The first table below looks at the demand for Wise Package Studio skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Wise Package Studio over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wise Package Studio
Rank 494 532 527
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -5
Contract jobs citing Wise Package Studio 40 54 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.091% 0.098%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.776% 0.996% 0.929%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 39 31
Average daily rate £274 £265 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.30% -11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £365 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £265 £261
% change year-on-year
+5.66% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.00
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5152 5423 6348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.93% 9.148% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3252 3202 3576
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 221 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

Wise Package Studio
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Wise Package Studio within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Wise Package Studio Jobs Demand Trend

Wise Package Studio
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wise Package Studio Daily Rate Trend

Wise Package Studio
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Wise Package Studio within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wise Package Studio Daily Rate Histogram

Wise Package Studio
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wise Package Studio Hourly Rate Trend

Wise Package Studio
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wise Package Studio within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +40 37 £274 +3.30%
South East +32 18 £285 +7.54%
Kent +10 12 £280 +5.66%
London +12 11 £270 +4.85%
Maidstone +6 5 £275 +3.77%
Oxford +8 4 £300 -
Oxfordshire +6 4 £300 -
Bradford - 3 £175 -
Yorkshire - 3 £175 -
West Yorkshire - 3 £175 -
North West +3 2 - -
Cheshire -1 2 - -
Scotland -15 2 - -
Hampshire - 2 £325 -
South West +24 1 - -
City of London +3 1 - -
Crewe +2 1 - -
Glasgow -17 1 - -
East of England - 1 £325 -
Midlands - 1 £225 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £325 -
Havant - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

Wise Package Studio
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Wise Package Studio 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 Wise Package Studio.

1 80 (96.39%) Windows
2 73 (87.95%) Windows 7
3 68 (81.93%) MSI
4 63 (75.90%) Microsoft App-V
5 58 (69.88%) Microsoft
6 52 (62.65%) SCCM
7 47 (56.63%) Windows XP
8 44 (53.01%) VBScript
9 30 (36.14%) QA
10 26 (31.33%) VB
11 25 (30.12%) Application Packaging
11 25 (30.12%) Migration
12 24 (28.92%) MCP
12 24 (28.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (25.30%) InstallShield
14 19 (22.89%) Citrix
15 18 (21.69%) MS Excel
16 17 (20.48%) VMware
17 16 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
18 15 (18.07%) Finance
19 14 (16.87%) XenApp
20 12 (14.46%) Windows Server 2008
20 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
21 11 (13.25%) PowerShell
22 10 (12.05%) Altiris
22 10 (12.05%) Active Directory
22 10 (12.05%) Software Deployment
23 9 (10.84%) Hyper-V
23 9 (10.84%) WSH
24 8 (9.639%) Novell

Wise Package Studio
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Wise Package Studio 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 Wise Package Studio. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (30.12%) Application Packaging
2 9 (10.84%) WSH
3 6 (7.229%) Software Packaging
4 1 (1.205%) Middleware
Applications
1 18 (21.69%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) Summit
Development Applications
1 68 (81.93%) MSI
2 21 (25.30%) InstallShield
3 7 (8.434%) AdminStudio
4 1 (1.205%) StarTeam
General
1 15 (18.07%) Finance
2 7 (8.434%) Local Government
2 7 (8.434%) Banking
3 6 (7.229%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (92.77%) Applications Packager
2 4 (4.819%) Software Packager
3 2 (2.410%) Applications Consultant
3 2 (2.410%) Consultant
4 1 (1.205%) Applications Developer
4 1 (1.205%) Developer
4 1 (1.205%) MSI Packager
4 1 (1.205%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.205%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 80 (96.39%) Windows
2 73 (87.95%) Windows 7
3 47 (56.63%) Windows XP
4 12 (14.46%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (6.024%) Windows Vista
6 3 (3.614%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.205%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.12%) Migration
2 10 (12.05%) Software Deployment
3 8 (9.639%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (6.024%) Validation
5 4 (4.819%) Change Management
6 2 (2.410%) Workflow
7 1 (1.205%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.205%) DNA
7 1 (1.205%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.205%) Compatibility Testing
7 1 (1.205%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.205%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 44 (53.01%) VBScript
2 26 (31.33%) VB
3 11 (13.25%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.819%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (28.92%) MCP
1 24 (28.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (14.46%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.229%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.614%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (36.14%) QA
2 1 (1.205%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.205%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.205%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 63 (75.90%) Microsoft App-V
2 16 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (16.87%) XenApp
4 10 (12.05%) Active Directory
5 9 (10.84%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.410%) XenDesktop
6 2 (2.410%) VMware ESX
6 2 (2.410%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 52 (62.65%) SCCM
2 8 (9.639%) ZENworks
3 4 (4.819%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 2 (2.410%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 58 (69.88%) Microsoft
2 19 (22.89%) Citrix
3 17 (20.48%) VMware
4 10 (12.05%) Altiris
5 8 (9.639%) Novell
6 2 (2.410%) AppSense
7 1 (1.205%) Borland
7 1 (1.205%) HP
7 1 (1.205%) Intel
7 1 (1.205%) Oracle