Software 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 Software 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 Software 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
Software Packaging
Rank 114 121 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 3 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.131% 0.347% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.478% 1.170% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £315 £318 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.78% -
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
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%
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Software Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software 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 +1 2 £315 -0.78%
Merseyside - 1 - -
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) MSI
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) Windows 7
3 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 7 (63.64%) Windows XP
3 7 (63.64%) Application Packaging
3 7 (63.64%) InstallShield
3 7 (63.64%) AdminStudio
4 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
4 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Wise Package Studio
5 4 (36.36%) SCCM
6 3 (27.27%) QA
6 3 (27.27%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) VPN
7 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
7 2 (18.18%) Release Management
7 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
7 2 (18.18%) Change Management
7 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (18.18%) NetScreen
7 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
7 2 (18.18%) VMS
7 2 (18.18%) SQL
7 2 (18.18%) VBScript
7 2 (18.18%) VB
7 2 (18.18%) SQL Server

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 7 (63.64%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
1 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
2 1 (9.091%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
1 2 (18.18%) Internet
1 2 (18.18%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) MSI
2 7 (63.64%) InstallShield
2 7 (63.64%) AdminStudio
3 6 (54.55%) Wise Package Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Applications Packager
2 4 (36.36%) Software Packager
3 1 (9.091%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) SCCM Specialist
3 1 (9.091%) Server Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Windows 7
3 7 (63.64%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) VMS
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Release Management
2 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.091%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
1 2 (18.18%) VBScript
1 2 (18.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.091%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (18.18%) XenServer
2 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) SCCM
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) Veritas
2 2 (18.18%) Symantec
2 2 (18.18%) Kaspersky
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Posted: 17 May 2013
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