HCL Notes Contract Job Trends

HCL Notes (formerly IBM Notes, Lotus Notes)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring HCL Notes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 553 616
Rank change year-on-year +22 +63 +200
Contract jobs citing HCL Notes 20 18 16
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.047% 0.033%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.56% 0.44% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 13
10th Percentile £227 £140 £134
25th Percentile £402 £161 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £625 £410
90th Percentile £485 £650 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £368 £140 £140
% change year-on-year +162.86% - -58.52%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

HCL Notes falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,565 4,120 4,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.76% 10.86% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,333 2,612 3,307
10th Percentile £275 £263 £256
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +4.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £825 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £458 £475
% change year-on-year -1.64% -3.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 76 145
10th Percentile £16.12 £18.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £33.33 £37.25 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +18.25% +43.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.44 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.99 £55.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -45.47% +91.30% +50.48%

HCL Notes
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HCL Notes relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

HCL Notes job vacancy trend in the UK

HCL Notes
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HCL Notes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HCL Notes

HCL Notes
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HCL Notes over the 6 months to 10 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HCL Notes in the UK

HCL Notes
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HCL Notes.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HCL Notes

HCL Notes
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HCL Notes within the UK over the 6 months to 10 October 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
England +13 17 £415 -20.95% 4
London +19 11 £415 -30.83% 1
UK excluding London -7 8 £368 +162.86% 4
Work from Home +26 5 £392 -39.77%
Scotland -13 3 £368 +162.86%
West Midlands - 3 - -
Midlands - 3 - - 2
South East +7 1 £575 +310.71% 2
South West - 1 £135 -

HCL Notes
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (45.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (20.00%) HCL Domino
3 1 (5.00%) Mendix
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 10 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 9 (45.00%) Power Automate
3 5 (25.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) Power BI
2 4 (20.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Subversion
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Developer
2 9 (45.00%) Power Platform Developer
3 3 (15.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Help Desk Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) IT Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Lotus Notes Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Low-Code Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) First Line Help Desk Support
5 1 (5.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Lotus Notes Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) .NET
2 5 (25.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (5.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Low-Code
2 4 (20.00%) Derivative
3 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (15.00%) Agile
4 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Data Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.00%) API Integration
6 1 (5.00%) Backlog Management
6 1 (5.00%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.00%) DevOps
6 1 (5.00%) Release Management
6 1 (5.00%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) C#
2 8 (40.00%) LotusScript
3 5 (25.00%) Formula Language
3 5 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
5 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Dell Certification
1 2 (10.00%) MCP
1 2 (10.00%) MCSE
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Lotus
2 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) Dell
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.00%) Kofax
5 1 (5.00%) SAP