The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank 116 135 123
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -12
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 6 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.245% 0.031% 0.239%
As % of the Application Development category 1.101% 0.180% 0.975%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
Average daily rate £450 - £380
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 - £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +45.83%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545 557 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.22% 17.36% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 300
Average daily rate £388 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.42% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire Application Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Application Packaging across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Application Packaging across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Application Packaging Daily Rate Histogram

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +12 3 £450 -
Windsor - 1 - -
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Application Packaging also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Application Packaging.

1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (25.00%) SCCM
3 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Intel
3 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
3 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (8.333%) InstallShield
4 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
4 1 (8.333%) VBScript
4 1 (8.333%) VB
4 1 (8.333%) MS Office
4 1 (8.333%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
4 1 (8.333%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (8.333%) XenApp
4 1 (8.333%) PKI
4 1 (8.333%) Fat Client

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Application Packaging also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Application Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Wireless
1 2 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) InstallShield
1 1 (8.333%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Packager
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) SCCM Administrator
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) Thin Client
2 1 (8.333%) PKI
2 1 (8.333%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) VBScript
1 1 (8.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (8.333%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Intel
3 1 (8.333%) Citrix