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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Software Packaging skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Packaging over the 3 months to 22 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.

 Software Packaging
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank675635931
Rank change year-on-year
Down-40Up+296
Matching permanent IT job ads123839
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.014 %0.045 %0.019 %
As % of the Application Development category0.038 %0.128 %0.059 %
Salaries quoted93033
Average salary£45,000£26,800£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+67.91 %-35.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,725£22,500£33,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£49,450£37,550£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£26,403£28,500£40,500
% change year-on-year
-7.350 %-29.62 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
315412960765787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.78 %32.32 %
Salaries quoted274582524156031
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£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

Software Packaging
Demand Trend

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

Software Packaging Demand Trend

Software Packaging
Salary Trend

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

Software Packaging Salary Trend

Software Packaging
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Packaging over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

Software Packaging Salary Histogram

Software Packaging
Top 13 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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-4812£45,000+60.71 %
LondonDown-328£45,250+84.69 %
City of LondonDown-515£45,500+62.50 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-2--
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
NottinghamNew entry-2--
YorkshireUp+41£17,250-
South EastDown-241£35,556+24.75 %
Canary WharfNew entry-1£45,000-
South YorkshireNew entry-1£17,250-
HampshireNew entry-1£35,556-
SheffieldNew entry-1£17,250-
HavantNew entry-1£35,556-

Software Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

141 (74.55 %)Windows
223 (41.82 %)MSI
321 (38.18 %)Citrix
420 (36.36 %)VBScript
519 (34.55 %)Microsoft
519 (34.55 %)Active Directory
617 (30.91 %)VB
617 (30.91 %)Windows XP
712 (21.82 %)Windows Server 2003
712 (21.82 %)Symantec
810 (18.18 %)User Acceptance Testing
99 (16.36 %)TCP/IP
99 (16.36 %)Banking
99 (16.36 %)Altiris
108 (14.55 %)Configuration Management
117 (12.73 %)Veritas
117 (12.73 %)Finance
117 (12.73 %)AppSense
117 (12.73 %)Sysprep
126 (10.91 %)HP
126 (10.91 %)InstallShield
126 (10.91 %)Backup Exec
126 (10.91 %)SCCM
135 (9.091 %)MCSE
135 (9.091 %)WAN
135 (9.091 %)CCA
135 (9.091 %)Citrix Certification
135 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
135 (9.091 %)Borland
135 (9.091 %)Terminal Server

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (7.273 %)DCOM
14 (7.273 %)ODBC
14 (7.273 %)Application Packaging
22 (3.636 %)WSH
22 (3.636 %)Web Services
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (5.455 %)IIS
22 (3.636 %)Lotus Notes
22 (3.636 %)Lotus Domino
31 (1.818 %)Apache
31 (1.818 %)Tomcat
31 (1.818 %)SharePoint
31 (1.818 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.818 %)CICS
31 (1.818 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.818 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (7.273 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (16.36 %)TCP/IP
25 (9.091 %)WAN
34 (7.273 %)LAN
34 (7.273 %)DNS
43 (5.455 %)SMS
52 (3.636 %)VoIP
52 (3.636 %)SMTP
52 (3.636 %)FTP
61 (1.818 %)LDAP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.455 %)SQL Server
21 (1.818 %)DB2
21 (1.818 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (1.818 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.818 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (10.91 %)InstallShield
25 (9.091 %)AdminStudio
25 (9.091 %)StarTeam
32 (3.636 %)Team Foundation Server
41 (1.818 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (16.36 %)Banking
27 (12.73 %)Finance
33 (5.455 %)Investment Banking
33 (5.455 %)Telecoms
42 (3.636 %)Education
42 (3.636 %)Retail
51 (1.818 %)Front Office
51 (1.818 %)Back Office
51 (1.818 %)Government
51 (1.818 %)Health
51 (1.818 %)Publishing
51 (1.818 %)Local Government
51 (1.818 %)Pensions
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (23.64 %)Analyst
29 (16.36 %)Applications Packager
38 (14.55 %)Technical Analyst
38 (14.55 %)Support Analyst
47 (12.73 %)Software Packager
55 (9.091 %)Desktop Engineer
55 (9.091 %)Software Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Technical Support
63 (5.455 %)Technical Support Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Configuration Analyst
72 (3.636 %)Desktop Technician
72 (3.636 %)Senior Technical Analyst
72 (3.636 %)3rd Line Support
72 (3.636 %)Administrator
72 (3.636 %)Senior Analyst
81 (1.818 %)Network Technician
81 (1.818 %)Project Manager
81 (1.818 %)Systems Administrator
81 (1.818 %)Applications Specialist
81 (1.818 %)Senior Support Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (3.636 %)Device Driver
12 (3.636 %)CMDB
21 (1.818 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
141 (74.55 %)Windows
217 (30.91 %)Windows XP
312 (21.82 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (3.636 %)Linux
51 (1.818 %)UNIX
51 (1.818 %)HPUX
51 (1.818 %)Debian
51 (1.818 %)Windows Vista
51 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (1.818 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (1.818 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (18.18 %)User Acceptance Testing
28 (14.55 %)Configuration Management
35 (9.091 %)Incident Management
42 (3.636 %)Software Testing
42 (3.636 %)E-Commerce
42 (3.636 %)SOA
42 (3.636 %)Continuous Integration
42 (3.636 %)Software Architecture
51 (1.818 %)Migration
51 (1.818 %)ITIL
51 (1.818 %)Fault Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (36.36 %)VBScript
217 (30.91 %)VB
32 (3.636 %)Shell Script
32 (3.636 %)PowerShell
41 (1.818 %)Bourne shell
41 (1.818 %)Perl
41 (1.818 %)VB6
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (9.091 %)MCSE
15 (9.091 %)CCA
15 (9.091 %)Citrix Certification
15 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
15 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
22 (3.636 %)Degree
22 (3.636 %)SC Cleared
31 (1.818 %)IBM Certification
31 (1.818 %)CCVP
31 (1.818 %)Cisco Certification
31 (1.818 %)CCNP
31 (1.818 %)CCDP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.455 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
119 (34.55 %)Active Directory
25 (9.091 %)Terminal Server
25 (9.091 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (3.636 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.818 %)OpenLDAP
41 (1.818 %)Veritas Volume Manager
41 (1.818 %)ISA Server
41 (1.818 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (41.82 %)MSI
27 (12.73 %)Sysprep
36 (10.91 %)Backup Exec
36 (10.91 %)SCCM
45 (9.091 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (3.636 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (1.818 %)Nagios
61 (1.818 %)McAfee ePO
61 (1.818 %)HP Data Protector
61 (1.818 %)OpenNMS
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
121 (38.18 %)Citrix
219 (34.55 %)Microsoft
312 (21.82 %)Symantec
49 (16.36 %)Altiris
57 (12.73 %)AppSense
57 (12.73 %)Veritas
66 (10.91 %)HP
75 (9.091 %)Borland
84 (7.273 %)VMware
92 (3.636 %)IBM
92 (3.636 %)Lotus
101 (1.818 %)Red Hat
101 (1.818 %)Intel
101 (1.818 %)PeopleSoft
101 (1.818 %)Cisco
101 (1.818 %)McAfee
101 (1.818 %)LANDesk