Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services in IT jobs within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lotus over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLotus
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank121103
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads105135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.059 %
As % of the category below2.931 %3.285 %
Salaries quoted98126
Average minimum salary£28,367£28,090
Average salary£30,789£30,012
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Average maximum salary£33,211£31,935
UK excluding London average salary£30,058£32,905
% change on same period last year-8.65 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads35824110
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.093 %1.806 %
Salaries quoted30983515
Average minimum salary£35,282£33,754
Average salary£38,337£36,814
% change on same period last year+4.13 %
Average maximum salary£41,392£39,874
UK excluding London average salary£40,502£41,816
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Lotus EnglandLotus
England

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

Lotus
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lotus across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Lotus Demand Trend

Lotus
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Lotus Salary Trend

Lotus
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lotus across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

West Midlands Lotus Salary Histogram

Lotus
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+1934£30,895+8.40 %
HerefordshireDown-324£35,571+20.17 %
WarwickshireNo change016£28,852+22.98 %
CoventryUp+67£23,000-53.90 %
StaffordshireDown-295£23,600-29.63 %
ShropshireDown-234£29,750+20.81 %
WorcestershireDown-163£46,833+72.92 %
SolihullDown-63£24,417-22.41 %
WalsallNew entry-2£30,000-
DudleyNew entry-1£16,000-
West BromwichNew entry-1£26,500-
Lotus EnglandLotus
England

Lotus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1152 (81.72 %)Lotus Notes
299 (53.23 %)Windows
378 (41.94 %)Citrix
463 (33.87 %)Microsoft
561 (32.80 %)MS Office
654 (29.03 %)Lotus Domino
746 (24.73 %)LAN
841 (22.04 %)ITIL
841 (22.04 %)Active Directory
940 (21.51 %)Windows Server 2003
940 (21.51 %)WAN
1038 (20.43 %)Cisco
1135 (18.82 %)TCP/IP
1234 (18.28 %)MS Excel
1331 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
1424 (12.90 %)Oracle
1522 (11.83 %)Windows XP
1618 (9.677 %)Service Delivery
1618 (9.677 %)MetaFrame
1618 (9.677 %)Degree
1717 (9.140 %)IBM
1717 (9.140 %)HP
1717 (9.140 %)Finance
1816 (8.602 %)SLA
1816 (8.602 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1915 (8.065 %)DNS
1915 (8.065 %)Windows 2000
1915 (8.065 %)Change Management
2014 (7.527 %)AS400
2014 (7.527 %)HTML

Lotus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (7.527 %)HTML
210 (5.376 %)J2EE
38 (4.301 %)JSP
38 (4.301 %)XML
38 (4.301 %)WebSphere
47 (3.763 %).NET
56 (3.226 %)ASP
56 (3.226 %)WebServices
56 (3.226 %)XHTML
61 (0.538 %)AJAX
61 (0.538 %)DOM
61 (0.538 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1152 (81.72 %)Lotus Notes
254 (29.03 %)Lotus Domino
331 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
412 (6.452 %)Exchange Server 2003
510 (5.376 %)SharePoint
68 (4.301 %)Exchange Server 2007
77 (3.763 %)GroupWise
86 (3.226 %)Apache
86 (3.226 %)CMS
86 (3.226 %)Oracle Application Server
95 (2.688 %)Exchange Server 5.5
104 (2.151 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
113 (1.613 %)WebSphere Application Server
113 (1.613 %)QuickPlace
122 (1.075 %)Exchange Server 2000
122 (1.075 %)SAS
131 (0.538 %)IIS
131 (0.538 %)Office Project Server
131 (0.538 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
161 (32.80 %)MS Office
234 (18.28 %)MS Excel
36 (3.226 %)MS Visio
45 (2.688 %)Spreadsheet
52 (1.075 %)MS Project
52 (1.075 %)Fireworks
52 (1.075 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (4.839 %)Movex
21 (0.538 %)MFGPRO
21 (0.538 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
146 (24.73 %)LAN
240 (21.51 %)WAN
335 (18.82 %)TCP/IP
415 (8.065 %)DNS
58 (4.301 %)Intranet
58 (4.301 %)Internet
67 (3.763 %)VPN
76 (3.226 %)Ethernet
84 (2.151 %)Firewall
92 (1.075 %)Wi-Fi
92 (1.075 %)SAN
92 (1.075 %)VoIP
101 (0.538 %)DHCP
101 (0.538 %)DMZ
101 (0.538 %)VLAN
101 (0.538 %)MPLS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (4.839 %)SQL Server
22 (1.075 %)Datawarehouse
22 (1.075 %)RDBMS
22 (1.075 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.538 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.538 %)DB2
31 (0.538 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (2.688 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.538 %)Oracle Forms
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
117 (9.140 %)Finance
213 (6.989 %)Pensions
39 (4.839 %)Government
48 (4.301 %)Health
54 (2.151 %)Telecoms
54 (2.151 %)Manufacturing
63 (1.613 %)Local Government
63 (1.613 %)Education
72 (1.075 %)Electric
81 (0.538 %)Legal
81 (0.538 %)Electronics
81 (0.538 %)Automotive
81 (0.538 %)Banking
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
175 (40.32 %)Analyst
226 (13.98 %)Support Analyst
325 (13.44 %)Service Analyst
420 (10.75 %)Service Desk Analyst
514 (7.527 %)Network Support
514 (7.527 %)Technical Analyst
613 (6.989 %)Developer
613 (6.989 %)Support Engineer
712 (6.452 %)Junior
712 (6.452 %)Service Manager
712 (6.452 %)Administrator
712 (6.452 %)Junior Network Support
811 (5.914 %)Technical Support
99 (4.839 %)Lotus Notes Developer
108 (4.301 %)Business Analyst
117 (3.763 %)Lotus Notes Administrator
126 (3.226 %)Technical Support Analyst
126 (3.226 %)Consultant
126 (3.226 %)2nd Line Support
126 (3.226 %)Service Desk Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (7.527 %)AS400
28 (4.301 %)Thin Client
28 (4.301 %)Fat Client
37 (3.763 %)Blackberry
46 (3.226 %)Clustering
46 (3.226 %)Statistics
53 (1.613 %)CMDB
53 (1.613 %)Pocket PC
53 (1.613 %)Replication
62 (1.075 %)Mainframe
62 (1.075 %)Management Information System
62 (1.075 %)Computer Science
71 (0.538 %)Ergonomics
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
199 (53.23 %)Windows
240 (21.51 %)Windows Server 2003
322 (11.83 %)Windows XP
415 (8.065 %)Windows 2000
511 (5.914 %)UNIX
511 (5.914 %)Linux
511 (5.914 %)Red Hat Linux
69 (4.839 %)Windows NT
78 (4.301 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (3.226 %)NetWare
95 (2.688 %)HPUX
104 (2.151 %)Windows Vista
113 (1.613 %)AIX
121 (0.538 %)OS/400
121 (0.538 %)i5/OS
121 (0.538 %)SUSE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
141 (22.04 %)ITIL
218 (9.677 %)Service Delivery
315 (8.065 %)Change Management
410 (5.376 %)Project Management
410 (5.376 %)Service Management
410 (5.376 %)ERP
59 (4.839 %)Incident Management
59 (4.839 %)Security Cleared
68 (4.301 %)Problem Management
68 (4.301 %)CRM
77 (3.763 %)Systems Analysis
86 (3.226 %)Content Management
86 (3.226 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (2.688 %)Business Continuity
104 (2.151 %)Load Testing
104 (2.151 %)Migration
104 (2.151 %)BPR
104 (2.151 %)CAD
104 (2.151 %)Configuration Management
113 (1.613 %)ITSM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (7.527 %)SQL
211 (5.914 %)Java
36 (3.226 %)JavaScript
45 (2.688 %)LotusScript
53 (1.613 %)VB
62 (1.075 %)C
71 (0.538 %)C#
71 (0.538 %)PHP
71 (0.538 %)PL/SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (9.677 %)Degree
211 (5.914 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (4.301 %)MCSE
43 (1.613 %)MCP
43 (1.613 %)CCNA
43 (1.613 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.075 %)ITIL Certification
52 (1.075 %)CCNP
61 (0.538 %)Postgraduate
61 (0.538 %)CCA
61 (0.538 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.538 %)RHCE
61 (0.538 %)Network+ Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (8.602 %)SLA
21 (0.538 %)QA
21 (0.538 %)ISO9000
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
141 (22.04 %)Active Directory
218 (9.677 %)MetaFrame
316 (8.602 %)Citrix Presentation Server
49 (4.839 %)NetBackup
56 (3.226 %)Terminal Services
64 (2.151 %)ISA Server
73 (1.613 %)Terminal Server
73 (1.613 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (4.301 %)Legato
27 (3.763 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
27 (3.763 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (2.151 %)ZENworks
34 (2.151 %)MOM
34 (2.151 %)WSUS
43 (1.613 %)MAILsweeper
43 (1.613 %)DameWare
51 (0.538 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.538 %)Tivoli
51 (0.538 %)HP Data Protector
51 (0.538 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
178 (41.94 %)Citrix
263 (33.87 %)Microsoft
338 (20.43 %)Cisco
424 (12.90 %)Oracle
517 (9.140 %)IBM
517 (9.140 %)HP
611 (5.914 %)Novell
611 (5.914 %)Red Hat
611 (5.914 %)VMware
79 (4.839 %)Cognos
87 (3.763 %)CommVault
96 (3.226 %)FatWire
105 (2.688 %)Dell
114 (2.151 %)SAP
114 (2.151 %)Alcatel
114 (2.151 %)Sophos
114 (2.151 %)Remedy
114 (2.151 %)LANDesk
123 (1.613 %)McAfee Security
123 (1.613 %)Mapinfo