Lotus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Lotus products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Lotus over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 683 805
Rank change year-on-year +126 +122 -130
Contract jobs citing Lotus 16 17 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.030% 0.059%
As % of the Vendors category 0.088% 0.069% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 27
10th Percentile £260 - £265
25th Percentile £450 £133 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £243 £500
Median % change year-on-year +116.49% -51.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile - £593 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £260 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -51.63% +7.50% +212.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £66.85
25th Percentile - £18.25 £68.13
Median hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £71.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% -74.13% -
75th Percentile - £18.75 £76.13
90th Percentile - - £78.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 -
% change year-on-year -24.32% - -

All Vendors
UK

Lotus is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,099 24,537 34,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 42.97% 39.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 16,419 23,278
10th Percentile £263 £270 £298
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £741 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 666 888
10th Percentile £12.10 £15.23 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.41% +97.67% -3.00%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.38 £63.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

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 15 May 2024.

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 8 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 15 May 2024. 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 +92 12 £450 +85.57% 11
UK excluding London +52 6 £260 -51.63% 9
London +95 5 £450 +233.33% 2
North of England +24 4 - - 1
North West +22 4 - - 1
Work from Home +125 2 £500 +42.86% 1
Midlands +32 2 £260 -56.67% 2
West Midlands +19 2 £260 -56.67% 2

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 14 (87.50%) IBM Notes
2 6 (37.50%) IBM Domino
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
3 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) SMTP
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Applications Developer
1 5 (31.25%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Administrator
2 2 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) IT Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Agent
2 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Support
2 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) CISSP Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Domino Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Lotus Notes Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Administrator
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
1 5 (31.25%) Cloud Native
1 5 (31.25%) Data Structures
1 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (31.25%) Low-Code
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (31.25%) API Design
2 5 (31.25%) Microservices
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Capacity Management
4 2 (12.50%) Change Control
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 1 (6.25%) Analytics
5 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security
5 1 (6.25%) PLM
5 1 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GLBA
1 1 (6.25%) ISAE 3402
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) CASB
1 1 (6.25%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) New Relic
2 5 (31.25%) Splunk
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco
4 2 (12.50%) IBM
4 2 (12.50%) Proofpoint
5 1 (6.25%) Axway
5 1 (6.25%) McAfee
5 1 (6.25%) Netskope
5 1 (6.25%) Trend Micro