The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank 66 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% 0.405% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.481% 2.174% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £325 £320 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
208 184 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 25.65% 18.64% 21.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 94 103
Average daily rate £325 £308 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -6.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Application Packaging Daily 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes +3 1 £325 +1.56%
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) AdminStudio
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) MSI
3 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AdminStudio
2 1 (33.33%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM