The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packager
Rank 62 66 64
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 9 15 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.045% 1.318% 1.261%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.142% 1.431% 1.430%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
Average daily rate £400 £285 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.35% +21.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £309 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+3.00% +9.09%
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
788 1048 909
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.52% 92.09% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 345 407
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 60 40
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.20 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Packager
Berkshire

Applications Packager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Applications Packager Daily Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Packager across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading Applications Packager Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Packager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the Reading region.

Reading Applications Packager Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) MSI
3 10 (66.67%) Citrix
4 9 (60.00%) XenApp
5 8 (53.33%) VBScript
6 7 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (40.00%) VMware
8 5 (33.33%) Validation
8 5 (33.33%) InstallShield
8 5 (33.33%) VB
8 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
8 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
9 4 (26.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
9 4 (26.67%) Altiris
10 3 (20.00%) QA
10 3 (20.00%) Software Packaging
10 3 (20.00%) Change Management
10 3 (20.00%) Finance
10 3 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 3 (20.00%) SCCM
11 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
11 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
11 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
11 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
11 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) Software Packaging
2 2 (13.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (6.667%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (80.00%) MSI
2 5 (33.33%) InstallShield
3 2 (13.33%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Publishing
3 1 (6.667%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Thin Client
1 1 (6.667%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Vista
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Change Management
2 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) VBScript
2 5 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) XenApp
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 4 (26.67%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
6 1 (6.667%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (6.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (66.67%) Citrix
3 6 (40.00%) VMware
4 4 (26.67%) Altiris
5 2 (13.33%) Autodesk
6 1 (6.667%) HP