The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 19 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 East Midlands 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packaging
Rank 76 75 80
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +5
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 7 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.547% 0.524% 0.337%
As % of the Application Development category 2.310% 2.102% 1.597%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
303 333 313
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 23.67% 24.93% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 177 138
Average daily rate £310 £275 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £393 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 18
Average hourly rate £33.00 £19.75 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.08% -39.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.40 £8.50 £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) SCCM
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (85.71%) VB
2 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Vista
2 6 (85.71%) Client/Server
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) MSI
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
4 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MSI
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Applications Packager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Vista
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) VB
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft