The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Packager role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Packager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 advertised for the Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Packager
Rank 110 120 100
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -20
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 7 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.359% 0.083% 0.314%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.380% 0.087% 0.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
Average daily rate £175 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% +13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £34.25 £25.63
% change year-on-year
-27.00% +33.61%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1840 2296 1790
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.46% 94.72% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 1218 884
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 136 123
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £10.30 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £31.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Applications Packager
England

Applications Packager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Applications Packager Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Packager across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Applications Packager Daily Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Packager across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire Applications Packager Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Packager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Packager across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Applications Packager Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Packager
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Packager in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 7 (70.00%) Application Packaging
3 4 (40.00%) Altiris
4 3 (30.00%) Wise Package Studio
4 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) MS Office
5 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
6 1 (10.00%) SCCM
6 1 (10.00%) ChangeBASE

Applications Packager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Packager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (70.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Wise Package Studio
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) ChangeBASE
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Altiris
Middlesbrough, North East
You will have an ability to work independently but within an established, busy application packaging team. During this role you will undertake the following duties: * Scripting of applications...
Mint
Rate: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 5 June 2013