The first table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 130 129 109
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -20
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 2 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.095% 0.177% 0.269%
As % of the Application Development category 0.318% 0.420% 0.694%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
Average salary £27,000 £26,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £34,678 £32,528 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.61% +0.08%
All Application Development
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
628 953 720
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 29.82% 42.19% 38.67%
Number of salaries quoted 552 867 628
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Software Packaging
Berkshire

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Software Packaging Salary Trend

Software Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) Symantec
2 6 (85.71%) Blackberry
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
2 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
2 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Backup Exec
2 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (85.71%) SCCM
2 6 (85.71%) SCOM
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) MSI
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Borland
3 1 (14.29%) VBScript
3 1 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) WSH
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) StarTeam
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 1 (14.29%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) MS Exchange
1 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (85.71%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSI
1 1 (14.29%) StarTeam
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Support Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Support Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Support
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Support Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (85.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (85.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
1 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
1 1 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (85.71%) Backup Exec
1 6 (85.71%) SCCM
1 6 (85.71%) SCOM
2 1 (14.29%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Symantec
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Fujitsu
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Borland