The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheltenham 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 5.333% - -
As % of the Application Development category 21.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £310 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £319 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -39.39%
All Application Development
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
19 81 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 25.33% 32.02% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 19
Average daily rate £325 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.57% +58.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £395 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £713 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
Gloucestershire

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Software Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Software 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 Software Packaging.

1 7 (100.00%) MSI
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (85.71%) DV Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
2 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (71.43%) Application Packaging
3 5 (71.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Service Management
4 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 3 (42.86%) Finance

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham region citing Software 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 Software Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) Application Packaging
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows 7
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
1 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft App-V