Lotus Contracts

Lotus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 511 565 701
Rank change year-on-year +54 +136 +102
Contract jobs citing Lotus 9 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.039% 0.028%
As % of the Vendors category 0.065% 0.092% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 14
10th Percentile £122 £260 -
25th Percentile £133 £450 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £500 £243
Median % change year-on-year -62.00% +106.19% -51.50%
75th Percentile £375 £575 £575
90th Percentile £450 - £593
UK excluding London median daily rate £190 £260 £538
% change year-on-year -26.92% -51.63% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.32% -74.13%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £14.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year - -24.32% -

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

Lotus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lotus in the UK

Lotus
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lotus in the UK

Lotus
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Lotus in the UK

Lotus
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Lotus in the UK

Lotus
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lotus within the UK 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
UK excluding London +65 8 £190 -26.92% 5
England +50 6 £190 -57.78% 6
Work from Home +45 6 £425 -15.00% 2
Midlands +25 5 £345 +32.69% 1
West Midlands +17 5 £345 +32.69%
Scotland - 2 £233 -
South West - 1 £135 -

Lotus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (100.00%) IBM Notes
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Help Desk Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
3 1 (11.11%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) A+ Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Dell Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCP
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Dell
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow