The first table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application 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 Surrey 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
Application Packaging
Rank 76 97 99
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +2
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.348% 0.062% 0.053%
As % of the Application Development category 1.201% 0.216% 0.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £350 £238 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.36% -1.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-1.58% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £34.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-6.13% +44.27%
All Application Development
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
333 463 550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 28.96% 28.76% 29.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 265 304
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 16
Average hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £19.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £41.50 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Surrey Application Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Application Packaging across the Surrey region.

Surrey Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Application Packaging across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Surrey Application Packaging Daily Rate Histogram

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging across the Surrey region.

Surrey Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the Surrey 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
Staines - 1 - -
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Application 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 Application Packaging.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 2 (33.33%) MSI
3 2 (33.33%) SCCM
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Replication
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) MCDST
4 1 (16.67%) MCITP
4 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
4 1 (16.67%) LANDesk
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) MCSA
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Novell
4 1 (16.67%) 3G
4 1 (16.67%) ZENworks

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Application 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 Application Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 3G
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MSI
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Packager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
1 1 (16.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) MCP
2 1 (16.67%) MCDST
2 1 (16.67%) MCITP
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (16.67%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) LANDesk
2 1 (16.67%) Novell
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) Intel
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
Surrey
You will have overall leadership and set direction for the desktop team whilst providing strategy and guidance for Windows 7 application packaging deployment, and lead on the transition...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £340 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013