Berkshire Applications Packager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Packager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Douglas East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Man Leatherhead Leeds Leek London Luton Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Norwich Reading Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Staffordshire Staines Surrey Telford Tyne and Wear UK West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	112	163
Rank change on same period last year	+51
Matching contract IT job ads	17	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.535 %	0.066 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£315
Average daily rate	£375	£315
% change on same period last year	+19.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£315
UK excluding London average daily rate	£279	£296
% change on same period last year	-5.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.50	-
Average hourly rate	£28.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.33	£25.00
% change on same period last year	+9.33 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	3175	4574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.190 %	4.555 %
Daily rates quoted	784	1441
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£350
Average daily rate	£360	£367
% change on same period last year	-1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	233	460
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.29	£28.17
Average hourly rate	£24.91	£29.53
% change on same period last year	-15.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.53	£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Packager across the Berkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Packager across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the Berkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Packager across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	15	£375	-
Slough	-3	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications Packager in their job title 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 with Applications Packager in their job title.

1 17 (77.27 %) Windows 1 17 (77.27 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 16 (72.73 %) HP 3 14 (63.64 %) VBScript 3 14 (63.64 %) Security Cleared 4 13 (59.09 %) Government 5 12 (54.55 %) Windows Server 2003 6 9 (40.91 %) StarTeam 6 9 (40.91 %) TCP/IP 6 9 (40.91 %) Borland 7 8 (36.36 %) Software Packaging 7 8 (36.36 %) SC Cleared 8 7 (31.82 %) Configuration Management 9 5 (22.73 %) WSH 10 3 (13.64 %) MSI

10 3 (13.64 %) SMS 10 3 (13.64 %) Altiris 10 3 (13.64 %) Application Packaging 11 2 (9.091 %) Telecoms 11 2 (9.091 %) Finance 11 2 (9.091 %) Legal 11 2 (9.091 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 11 2 (9.091 %) Microsoft 12 1 (4.545 %) Active Directory 12 1 (4.545 %) VB 12 1 (4.545 %) Windows XP 12 1 (4.545 %) SQL 12 1 (4.545 %) InstallShield 12 1 (4.545 %) SCCM 12 1 (4.545 %) SoftGrid

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications Packager in their job title 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 with Applications Packager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (36.36 %) Software Packaging 2 5 (22.73 %) WSH 3 3 (13.64 %) Application Packaging	Business Applications 1 1 (4.545 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 9 (40.91 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (13.64 %) SMS	Development Applications 1 9 (40.91 %) StarTeam 2 3 (13.64 %) MSI 3 1 (4.545 %) InstallShield
General 1 13 (59.09 %) Government 2 2 (9.091 %) Telecoms 2 2 (9.091 %) Finance 2 2 (9.091 %) Legal	Operating Systems 1 17 (77.27 %) Windows 2 12 (54.55 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (4.545 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (63.64 %) Security Cleared 2 8 (36.36 %) SC Cleared 3 7 (31.82 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 14 (63.64 %) VBScript 2 1 (4.545 %) VB 2 1 (4.545 %) SQL
System Software 1 1 (4.545 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 17 (77.27 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 2 (9.091 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (4.545 %) SCCM
Vendors 1 16 (72.73 %) HP 2 9 (40.91 %) Borland 3 3 (13.64 %) Altiris 4 2 (9.091 %) Microsoft