Hybrid/Remote Lotus Contract Job Trends

Lotus
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 306 313 367
Rank change year-on-year +7 +54 +170
Contract jobs citing Lotus 6 8 7
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.068% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.12% 0.15% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £373 £351 £200
25th Percentile £380 £427 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £392 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -28.82% +57.14% -4.11%
75th Percentile £403 £650 £401
90th Percentile £410 - £480
UK median daily rate £415 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +10.67% +7.14% -4.11%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,980 5,247 7,733
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 49.00% 44.89% 44.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,123 3,146 4,906
10th Percentile £326 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 94 181
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £19.36 £23.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £63.63 £66.52 £75.50
90th Percentile £68.87 £84.20 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% -35.56% +75.03%

Lotus
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Lotus and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Lotus job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Lotus
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lotus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lotus

Lotus
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lotus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lotus

Lotus
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (100.00%) HCL Notes
2 1 (16.67%) HCL Domino
2 1 (16.67%) Mendix
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
1 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) IT Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) First Line Help Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Help Desk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) First Line Help Desk Support
3 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Lotus Notes Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) LotusScript
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Formula Language
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Kofax
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle