The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 20 June 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packager
Rank 104 113 120
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 6 22 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.295% 0.714% 0.263%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.315% 0.759% 0.281%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 2
Average daily rate £317 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £288 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £418 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £21.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +4.87%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £34.25 £25.63
% change year-on-year
-27.00% +33.61%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1903 2899 2849
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.42% 94.03% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1739 1420
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £226 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £483 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 174 253
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -3.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Applications Packager Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West Applications Packager Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 19 (86.36%) Windows
1 19 (86.36%) MSI
1 19 (86.36%) Windows 7
2 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
3 16 (72.73%) DV Cleared
4 13 (59.09%) Windows XP
4 13 (59.09%) Microsoft App-V
5 12 (54.55%) Application Packaging
5 12 (54.55%) PowerShell
6 9 (40.91%) SCCM
6 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
7 8 (36.36%) Software Packaging
7 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
7 8 (36.36%) ITIL
8 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (27.27%) Compatibility Testing
10 5 (22.73%) JSP
10 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (22.73%) Software Distribution
11 4 (18.18%) VB
12 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
12 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
12 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
12 3 (13.64%) OpenView Configuration Management
12 3 (13.64%) Finance
12 3 (13.64%) Migration
12 3 (13.64%) VMware
12 3 (13.64%) Service Management
13 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
13 2 (9.091%) Wise Package Studio

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 12 (54.55%) Application Packaging
2 8 (36.36%) Software Packaging
3 5 (22.73%) JSP
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 19 (86.36%) MSI
2 3 (13.64%) InstallShield
3 2 (9.091%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (4.545%) AdminStudio
General
1 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.091%) Local Government
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
1 19 (86.36%) Windows 7
2 13 (59.09%) Windows XP
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Vista
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) ITIL
2 6 (27.27%) Compatibility Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (22.73%) Software Distribution
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 4 (18.18%) VB
3 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
3 2 (9.091%) VBScript
4 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 16 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.091%) VMware ESX
4 1 (4.545%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) SCCM
2 3 (13.64%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (9.091%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) VMware
2 2 (9.091%) Altiris
3 1 (4.545%) Citrix