Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Application Packaging skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Application Packaging over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

 Application Packaging
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank622592805
Rank change year-on-year
Down-30Up+213
Matching permanent IT job ads5478159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.063 %0.092 %0.078 %
As % of the Application Development category0.172 %0.265 %0.241 %
Salaries quoted4465118
Average salary£37,500£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£43,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.66 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

Application Packaging
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Application Packaging Demand Trend

Application Packaging
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK.

Application Packaging Salary Trend

Application Packaging
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Application Packaging over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Application Packaging Salary Histogram

Application Packaging
Top 29 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3548£39,000+14.70 %
LondonDown-5116£42,500+9.67 %
South EastDown-1313£52,500+45.83 %
BerkshireUp+412£52,500+45.83 %
City of LondonDown-618£45,000+38.46 %
South WestNew entry-7£34,500-
ScotlandUp+196£34,250-2.14 %
East of EnglandNo change06£35,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-6£35,000-
DorsetNew entry-6£34,500-
GlasgowNew entry-5£31,000-
BournemouthNew entry-5£34,500-
ReadingUp+124£40,750+13.19 %
DunstableNew entry-3£35,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£43,750-
RotherhamNew entry-2£34,000-
YorkshireNew entry-2£34,000-
NottinghamNew entry-2£43,750-
South YorkshireNew entry-2£34,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-2£43,750-
HampshireUp+281£37,500+74.41 %
West MidlandsUp+271£21,000-23.63 %
North WestUp+51--
WiltshireNew entry-1£22,000-
CheshireNew entry-1--
WarringtonNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1£22,000-
AberdeenNew entry-1£41,500-
BracknellNew entry-1--

Application Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Application 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 Application Packaging.

182 (72.57 %)Windows
265 (57.52 %)Microsoft
354 (47.79 %)Citrix
438 (33.63 %)Active Directory
532 (28.32 %)VMware
629 (25.66 %)Finance
629 (25.66 %)MSI
629 (25.66 %)Altiris
728 (24.78 %)Microsoft Certification
728 (24.78 %)MS Excel
827 (23.89 %)Windows XP
926 (23.01 %)MCSE
1025 (22.12 %)ITIL
1124 (21.24 %)InstallShield
1222 (19.47 %)VBScript
1321 (18.58 %)VMware Infrastructure
1420 (17.70 %)SCCM
1518 (15.93 %)Citrix Certification
1518 (15.93 %)Security Cleared
1617 (15.04 %)Windows Server 2003
1617 (15.04 %)MS Exchange
1716 (14.16 %)CCEA
1716 (14.16 %)CCA
1716 (14.16 %)Banking
1815 (13.27 %)XenApp
1815 (13.27 %)SAN
1815 (13.27 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1914 (12.39 %)Government
1914 (12.39 %)SoftGrid
1914 (12.39 %)VB

