The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Crewe 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 Crewe 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 11 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe 2.564% 7.937% -
As % of the Application Development category 7.143% 15.63% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £303 -
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
Crewe
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
14 32 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Crewe 35.90% 50.79% 48.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 21
Average daily rate £315 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
Cheshire

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) MSI
1 6 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 6 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 6 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 6 (100.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
4 1 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 9000

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Crewe 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 6 (100.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) MSI
1 6 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 6 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 6 (100.00%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Applications Packager
2 4 (66.67%) Software Packager
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft