Applications Packager Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South East 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 Packager
Rank 162 214 219
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 61 33 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.781% 0.325% 0.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.842% 0.351% 0.341%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 18 9
Average daily rate £300 £280 £246
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +13.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £365 £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.16% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £34.25 £25.88
% change year-on-year
-16.05% +32.32%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Packager
England

Applications Packager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Applications Packager Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the South East 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
Hampshire +4 12 £300 -14.28%
Kent +3 12 £280 +6.06%
Berkshire +8 10 £325 +12.06%
Oxfordshire +15 7 £340 +13.33%
Surrey +28 6 £250 +5.26%
Buckinghamshire +15 6 £350 -
West Sussex - 4 £400 -
Middlesex +7 2 £350 -
Applications Packager
England

Applications Packager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 111 (87.40%) Windows
2 96 (75.59%) MSI
3 93 (73.23%) Microsoft
4 92 (72.44%) Windows 7
5 85 (66.93%) SCCM
5 85 (66.93%) Microsoft App-V
6 55 (43.31%) VBScript
7 49 (38.58%) Windows XP
8 40 (31.50%) Wise Package Studio
9 36 (28.35%) Active Directory
10 35 (27.56%) InstallShield
11 31 (24.41%) QA
12 30 (23.62%) Security Cleared
13 25 (19.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 25 (19.69%) MCP
14 24 (18.90%) Citrix
14 24 (18.90%) Application Packaging
15 23 (18.11%) Migration
16 18 (14.17%) Finance
16 18 (14.17%) MS Excel
17 17 (13.39%) SC Cleared
17 17 (13.39%) Windows Server 2008
18 15 (11.81%) XenApp
18 15 (11.81%) VB
19 14 (11.02%) OpenView Configuration Management
20 12 (9.449%) AdminStudio
21 11 (8.661%) VMware
21 11 (8.661%) User Acceptance Testing
22 9 (7.087%) Validation
22 9 (7.087%) Local Government

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 24 (18.90%) Application Packaging
2 4 (3.150%) Software Packaging
3 3 (2.362%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.362%) MS Exchange
1 3 (2.362%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (14.17%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.575%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.787%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.787%) SMS
1 1 (0.787%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.362%) SQL Server
1 3 (2.362%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 96 (75.59%) MSI
2 40 (31.50%) Wise Package Studio
3 35 (27.56%) InstallShield
4 12 (9.449%) AdminStudio
General
1 18 (14.17%) Finance
2 9 (7.087%) Local Government
3 4 (3.150%) Publishing
4 3 (2.362%) Banking
5 1 (0.787%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (0.787%) Thin Client
1 1 (0.787%) Fat Client
1 1 (0.787%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 111 (87.40%) Windows
2 92 (72.44%) Windows 7
3 49 (38.58%) Windows XP
4 17 (13.39%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (5.512%) Windows Vista
6 5 (3.937%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (3.150%) Windows 8
8 3 (2.362%) Windows 2000
8 3 (2.362%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (18.11%) Migration
2 11 (8.661%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (7.087%) Validation
3 9 (7.087%) Software Distribution
4 6 (4.724%) DNA
5 5 (3.937%) Change Management
6 3 (2.362%) Workflow
6 3 (2.362%) Configuration Management
6 3 (2.362%) ITIL
6 3 (2.362%) Service Delivery
6 3 (2.362%) Unit Testing
7 2 (1.575%) Software Deployment
8 1 (0.787%) Data Entry
8 1 (0.787%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (0.787%) Compatibility Testing
8 1 (0.787%) Service Management
8 1 (0.787%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (43.31%) VBScript
2 15 (11.81%) VB
3 5 (3.937%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.575%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.787%) C
Qualifications
1 30 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 25 (19.69%) MCP
2 25 (19.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (13.39%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.937%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.362%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (24.41%) QA
2 1 (0.787%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.787%) SLA
2 1 (0.787%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 85 (66.93%) Microsoft App-V
2 36 (28.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (11.81%) XenApp
4 6 (4.724%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (3.937%) XenDesktop
6 4 (3.150%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (2.362%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.787%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 85 (66.93%) SCCM
2 14 (11.02%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 9 (7.087%) AppDNA
4 4 (3.150%) ChangeBASE
5 2 (1.575%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 93 (73.23%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.90%) Citrix
3 11 (8.661%) VMware
4 7 (5.512%) Altiris
5 4 (3.150%) HP
6 3 (2.362%) AppSense
7 2 (1.575%) Dell
8 1 (0.787%) Autodesk
Application Packager - App-V
South East England
Job Title: Applications PackagerDuration: 6 monthsLocation: South EastApplications Packager / AppV SpecialistROLE:Working on a high profile global programme. Windows7 migration.Certification and Packaging of PC Desktop and Server...
Rate: £300 - £385 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Application Packager / App-V
South East England
Job Title: Applications PackagerDuration: 6 monthsLocation: South EastApplications Packager / AppV SpecialistROLE:Working on a high profile global programme. Windows7 migration.Certification and Packaging of PC Desktop and Server...
Rate: £300 - £385 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
SC cleared Application Packagers required - Farnborough
Farnborough, Hampshire
Ideally candidates will be SC cleared (or willing and eligible to go through the process)... Understanding of packaging technologies - MSI packaging using Installshield and virtualisation using App-V...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 May 2013
SCCM Application Packager
West Sussex
My client is urgently seeking a SCCM/Application Packager. The successful candidates will have experience of: - Application packaging discovery... - SCCM 2007 Software Distribution. - SCCM 2007 Virtual Application Streaming.
Experis IT
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
SC Application Packager - Farnborough - 3 months - Circa £300pd
Farnborough, Hampshire
The SC Application Packager will ideally have the following skills: - Application packaging discovery - Application installation testing/troubleshooting - Understanding of packaging technologies - VBScript - Group Policy - SCCM 2007 Software Distribution -...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 14 May 2013
SC Application Packager - Farnborough - 3 months - Circa £350pd
Farnborough, Hampshire
The SC Application Packager will ideally have the following skills: - Application packaging discovery - Application installation testing/troubleshooting - Understanding of packaging technologies - VBScript - Group Policy - SCCM 2007 Software Distribution -...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 May 2013
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