The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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 25 51 47
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -4
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 5 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.083% 0.198% 0.889%
As % of the Application Development category 10.87% 0.833% 3.509%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £317 £160 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+98.12% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
46 120 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 19.17% 23.81% 25.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 85 53
Average daily rate £365 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.15% +58.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £325 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £725 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 4
Average hourly rate £24.50 £21.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Application Packaging
South West

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 13 (86.67%) Windows 7
3 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
4 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared
5 9 (60.00%) MSI
6 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
6 7 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (40.00%) VMware
8 5 (33.33%) Migration
8 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
8 5 (33.33%) SCCM
8 5 (33.33%) Software Packaging
9 4 (26.67%) Local Government
9 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
9 4 (26.67%) AppDNA
9 4 (26.67%) Service Management
9 4 (26.67%) VB
9 4 (26.67%) ITIL
10 3 (20.00%) VBScript
10 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
10 3 (20.00%) InstallShield
10 3 (20.00%) AdminStudio
10 3 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
11 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
11 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
11 2 (13.33%) Altiris

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 5 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) MSI
2 3 (20.00%) InstallShield
2 3 (20.00%) AdminStudio
3 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (6.667%) Maven
4 1 (6.667%) Hudson
4 1 (6.667%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (26.67%) Local Government
2 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Applications Packager
2 1 (6.667%) Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
2 1 (6.667%) Applications Consultant
2 1 (6.667%) Release Engineer
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 13 (86.67%) Windows 7
3 7 (46.67%) Windows XP
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
1 5 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (26.67%) Service Management
2 4 (26.67%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.667%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.667%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (26.67%) VB
3 3 (20.00%) VBScript
4 2 (13.33%) Shell Script
5 1 (6.667%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 10 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
3 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
2 4 (26.67%) AppDNA
3 2 (13.33%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Altiris
3 2 (13.33%) Citrix
4 1 (6.667%) HP