Lotus Contracts in the Midlands

Lotus
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring knowledge or experience of Lotus products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Lotus over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IBM Lotus Software.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 131 165
Rank change year-on-year +25 +34 +36
Contract jobs citing Lotus 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.073% 0.058%
As % of the Vendors category 0.58% 0.17% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £217 - -
25th Percentile £264 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £260 £600
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% -56.67% -
75th Percentile £424 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
England median daily rate £190 £450 £243
% change year-on-year -57.78% +85.57% -59.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £14.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -24.32% -75.97%

All Vendors
Midlands

Lotus falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 862 1,185 1,730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 45.04% 42.98% 50.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 750 1,154
10th Percentile £200 £212 £209
25th Percentile £326 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -5.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £661 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 78 58
10th Percentile £13.25 £10.92 £13.13
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.13 £15.61 £20.20
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -22.75% +18.82%
75th Percentile £23.00 £26.50 £37.69
90th Percentile £31.33 £47.42 £65.30
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Lotus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Lotus in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lotus in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Lotus in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lotus in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lotus in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lotus in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Lotus in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +17 5 £345 +32.69%
Lotus
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) IBM Notes
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (20.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Support
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow