The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Packager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Kent 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packager
Rank 26 29 39
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 12 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.922% 2.642% 1.881%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.225% 2.893% 1.942%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 4
Average daily rate £280 £264 £246
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +7.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £247 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £307 £273 £261
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.16% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £34.25 £25.88
% change year-on-year
-16.05% +32.32%
All Job Titles
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
284 242 309
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 92.81% 91.32% 96.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 118 174
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £138 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 23
Average hourly rate £16.00 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £27.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Packager
South East

Applications Packager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent Applications Packager Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Packager across the Kent region.

Kent Applications Packager Daily Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Maidstone +2 5 £275 +3.77%
Applications Packager
South East

Applications Packager
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Applications Packager in their job title 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 with Applications Packager in their job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Windows
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 29 (100.00%) SCCM
1 29 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 28 (96.55%) MSI
3 27 (93.10%) Wise Package Studio
4 25 (86.21%) QA
4 25 (86.21%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (86.21%) VBScript
4 25 (86.21%) MCP
5 20 (68.97%) Microsoft App-V
6 16 (55.17%) Migration
6 16 (55.17%) Windows XP
7 9 (31.03%) Local Government
8 8 (27.59%) Finance
8 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
9 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
10 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
10 1 (3.448%) ISO 14001
10 1 (3.448%) Summit

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Applications Packager in their job title 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 with Applications Packager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Summit
Development Applications
1 28 (96.55%) MSI
2 27 (93.10%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 9 (31.03%) Local Government
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
1 29 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 16 (55.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 25 (86.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) MCP
1 25 (86.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (86.21%) QA
2 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
2 1 (3.448%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 29 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) Microsoft