The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cambridge 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank - 45 -
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.683% -
As % of the Application Development category - 1.911% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +14.54%
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
82 157 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 26.03% 35.76% 46.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 86 75
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £225 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £403 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 11
Average hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.75 £35.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £60.00 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
Application Packaging
Cambridgeshire

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V