The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 87 93 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 8 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.490% 0.446% -
As % of the Application Development category 2.073% 1.859% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
Average daily rate £280 £338 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.03% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £282
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +15.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Software Packaging Daily Rate Trend

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Packaging across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Software Packaging Daily Rate Histogram

Software Packaging
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Shropshire +5 5 £380 +8.57%
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 12 (100.00%) SCCM
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 8 (66.67%) MSI
4 7 (58.33%) Windows
5 5 (41.67%) HP
6 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (25.00%) QA
7 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 2 (16.67%) Software Deployment
8 2 (16.67%) XenApp
8 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
8 2 (16.67%) SCOM
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (16.67%) Citrix
8 2 (16.67%) InstallShield
8 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 2 (16.67%) SQL
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MSI
2 2 (16.67%) InstallShield
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Applications Packager
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (16.67%) XenApp
2 2 (16.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (100.00%) SCCM
2 8 (66.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) HP
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix