Lotus Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Lotus
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 15 December 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
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 103 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Lotus 3 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.20% 0.60% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.46% 1.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
10th Percentile £178 - -
25th Percentile £249 £115 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year +162.86% - -
75th Percentile £406 £393 -
90th Percentile £428 £449 -
UK median daily rate £415 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +10.67% +7.14% -4.11%

All Vendors
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 658 642 1,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 42.81% 38.33% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 367 599
10th Percentile £229 £173 £181
25th Percentile £381 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £625 £651 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 38 35
10th Percentile - £13.52 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.60 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +20.97% +10.05%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £30.22 £71.40
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% -35.56% +75.03%

Lotus
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lotus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Lotus job vacancy trend in Scotland

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Lotus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Lotus

Lotus
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lotus in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lotus in Scotland

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Lotus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Lotus

Lotus
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Fife -2 1 £130 +13.04%
Lotus
UK

Lotus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) HCL Notes
2 2 (66.67%) HCL Domino
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lotus Notes Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) LotusScript
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Dell Certification
2 1 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft