Application Packaging
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Application Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Packaging over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 904 1090
Rank change year-on-year +86 +186 -305
Permanent jobs citing Application Packaging 86 89 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.086% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.090% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 67 62 110
10th Percentile £31,623 £35,000 £35,700
25th Percentile £37,125 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,263 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -9.52% -1.87%
75th Percentile £50,000 £58,375 £60,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £64,875 £68,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,274 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.61% +5.88% -14.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Application Packaging is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging.

Salary trend for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 79 £42,500 -6.59% 26
UK excluding London +20 65 £44,274 -1.61% 20
Work from Home +99 38 £42,500 -22.73% 9
North of England +53 27 £41,235 +11.44% 5
South East +5 23 £55,500 +21.98% 8
London +114 15 £42,500 -26.09% 6
North West +4 14 £41,500 +9.93% 5
Yorkshire +82 13 £32,500 -7.14%
West Midlands +17 10 £47,500 -13.64%
Midlands +14 10 £47,500 -13.64% 1
East of England +18 3 £62,500 - 2
South West - 2 £50,000 - 3
Scotland - 1 - - 1

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (29.07%) Azure
3 11 (12.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.65%) SaaS
5 2 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.33%) GCP
5 2 (2.33%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.16%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.95%) Firewall
2 5 (5.81%) SAN
3 3 (3.49%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (3.49%) VPN
3 3 (3.49%) Wireless
4 2 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (2.33%) DHCP
4 2 (2.33%) DNS
4 2 (2.33%) LAN
4 2 (2.33%) WAN
5 1 (1.16%) FTP
5 1 (1.16%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.16%) Network Security
5 1 (1.16%) SMTP
5 1 (1.16%) SSL
5 1 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (12.79%) MSI
2 10 (11.63%) AdminStudio
3 4 (4.65%) InstallShield
4 2 (2.33%) Robot Framework
4 2 (2.33%) Selenium
General
1 24 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.44%) Aerospace
3 12 (13.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.81%) Banking
5 5 (5.81%) Finance
5 5 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.33%) Games
8 2 (2.33%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (31.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (24.42%) Applications Engineer
3 11 (12.79%) Application Integration Engineer
3 11 (12.79%) Integration Engineer
4 9 (10.47%) SCCM Engineer
5 8 (9.30%) Analyst
6 7 (8.14%) Administrator
6 7 (8.14%) Senior
6 7 (8.14%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (6.98%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Support Analyst
7 6 (6.98%) Support Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Active Directory Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Applications Packager
8 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Support
8 4 (4.65%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) IT Support
8 4 (4.65%) IT Support Analyst
8 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared Application Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.47%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Client/Server
2 7 (8.14%) CMDB
2 7 (8.14%) Virtual Team
3 5 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.65%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.65%) Shadow IT
4 4 (4.65%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.49%) BYOD
5 3 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.33%) iPad
6 2 (2.33%) Wiki
7 1 (1.16%) IVR
7 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.16%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 70 (81.40%) Windows
2 25 (29.07%) Linux
3 21 (24.42%) Windows Server
4 16 (18.60%) Mac OS
5 15 (17.44%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.81%) CentOS
6 5 (5.81%) Ubuntu
6 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (4.65%) Apple iOS
7 4 (4.65%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.16%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.56%) ITIL
2 27 (31.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (30.23%) Agile
4 18 (20.93%) Customer Service
5 17 (19.77%) Release Management
5 17 (19.77%) Scrum
6 14 (16.28%) Mentoring
7 13 (15.12%) Actionable Insight
7 13 (15.12%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (15.12%) ITSM
7 13 (15.12%) Service Management
8 12 (13.95%) Technical Analysis
9 11 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (11.63%) Deployment Automation
11 9 (10.47%) Migration
12 7 (8.14%) User Experience
13 6 (6.98%) Application Virtualisation
13 6 (6.98%) Problem Management
14 5 (5.81%) Incident Management
14 5 (5.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.40%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.65%) C#
2 4 (4.65%) VB
3 3 (3.49%) VBScript
4 2 (2.33%) Bash
4 2 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (48.84%) Security Cleared
2 25 (29.07%) SC Cleared
3 24 (27.91%) DV Cleared
4 9 (10.47%) Degree
5 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.65%) MCSE
7 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.33%) CCA
8 2 (2.33%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.16%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.14%) SLA
2 2 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 29 (33.72%) Active Directory
2 19 (22.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft App-V
4 6 (6.98%) vSphere
5 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (54.65%) SCCM
2 23 (26.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.81%) Nessus
3 5 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (5.81%) Terraform
3 5 (5.81%) vCenter Server
3 5 (5.81%) WSUS
4 4 (4.65%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.33%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 49 (56.98%) Microsoft
2 38 (44.19%) VMware
3 9 (10.47%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.98%) Citrix
5 5 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.65%) Adobe
6 4 (4.65%) Autodesk
7 3 (3.49%) Apple
8 2 (2.33%) Aruba
8 2 (2.33%) Cisco
8 2 (2.33%) Ivanti
8 2 (2.33%) Splunk
9 1 (1.16%) CA
9 1 (1.16%) Netskope
9 1 (1.16%) Qualys
9 1 (1.16%) SolarWinds