The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging 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 of the Application Development category for the Leeds 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 Packaging
Rank - 66 56
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.225% 0.160%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.840% 0.709%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £365 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +82.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.32% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +59.09%
All Application Development
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
264 238 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 35.44% 26.74% 22.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 158 79
Average daily rate £290 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £264 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £33.00 £22.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.66% -47.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Application Packaging
West Yorkshire

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ZENworks
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Novell
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Business Desktop Deployment
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) VB
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL V2
3 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) MCSA
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Finance

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (25.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (50.00%) Release Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL V2
1 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) MCSA
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) ZENworks
2 2 (50.00%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Novell
3 1 (25.00%) Lotus