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

The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Packaging over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 59 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 2 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% 0.861% -
As % of the Application Development category 1.227% 2.905% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £315 £318 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.78% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.56% +13.67%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 163 241 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.58% 29.64% 26.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 128 173
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £300
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 3 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%
Software Packaging
North West

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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 +1 1 - -
Chester - 1 £315 -
Software Packaging
North West

Software Packaging
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) Application Packaging
2 7 (87.50%) InstallShield
2 7 (87.50%) AdminStudio
2 7 (87.50%) Windows XP
3 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Wise Package Studio
3 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) QA
5 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (25.00%) SCCM
5 2 (25.00%) VBScript
5 2 (25.00%) VB
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 9000
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 7 (87.50%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
2 7 (87.50%) InstallShield
2 7 (87.50%) AdminStudio
3 6 (75.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Applications Packager
2 4 (50.00%) Software Packager
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 7 (87.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) VBScript
1 2 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
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