The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the Telford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 21 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 Telford 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 14 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 5.155% 4.545% -
As % of the Application Development category 23.81% 12.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £380 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.59% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £319 £282
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -39.39%
All Application Development
Telford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
21 31 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 21.65% 35.23% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 3
Average daily rate £540 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.15% -5.79%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
Shropshire

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 8 (100.00%) SCCM
2 6 (75.00%) MSI
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) QA
6 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 7

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 8 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) HP