The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within IBM Lotus Software.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lotus
Rank 174 170 166
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Lotus 15 6 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.366% 0.165% 0.256%
As % of the Vendors category 0.809% 0.366% 0.512%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 10
Average salary £43,250 £44,000 £63,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.70% -30.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £27,250 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,100 £60,000 £88,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £36,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.21% +21.66%
All Vendors
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1853 1640 1952
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 45.23% 45.04% 50.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1555 1402 1758
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Lotus
North West

Lotus
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Lotus Jobs Demand Trend

Lotus
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lotus across the Manchester region.

Manchester Lotus Salary Trend

Lotus
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lotus across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester Lotus Salary Histogram

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus.

1 14 (87.50%) Lotus Notes
1 14 (87.50%) Cisco
1 14 (87.50%) IBM
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
2 13 (81.25%) Advertising
2 13 (81.25%) IBM Certification
2 13 (81.25%) MS Exchange
2 13 (81.25%) MS Excel
2 13 (81.25%) SharePoint
2 13 (81.25%) IronPort
2 13 (81.25%) Lync
3 2 (12.50%) MS Office
3 2 (12.50%) SAN
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
4 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
4 1 (6.250%) Xen
4 1 (6.250%) VMware
4 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.250%) Windows
4 1 (6.250%) AIX
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) Cognos
4 1 (6.250%) LAN
4 1 (6.250%) VoIP
4 1 (6.250%) WAN

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Lotus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 14 (87.50%) Lotus Notes
2 13 (81.25%) MS Exchange
2 13 (81.25%) SharePoint
2 13 (81.25%) Lync
Applications
1 13 (81.25%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (6.250%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) VoIP
2 1 (6.250%) WAN
General
1 13 (81.25%) Advertising
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (81.25%) Team Leader
2 1 (6.250%) Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) Resource Manager
2 1 (6.250%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) AIX
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
1 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
1 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
2 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Xen
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Cisco
1 14 (87.50%) IBM
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (81.25%) IronPort
3 1 (6.250%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) Cognos
3 1 (6.250%) HP
3 1 (6.250%) EMC
Manchester, Lancashire
MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, Cisco IronPort, PGP Encryption, Sharepoint, Lync... Preferably have achieved appropriate related qualifications (example Microsoft or IBM certification) Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: £38500 - £48000 per annum + bonus+benefits+pension
Posted: 30 April 2013