA
1213 (0.815 %)Transact-SQL
1310 (0.627 %)C
149 (0.564 %)Perl
149 (0.564 %)VB.NET
156 (0.376 %)PHP
164 (0.251 %)Ruby
173 (0.188 %)Shell Script
173 (0.188 %)VB6
182 (0.125 %)RPG
Qualifications
188 (5.517 %)Microsoft Certification
263 (3.950 %)MCSE
346 (2.884 %)MCP
430 (1.881 %)Degree
525 (1.567 %)IBM Certification
624 (1.505 %)Cisco Certification
721 (1.317 %)CCNA
819 (1.191 %)MCSA
913 (0.815 %)MCDST
109 (0.564 %)ISEB
118 (0.502 %)PRINCE2 Certification
127 (0.439 %)ITIL Certification
127 (0.439 %)CNE
127 (0.439 %)Novell Certification
134 (0.251 %)CNA
134 (0.251 %)Citrix Certification
143 (0.188 %)CCA
143 (0.188 %)SNIA Certification
152 (0.125 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
152 (0.125 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
135 (2.194 %)SLA
210 (0.627 %)QA
36 (0.376 %)COBIT
43 (0.188 %)ISO9000
52 (0.125 %)GMP
61 (0.063 %)GxP
61 (0.063 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.063 %)ISO27001
System Software
1385 (24.14 %)Active Directory
216 (1.003 %)ISA Server
314 (0.878 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (0.815 %)Backup Exec
510 (0.627 %)VMware ESX
510 (0.627 %)NDS
69 (0.564 %)MetaFrame
78 (0.502 %)Terminal Server
86 (0.376 %)NetBackup
95 (0.313 %)Citrix Presentation Server
102 (0.125 %)MailMarshal
102 (0.125 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.063 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
134 (2.132 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (1.442 %)OpenView Configuration Management
321 (1.317 %)OpenView
419 (1.191 %)ZENworks
511 (0.690 %)DameWare
68 (0.502 %)HP Data Protector
77 (0.439 %)SCCM
77 (0.439 %)ARCserve
85 (0.313 %)Legato
85 (0.313 %)Tivoli
94 (0.251 %)WSUS
103 (0.188 %)BMC PATROL
103 (0.188 %)Norton AntiVirus
112 (0.125 %)MIIS
112 (0.125 %)Unicenter
112 (0.125 %)MAILsweeper
112 (0.125 %)AutoSys
112 (0.125 %)OVPA
112 (0.125 %)ServiceCenter
112 (0.125 %)SCOM
Vendors
1440 (27.59 %)Microsoft
2163 (10.22 %)Citrix
3114 (7.147 %)Novell
4103 (6.458 %)Remedy
591 (5.705 %)IBM
669 (4.326 %)Oracle
765 (4.075 %)HP
840 (2.508 %)Cisco
934 (2.132 %)VMware
1024 (1.505 %)Dell
1123 (1.442 %)Adobe
1222 (1.379 %)Altiris
1318 (1.129 %)Reuters
1318 (1.129 %)Bloomberg
1318 (1.129 %)Symantec
1318 (1.129 %)SAP
1413 (0.815 %)VERITAS
1512 (0.752 %)Sage
1610 (0.627 %)Polycom
1610 (0.627 %)Sybase
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