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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

 Application Packaging
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank403380542
Rank change year-on-year
Down-23Up+162
Matching contract IT job ads906158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.186 %0.155 %0.071 %
As % of the Application Development category0.698 %0.700 %0.292 %
Daily rates quoted392621
Average daily rate£300£300£298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+0.840 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£268£207
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£297
% change year-on-year
-+0.920 %
Hourly rates quoted724
Average hourly rate£20.00£20.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.430 %-31.66 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.50£18.90£22.95
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.18£22.10£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.00£22.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-11.11 %-25.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

Application Packaging
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Application Packaging Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK.

Application Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Application Packaging Daily Rate Histogram

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK.

Application Packaging Hourly Rate Trend

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Application Packaging Hourly Rate Histogram

Application Packaging
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-2480£300-
LondonDown-3243£306+2.08 %
South EastNo change020£300-14.28 %
BerkshireUp+610--
ScotlandNew entry-10£328-
City of LondonDown-609£350+12.00 %
EdinburghNew entry-6£328-
HampshireUp+25£300-
BracknellDown-45--
GloucestershireDown-165£375+25.00 %
South WestDown-305£375+25.00 %
East of EnglandUp+144£400-
CheltenhamDown-14£375+25.00 %
AberdeenNew entry-4--
North WestNew entry-4£288-
East MidlandsNew entry-3£300-
PeterboroughNew entry-3£400-
CambridgeshireNew entry-3£400-
BuckinghamshireDown-52£153-
WarringtonNew entry-2£375-
CheshireNew entry-2£375-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-2£300-
YorkshireUp+41--
Milton KeynesDown-31£153-
SurreyDown-161--
West MidlandsNew entry-1--
MerseysideNew entry-1£201-
NorfolkNew entry-1£225-
MiddlesexNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1--

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

192 (52.87 %)Windows
270 (40.23 %)Security Cleared
355 (31.61 %)SoftGrid
449 (28.16 %)Microsoft
536 (20.69 %)Citrix
635 (20.11 %)Active Directory
734 (19.54 %)DV Cleared
832 (18.39 %)SC Cleared
930 (17.24 %)MSI
1028 (16.09 %)Windows XP
1124 (13.79 %)VMware
1221 (12.07 %)VB
1320 (11.49 %)VBScript
1419 (10.92 %)Windows Server 2003
1419 (10.92 %)SCCM
1419 (10.92 %)Windows 7
1518 (10.34 %)Windows Vista
1518 (10.34 %)Banking
1518 (10.34 %)Microsoft Certification
1617 (9.770 %)Finance
1617 (9.770 %)Migration
1716 (9.195 %)MCSE
1814 (8.046 %)DNS
1814 (8.046 %)Software Testing
1814 (8.046 %)User Acceptance Testing
1814 (8.046 %)Windows Server 2008
1913 (7.471 %)HP
2012 (6.897 %)InstallShield
2111 (6.322 %)MS Excel
2111 (6.322 %)DHCP

