The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Packaging 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 Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 214 218 184
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -34
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 3 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.057% 0.048% 0.097%
As % of the Application Development category 0.175% 0.122% 0.251%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 4
Average salary £27,000 £26,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £34,357 £32,528 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+5.62% +0.08%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1718 2461 1994
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 32.90% 39.32% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1546 2221 1782
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Software Packaging
South East

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Software Packaging Jobs Demand Trend

Software Packaging
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Packaging across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Packaging Salary Trend

Software Packaging
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the Berkshire region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading 0 3 £27,000 +3.84%
Software Packaging
South East

Software Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Software Packaging.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Symantec
2 6 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Backup Exec
2 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (75.00%) SCCM
2 6 (75.00%) SCOM
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) MSI
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Borland
3 2 (25.00%) VBScript
3 2 (25.00%) VB
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) WSH
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) StarTeam
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Software Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MSI
1 2 (25.00%) StarTeam
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) VBScript
1 2 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Backup Exec
1 6 (75.00%) SCCM
1 6 (75.00%) SCOM
2 2 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Symantec
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) HP
2 2 (25.00%) Borland
2 2 (25.00%) Fujitsu