The first table below looks at the demand for IBM Notes skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IBM Notes over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Notes (formerly Lotus Notes)
Rank 89 86 86
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing IBM Notes 8 17 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.477% 0.749% 0.622%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.030% 4.775% 3.738%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 6
Average daily rate £275 £256 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.31% -33.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £140 £103
10% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £325 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £255 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.43% -16.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.25 £13.25 £13.25
% change year-on-year
+7.54% -
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
264 356 321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.73% 15.68% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 179 152
Average daily rate £325 £325 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +27.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £29.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
IBM Notes
England

IBM Notes
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands IBM Notes Jobs Demand Trend

IBM Notes
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands IBM Notes Daily Rate Trend

IBM Notes
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IBM Notes across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands IBM Notes Daily Rate Histogram

IBM Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands IBM Notes Hourly Rate Trend

IBM Notes
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IBM Notes within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire -5 6 £275 +4.76% 1
Birmingham +5 2 £110 -21.42%
Staffordshire - - - - 1
IBM Notes
England

IBM Notes
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing IBM 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 IBM Notes.

1 20 (100.00%) Lotus
2 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 7 (35.00%) Windows
4 5 (25.00%) Citrix
4 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
5 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 4 (20.00%) MS Office
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) Ruby
6 3 (15.00%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (15.00%) Ruby on Rails
6 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
6 3 (15.00%) BMC
6 3 (15.00%) Remedy
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (10.00%) LAN
7 2 (10.00%) WAN
7 2 (10.00%) MCSE
7 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
7 2 (10.00%) VMware
8 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management

IBM Notes
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing IBM 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 IBM Notes. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (15.00%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.000%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
1 2 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (5.000%) Internet
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (5.000%) Finance
1 1 (5.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (15.00%) Incident Manager
1 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) 1st Line Support
1 3 (15.00%) Coordinator
2 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (5.000%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.000%) Project Officer
3 1 (5.000%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) ITIL
1 4 (20.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) Change Management
2 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (15.00%) Project Management
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.000%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) MCSE
3 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (5.000%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Lotus
2 5 (25.00%) Citrix
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.00%) BMC
4 3 (15.00%) Remedy
5 2 (10.00%) VMware
6 1 (5.000%) Altiris
6 1 (5.000%) Google
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