The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 - 82 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.153% -
As % of the Application Development category - 0.509% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £320 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.56% +13.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -39.39%
All Application Development
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
281 393 288
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 30.58% 30.11% 28.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 235 158
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 12 14
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.25% -41.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £14.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £160.50 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
North West

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Packaging across the Manchester region.

Manchester Software Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Kaspersky
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Veritas
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Kaspersky