The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Packager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Packager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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 Packager
Rank - 575 579
Contract jobs requiring a Software Packager 0 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.011% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £313 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £315 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Software Packager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Packager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Packager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Packager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Packager within the UK.

Software Packager Daily Rate Trend

Software Packager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Packager within the UK.

Software Packager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Packager
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Packager in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
1 8 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) VBScript
2 4 (50.00%) VB
2 4 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 4 (50.00%) Software Packaging
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 4 (50.00%) AdminStudio
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (50.00%) SLA

Software Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Packager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 4 (50.00%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MSI
1 8 (100.00%) InstallShield
2 4 (50.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 4 (50.00%) AdminStudio
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) VBScript
1 4 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) VMware