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (4.023 %).NET
26 (3.448 %)ASP.NET
34 (2.299 %)LINQ
34 (2.299 %)jQuery
34 (2.299 %)Web Services
41 (0.575 %)ASP
41 (0.575 %)WSH
41 (0.575 %)WMI
41 (0.575 %)WinForms
41 (0.575 %).NET Framework
41 (0.575 %)Software Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
110 (5.747 %)MS Exchange
24 (2.299 %)SharePoint
32 (1.149 %)BizTalk Server
32 (1.149 %)Lotus Domino
41 (0.575 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.575 %)WebLogic
41 (0.575 %)IIS
41 (0.575 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
41 (0.575 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (0.575 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.575 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (0.575 %)Office Project Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (6.322 %)MS Excel
210 (5.747 %)MS Office
31 (0.575 %)MS Visio
31 (0.575 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
155 (31.61 %)SoftGrid
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (8.046 %)DNS
211 (6.322 %)DHCP
38 (4.598 %)Firewall
47 (4.023 %)SMS
56 (3.448 %)LDAP
62 (1.149 %)SAN
62 (1.149 %)LAN
62 (1.149 %)WAN
71 (0.575 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.575 %)IP Telephony
71 (0.575 %)NAS
71 (0.575 %)Cisco IPT
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (5.747 %)SQL Server
23 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.575 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (6.897 %)InstallShield
210 (5.747 %)TestDirector
33 (1.724 %)AdminStudio
41 (0.575 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.575 %)NUnit
41 (0.575 %)Subversion
41 (0.575 %)ReSharper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (10.34 %)Banking
217 (9.770 %)Finance
39 (5.172 %)Government
39 (5.172 %)Investment Banking
43 (1.724 %)Telecoms
52 (1.149 %)Auditing
52 (1.149 %)Health
61 (0.575 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.575 %)Law
61 (0.575 %)Legal
61 (0.575 %)Front Office
61 (0.575 %)Back Office
61 (0.575 %)Retail
61 (0.575 %)International Banking
61 (0.575 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
160 (34.48 %)Applications Packager
219 (10.92 %)Analyst
316 (9.195 %)Consultant
410 (5.747 %)Support Analyst
59 (5.172 %)Tester
59 (5.172 %)Applications Tester
68 (4.598 %)Technical Support
77 (4.023 %)Developer
77 (4.023 %)Architect
86 (3.448 %)Citrix Engineer
95 (2.874 %)Applications Support
95 (2.874 %)Technical Support Analyst
95 (2.874 %).NET Developer
95 (2.874 %)C# Developer
95 (2.874 %)Technical Analyst
95 (2.874 %)ASP.NET Developer
95 (2.874 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
104 (2.299 %)Virtualisation Architect
104 (2.299 %)MSI Packager
104 (2.299 %)Linux Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (4.598 %)PKI
26 (3.448 %)Clustering
35 (2.874 %)Client/Server
42 (1.149 %)SecurID
51 (0.575 %)N-Tier
51 (0.575 %)Thin Client
51 (0.575 %)Blackberry
51 (0.575 %)PDA
51 (0.575 %)Fat Client
51 (0.575 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
192 (52.87 %)Windows
228 (16.09 %)Windows XP
319 (10.92 %)Windows Server 2003
319 (10.92 %)Windows 7
418 (10.34 %)Windows Vista
514 (8.046 %)Windows Server 2008
610 (5.747 %)Linux
79 (5.172 %)Windows 2000
85 (2.874 %)Red Hat Linux
94 (2.299 %)UNIX
101 (0.575 %)Solaris
101 (0.575 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (9.770 %)Migration
214 (8.046 %)Software Testing
214 (8.046 %)User Acceptance Testing
35 (2.874 %)ITIL
35 (2.874 %)Project Management
44 (2.299 %)Compatibility Testing
44 (2.299 %)Configuration Management
53 (1.724 %)PRINCE2
53 (1.724 %)Validation
53 (1.724 %)Asset Management
53 (1.724 %)Stakeholder Management
62 (1.149 %)Business Development
62 (1.149 %)Release Management
62 (1.149 %)Incident Management
62 (1.149 %)Zachman Framework
62 (1.149 %)TOGAF
62 (1.149 %)Quality Management
62 (1.149 %)RAD
62 (1.149 %)SSADM
62 (1.149 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (12.07 %)VB
220 (11.49 %)VBScript
38 (4.598 %)SQL
38 (4.598 %)C
46 (3.448 %)JavaScript
55 (2.874 %)Perl
55 (2.874 %)C#
64 (2.299 %)PowerShell
71 (0.575 %)VBA
71 (0.575 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
170 (40.23 %)Security Cleared
234 (19.54 %)DV Cleared
332 (18.39 %)SC Cleared
418 (10.34 %)Microsoft Certification
516 (9.195 %)MCSE
67 (4.023 %)MCP
67 (4.023 %)ISEB
73 (1.724 %)MCSA
73 (1.724 %)Citrix Certification
73 (1.724 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
82 (1.149 %)ITIL Certification
82 (1.149 %)CCEA
82 (1.149 %)CCA
91 (0.575 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.575 %)CCNA
91 (0.575 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.575 %)MCITP
91 (0.575 %)CCSA
91 (0.575 %)Security+ Certification
91 (0.575 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (5.172 %)QA
21 (0.575 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
135 (20.11 %)Active Directory
211 (6.322 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (5.747 %)XenApp
48 (4.598 %)Citrix Presentation Server
56 (3.448 %)VMware ESX
65 (2.874 %)Terminal Services
74 (2.299 %)XenDesktop
74 (2.299 %)Terminal Server
83 (1.724 %)VMware Workstation
91 (0.575 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (17.24 %)MSI
219 (10.92 %)SCCM
39 (5.172 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
47 (4.023 %)OpenView Configuration Management
47 (4.023 %)Norton AntiVirus
56 (3.448 %)HP Quality Center
56 (3.448 %)NetBackup
63 (1.724 %)SCOM
63 (1.724 %)WSUS
72 (1.149 %)Nessus
72 (1.149 %)MOM
81 (0.575 %)ZENworks
81 (0.575 %)McAfee ePO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
149 (28.16 %)Microsoft
236 (20.69 %)Citrix
324 (13.79 %)VMware
413 (7.471 %)HP
59 (5.172 %)Altiris
67 (4.023 %)Symantec
67 (4.023 %)LANDesk
75 (2.874 %)Red Hat
75 (2.874 %)AppSense
83 (1.724 %)Cisco
83 (1.724 %)Remedy
92 (1.149 %)Macrovision
92 (1.149 %)McAfee
92 (1.149 %)Lotus
92 (1.149 %)Reuters
92 (1.149 %)Bloomberg
92 (1.149 %)Dell
101 (0.575 %)Oracle
101 (0.575 %)SAP
101 (0.575 %)EMC