Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Packager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Packager
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank125153
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads1010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.253 %0.186 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£382£203
Average daily rate£382£226
% change on same period last year+68.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£258
% change on same period last year+24.68 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.38£31.25
% change on same period last year+0.40 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads39505371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.222 %5.755 %
Daily rates quoted11381373
Average minimum daily rate£346£342
Average daily rate£367£362
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted557675
Average minimum hourly rate£23.34£25.38
Average hourly rate£24.90£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Applications Packager EnglandApplications Packager
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Packager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Applications Packager Demand Trend

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Packager across the South West region.

South West Applications Packager Daily Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GloucestershireUp+1110£382+45.52 %
Applications Packager EnglandApplications Packager
England

Applications Packager
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

18 (61.54 %)Application Packaging
26 (46.15 %)Security Cleared
35 (38.46 %)DV Cleared
35 (38.46 %)Windows
44 (30.77 %)Citrix
44 (30.77 %)SoftGrid
53 (23.08 %)VBScript
53 (23.08 %)VB
53 (23.08 %)ITIL
53 (23.08 %)SMS
62 (15.38 %)MSI
71 (7.692 %)InstallShield
71 (7.692 %)Change Management
71 (7.692 %)Finance
71 (7.692 %)Government
71 (7.692 %)Validation
71 (7.692 %)CA
71 (7.692 %)TestDirector
71 (7.692 %)Unicenter
71 (7.692 %)Remedy
71 (7.692 %)Sophos
71 (7.692 %)Active Directory
71 (7.692 %)HP
71 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
71 (7.692 %)Windows NT
71 (7.692 %)Windows XP
71 (7.692 %)QA
71 (7.692 %)User Acceptance Testing

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (61.54 %)Application Packaging
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (30.77 %)SoftGrid
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (23.08 %)SMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)MSI
21 (7.692 %)InstallShield
21 (7.692 %)TestDirector
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Government
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (38.46 %)Windows
21 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
21 (7.692 %)Windows NT
21 (7.692 %)Windows XP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (46.15 %)Security Cleared
25 (38.46 %)DV Cleared
33 (23.08 %)ITIL
41 (7.692 %)Change Management
41 (7.692 %)Validation
41 (7.692 %)User Acceptance Testing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (23.08 %)VBScript
13 (23.08 %)VB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)QA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.692 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (7.692 %)Unicenter
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (30.77 %)Citrix
21 (7.692 %)CA
21 (7.692 %)Remedy
21 (7.692 %)Sophos
21 (7.692 %)HP