Application Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Application 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 Application Packaging. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (3.540 %).NET
14 (3.540 %)Software Packaging
23 (2.655 %)WMI
32 (1.770 %)OLE
32 (1.770 %)WinForms
32 (1.770 %)COM
32 (1.770 %)XML
41 (0.885 %)WSH
41 (0.885 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
117 (15.04 %)MS Exchange
25 (4.425 %)Lotus Notes
25 (4.425 %)Lotus Domino
25 (4.425 %)SharePoint
34 (3.540 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (2.655 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
52 (1.770 %)Office Project Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (24.78 %)MS Excel
26 (5.310 %)MS Office
31 (0.885 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (12.39 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (13.27 %)SAN
28 (7.080 %)TCP/IP
37 (6.195 %)DNS
37 (6.195 %)DHCP
46 (5.310 %)SMS
55 (4.425 %)LDAP
63 (2.655 %)NAS
72 (1.770 %)Firewall
72 (1.770 %)IP Telephony
72 (1.770 %)Cisco IPT
81 (0.885 %)VoIP
81 (0.885 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.770 %)SQL Server
12 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (1.770 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (0.885 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (21.24 %)InstallShield
212 (10.62 %)AdminStudio
33 (2.655 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (1.770 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.885 %)ClearCase
51 (0.885 %)PVCS
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (25.66 %)Finance
216 (14.16 %)Banking
314 (12.39 %)Government
410 (8.850 %)Investment Banking
54 (3.540 %)Health
54 (3.540 %)Law
63 (2.655 %)Pensions
72 (1.770 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.885 %)Telecoms
81 (0.885 %)Education
81 (0.885 %)Legal
81 (0.885 %)Publishing
81 (0.885 %)Insurance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
125 (22.12 %)Applications Packager
223 (20.35 %)Analyst
319 (16.81 %)Consultant
413 (11.50 %)Senior Consultant
413 (11.50 %)Support Analyst
512 (10.62 %)Citrix Consultant
611 (9.735 %)Technical Analyst
710 (8.850 %)Senior Citrix Consultant
88 (7.080 %)Technical Support Analyst
88 (7.080 %)Technical Support
95 (4.425 %)Systems Engineer
95 (4.425 %)Support Specialist
104 (3.540 %)Support Engineer
104 (3.540 %)3rd Line Support
104 (3.540 %)Server Support
104 (3.540 %)Developer
104 (3.540 %)MSI Packager
104 (3.540 %)Integration Engineer
104 (3.540 %)Systems Integration Engineer
104 (3.540 %)Windows Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (5.310 %)Blackberry
24 (3.540 %)Thin Client
24 (3.540 %)Fat Client
33 (2.655 %)Fixed Income
33 (2.655 %)Clustering
33 (2.655 %)PDA
33 (2.655 %)Derivative
42 (1.770 %)Replication
51 (0.885 %)Management Information System
51 (0.885 %)CMDB
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
182 (72.57 %)Windows
227 (23.89 %)Windows XP
317 (15.04 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (10.62 %)Windows Vista
510 (8.850 %)Windows Server 2008
67 (6.195 %)Windows 7
67 (6.195 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.885 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (22.12 %)ITIL
29 (7.965 %)User Acceptance Testing
38 (7.080 %)Business Desktop Deployment
38 (7.080 %)Configuration Management
44 (3.540 %)Migration
53 (2.655 %)Operations Management
53 (2.655 %)Project Management
53 (2.655 %)PRINCE2
53 (2.655 %)Unit Testing
53 (2.655 %)Performance Management
62 (1.770 %)Service Delivery
62 (1.770 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (1.770 %)Risk Management
62 (1.770 %)Validation
62 (1.770 %)PRINCE
62 (1.770 %)Web Development
62 (1.770 %)Information Security
62 (1.770 %)Supplier Management
71 (0.885 %)Incident Management
71 (0.885 %)Business Development
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
122 (19.47 %)VBScript
214 (12.39 %)VB
34 (3.540 %)PowerShell
43 (2.655 %)C#
43 (2.655 %)VB.NET
52 (1.770 %)Shell Script
52 (1.770 %)VB6
52 (1.770 %)SQL
52 (1.770 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (24.78 %)Microsoft Certification
226 (23.01 %)MCSE
318 (15.93 %)Citrix Certification
318 (15.93 %)Security Cleared
416 (14.16 %)CCEA
416 (14.16 %)CCA
510 (8.850 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
510 (8.850 %)MCTS
66 (5.310 %)CCNA
66 (5.310 %)Cisco Certification
75 (4.425 %)SC Cleared
83 (2.655 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (2.655 %)MCP
92 (1.770 %)MCITP
101 (0.885 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.770 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
138 (33.63 %)Active Directory
221 (18.58 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (13.27 %)XenApp
410 (8.850 %)XenServer
410 (8.850 %)XenDesktop
58 (7.080 %)Citrix Presentation Server
67 (6.195 %)Terminal Server
67 (6.195 %)VMware Workstation
74 (3.540 %)MetaFrame
83 (2.655 %)VMware ESX
83 (2.655 %)Hyper-V
92 (1.770 %)DFS Replication
92 (1.770 %)ISA Server
101 (0.885 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.885 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (25.66 %)MSI
220 (17.70 %)SCCM
315 (13.27 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
48 (7.080 %)WSUS
55 (4.425 %)OpenView Configuration Management
55 (4.425 %)Sysprep
64 (3.540 %)SCOM
73 (2.655 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
165 (57.52 %)Microsoft
254 (47.79 %)Citrix
332 (28.32 %)VMware
429 (25.66 %)Altiris
512 (10.62 %)AppSense
68 (7.080 %)LANDesk
76 (5.310 %)Intel
76 (5.310 %)Symantec
85 (4.425 %)Lotus
94 (3.540 %)HP
94 (3.540 %)Softricity
103 (2.655 %)McAfee
103 (2.655 %)Dell
103 (2.655 %)Cisco
112 (1.770 %)Oracle
112 (1.770 %)Reuters
112 (1.770 %)Bloomberg
121 (0.885 %)Novell