Software Packaging Contracts in the South 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 South 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 23 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 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 106 - 126
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.249% - 0.035%
As % of the Application Development category 1.059% - 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £310 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £319 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -39.39%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 472 777 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.48% 23.94% 23.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 465 304
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £248 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 38
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £33.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -24.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £15.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucestershire - 4 £310 -
Devon - 1 - -
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 8 (100.00%) MSI
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
3 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (75.00%) Application Packaging
4 5 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 3 (37.50%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
5 3 (37.50%) Finance
6 1 (12.50%) SCCM
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 6 (75.00%) Application Packaging
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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