Application Packaging Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 24 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 Cheshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank 47 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 16 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.210% 0.375% -
As % of the Application Development category 9.877% 1.304% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £275 £268 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £308 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.25% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 162 230 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.38% 28.79% 27.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 123 176
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Application Packaging
North West

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Crewe +14 9 £275 +2.61%
Runcorn - 6 - -
Knutsford - 3 £226 -
Application Packaging
North West

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 19 (55.88%) MSI
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft App-V
2 17 (50.00%) Windows
3 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
4 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
5 13 (38.24%) InstallShield
5 13 (38.24%) AdminStudio
5 13 (38.24%) Citrix
6 12 (35.29%) Migration
6 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
7 8 (23.53%) MS Excel
7 8 (23.53%) VBScript
7 8 (23.53%) VB
8 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
8 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
8 7 (20.59%) DSL
8 7 (20.59%) Software Packaging
9 6 (17.65%) XenApp
9 6 (17.65%) Wise Package Studio
9 6 (17.65%) Dell
10 5 (14.71%) Finance
10 5 (14.71%) SCCM
10 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
11 4 (11.76%) XenDesktop
11 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
12 3 (8.824%) ITIL
12 3 (8.824%) Validation
12 3 (8.824%) Local Government
13 2 (5.882%) QA
13 2 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 7 (20.59%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) DSL
Development Applications
1 19 (55.88%) MSI
2 13 (38.24%) InstallShield
2 13 (38.24%) AdminStudio
3 6 (17.65%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 5 (14.71%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Local Government
3 1 (2.941%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Applications Packager
2 6 (17.65%) Consultant
2 6 (17.65%) Applications Consultant
3 5 (14.71%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Software Packager
4 4 (11.76%) Test Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Support Specialist
7 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.941%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
7 1 (2.941%) MI Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Manager
Operating Systems
1 17 (50.00%) Windows
2 12 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Migration
2 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
3 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 3 (8.824%) ITIL
4 3 (8.824%) Validation
5 2 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
5 2 (5.882%) Information Management
5 2 (5.882%) Test Management
5 2 (5.882%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.941%) Change Management
6 1 (2.941%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) VBScript
1 8 (23.53%) VB
2 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
2 1 (2.941%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (17.65%) XenApp
3 4 (11.76%) XenDesktop
4 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) Citrix
2 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (17.65%) Dell
4 1 (2.941%) VMware
4 1 (2.941%) AppSense
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