Lotus Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Lotus
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 15 March 2026, 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 93 113
Rank change year-on-year -62 +20 +37
Contract jobs citing Lotus 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £260
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.67%
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £415 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -36.15% +44.44% +28.57%

All Vendors
West 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,380 663 873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 48.52% 49.59% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 436 560
10th Percentile £293 £200 £248
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £600
90th Percentile £645 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 58
10th Percentile £16.06 £12.25 £11.11
25th Percentile £20.06 £17.40 £13.44
Median hourly rate £25.08 £19.50 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% +1.43% +8.49%
75th Percentile £30.56 £30.17 £26.98
90th Percentile £65.72 £34.03 £46.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.76% +21.60% -28.57%

Lotus
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Lotus job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lotus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lotus

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lotus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Lotus

Lotus
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. 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
Warwickshire -11 2 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £325 -
Lotus
England

Lotus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) IT Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft