The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 23 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 West Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 38 51 49
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs citing Lotus 1 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.273% 0.607% 0.885%
As % of the Vendors category 0.495% 1.455% 1.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £300 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £298 £260
% change year-on-year
+7.56% +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.00 £15.50 £12.42
% change year-on-year
-9.67% +24.79%
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
202 275 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 55.19% 41.73% 49.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 145 95
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £233 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 23
Average hourly rate £26.00 £14.90 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.49% -25.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £29.25 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
Lotus
South East

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Horsham - 1 - -
Lotus
South East

Lotus
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) CCTV
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) CCTV
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle