Application Packaging Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 93 109 131
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +22
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 24 23 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.045% 0.726% 0.032%
As % of the Application Development category 3.828% 2.447% 0.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 0
Average daily rate £285 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-0.32% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £33.75 £60.37 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.09% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +59.09%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 627 940 748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.30% 29.68% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 521 431
Average daily rate £302 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 24
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £145.42 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Cheshire +18 19 £278 -12.44%
Lancashire - 3 £325 -
Manchester -2 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 £285 -
Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 24 (52.17%) Microsoft App-V
3 22 (47.83%) MSI
4 19 (41.30%) Citrix
4 19 (41.30%) Windows 7
5 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
6 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
7 15 (32.61%) SC Cleared
8 14 (30.43%) InstallShield
9 13 (28.26%) AdminStudio
9 13 (28.26%) Migration
9 13 (28.26%) Windows XP
10 11 (23.91%) SCCM
11 10 (21.74%) MS Excel
11 10 (21.74%) VBScript
11 10 (21.74%) VB
12 9 (19.57%) XenApp
13 8 (17.39%) Dell
14 7 (15.22%) DSL
14 7 (15.22%) Software Packaging
15 6 (13.04%) Wise Package Studio
15 6 (13.04%) XenDesktop
16 5 (10.87%) Finance
16 5 (10.87%) Data Analysis
17 4 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (8.696%) Active Directory
17 4 (8.696%) ITIL
17 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2
18 3 (6.522%) MS Exchange
18 3 (6.522%) Validation

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 7 (15.22%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.522%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.174%) Lync
3 1 (2.174%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (21.74%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.174%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.22%) DSL
2 3 (6.522%) Wireless
3 2 (4.348%) WAN
3 2 (4.348%) Ethernet
3 2 (4.348%) SAN
4 1 (2.174%) VPN
4 1 (2.174%) LAN
4 1 (2.174%) SMS
4 1 (2.174%) IP Telephony
4 1 (2.174%) NAS
4 1 (2.174%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (47.83%) MSI
2 14 (30.43%) InstallShield
3 13 (28.26%) AdminStudio
4 6 (13.04%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 5 (10.87%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Local Government
3 1 (2.174%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (32.61%) Applications Packager
2 7 (15.22%) Consultant
3 6 (13.04%) Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Applications Consultant
4 4 (8.696%) Software Packager
4 4 (8.696%) Test Manager
5 3 (6.522%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.522%) Desktop Support
5 3 (6.522%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.348%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (4.348%) Server Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Server Support Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (2.174%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.174%) Applications Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Windows Server Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) MI Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.174%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.174%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.174%) Clustering
2 1 (2.174%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 19 (41.30%) Windows 7
3 13 (28.26%) Windows XP
4 4 (8.696%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.174%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.174%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Migration
2 5 (10.87%) Data Analysis
3 4 (8.696%) ITIL
3 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2
4 3 (6.522%) Asset Management
4 3 (6.522%) Validation
5 2 (4.348%) Information Management
5 2 (4.348%) Test Management
5 2 (4.348%) PRINCE
5 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
5 2 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (2.174%) Compatibility Testing
6 1 (2.174%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.174%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.174%) Project Management
6 1 (2.174%) Change Management
6 1 (2.174%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.174%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.174%) Change Control
6 1 (2.174%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) VBScript
1 10 (21.74%) VB
2 1 (2.174%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 15 (32.61%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.174%) MCSE
4 1 (2.174%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (2.174%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft App-V
2 9 (19.57%) XenApp
3 6 (13.04%) XenDesktop
4 4 (8.696%) Active Directory
5 3 (6.522%) XenServer
6 2 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) SCCM
2 1 (2.174%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Citrix
2 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
3 8 (17.39%) Dell
4 2 (4.348%) Intel
4 2 (4.348%) VMware
4 2 (4.348%) AppSense
5 1 (2.174%) Cisco
5 1 (2.174%) EMC
5 1 (2.174%) HP
5 1 (2.174%) Novell
5 1 (2.174%) Websense
5 1 (2.174%) SurfControl
Application Packager APP V 4.5, 4.6 (MSI, WISE)
Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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