The first 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 23 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Packaging
Rank 782 845 839
Rank change year-on-year
+63 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 80 53 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.074% 0.044% 0.027%
As % of the Application Development category 0.183% 0.105% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 51 33 28
Average salary £45,000 £37,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.62% -12.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,357 £26,000 £27,050
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,357 £32,528 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+5.62% +0.08%
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43651 50308 50336
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.59% 41.67% 39.93%
Number of salaries quoted 37945 44694 44510
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,844 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Software Packaging
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Software Packaging Salary Trend

Software Packaging
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Packaging over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Software Packaging Salary Histogram

Software Packaging
Top 14 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 23 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
England +55 79 £45,000 +28.57%
London +63 53 £46,250 -11.90%
City of London +14 16 £55,000 +7.31%
South East +7 16 £47,500 +72.72%
Hampshire +17 13 £50,000 +81.81%
East of England +19 10 £34,357 -
Bedfordshire - 10 £34,357 -
Southampton - 10 £50,000 -
Luton - 5 £34,357 -
Bedford - 5 £34,357 -
Berkshire +3 3 £27,000 +3.84%
Reading +3 3 £27,000 +3.84%
Andover - 2 - -
Eastleigh - 1 £32,000 -

Software Packaging
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 116 (82.27%) Windows
2 79 (56.03%) Microsoft
3 61 (43.26%) Finance
4 60 (42.55%) Active Directory
5 55 (39.01%) Windows Server 2008
6 48 (34.04%) SCCM
7 43 (30.50%) Windows 7
7 43 (30.50%) MSI
8 42 (29.79%) Microsoft App-V
9 37 (26.24%) SQL Server
10 36 (25.53%) Windows XP
11 35 (24.82%) VMware
12 33 (23.40%) Degree
13 32 (22.70%) SQL
14 31 (21.99%) Windows Server 2003
15 30 (21.28%) MS Exchange
15 30 (21.28%) PowerShell
16 29 (20.57%) VMware Infrastructure
17 26 (18.44%) Financial Institution
18 24 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
18 24 (17.02%) ITIL
19 23 (16.31%) Perl
20 22 (15.60%) Law
20 22 (15.60%) VMware ESX
20 22 (15.60%) VMware Workstation
20 22 (15.60%) UNIX
20 22 (15.60%) MS Excel
21 21 (14.89%) Software Deployment
22 20 (14.18%) LANDesk
22 20 (14.18%) Problem Management

Software Packaging
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 18 (12.77%) .NET
2 17 (12.06%) Application Packaging
3 3 (2.128%) COM
4 2 (1.418%) WSH
4 2 (1.418%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.709%) ASP
5 1 (0.709%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 30 (21.28%) MS Exchange
2 10 (7.092%) SharePoint
3 8 (5.674%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (4.255%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.128%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (15.60%) MS Excel
2 19 (13.48%) MS Office
3 9 (6.383%) MS Visio
3 9 (6.383%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.837%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.128%) DHCP
2 3 (2.128%) HTTP
2 3 (2.128%) DNS
3 2 (1.418%) LDAP
3 2 (1.418%) VPN
4 1 (0.709%) NAS
4 1 (0.709%) SAN
4 1 (0.709%) LAN
4 1 (0.709%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (26.24%) SQL Server
2 19 (13.48%) SQL Server 2005
3 17 (12.06%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (4.255%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.709%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.709%) DB2
Development Applications
1 43 (30.50%) MSI
2 15 (10.64%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.418%) AdminStudio
3 2 (1.418%) StarTeam
General
1 61 (43.26%) Finance
2 26 (18.44%) Financial Institution
3 22 (15.60%) Law
4 14 (9.929%) Banking
5 12 (8.511%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.837%) Legal
6 4 (2.837%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.418%) Retail
8 1 (0.709%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 39 (27.66%) Analyst
2 31 (21.99%) Administrator
3 24 (17.02%) Systems Administrator
4 23 (16.31%) Support Analyst
5 21 (14.89%) Junior
5 21 (14.89%) Junior Systems Administrator
6 19 (13.48%) Applications Packager
7 18 (12.77%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 18 (12.77%) 3rd Line Support
8 17 (12.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (8.511%) Graduate
9 12 (8.511%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
9 12 (8.511%) Server Support
9 12 (8.511%) Server Analyst
10 11 (7.801%) Systems Support
10 11 (7.801%) Technical Support
10 11 (7.801%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (7.801%) Technical Support Analyst
10 11 (7.801%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (7.801%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.48%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.965%) Computer Science
2 7 (4.965%) Blackberry
3 4 (2.837%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.418%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 116 (82.27%) Windows
2 55 (39.01%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (30.50%) Windows 7
4 36 (25.53%) Windows XP
5 31 (21.99%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (15.60%) UNIX
7 20 (14.18%) Solaris
8 15 (10.64%) Linux
9 9 (6.383%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.418%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.709%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.709%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
1 24 (17.02%) ITIL
2 21 (14.89%) Software Deployment
3 20 (14.18%) Problem Management
4 15 (10.64%) Investment Management
5 14 (9.929%) Process Management
6 12 (8.511%) Change Management
7 11 (7.801%) Release Management
8 10 (7.092%) Validation
9 9 (6.383%) Benchmarking
9 9 (6.383%) Service Delivery
10 6 (4.255%) Software Distribution
11 5 (3.546%) Configuration Management
12 4 (2.837%) PRINCE2
13 3 (2.128%) Information Security
13 3 (2.128%) Workflow
14 2 (1.418%) Change Control
14 2 (1.418%) Software Testing
14 2 (1.418%) Unit Testing
14 2 (1.418%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.70%) SQL
2 30 (21.28%) PowerShell
3 23 (16.31%) Perl
4 11 (7.801%) C
5 9 (6.383%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.965%) VBA
7 5 (3.546%) VBScript
7 5 (3.546%) VB
8 2 (1.418%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.709%) C#
9 1 (0.709%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (23.40%) Degree
2 8 (5.674%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.837%) MCP
3 4 (2.837%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.837%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.837%) MCITP
4 3 (2.128%) MCSE
5 2 (1.418%) MCDST
6 1 (0.709%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.220%) SLA
2 11 (7.801%) Basel III
3 10 (7.092%) QA
System Software
1 60 (42.55%) Active Directory
2 42 (29.79%) Microsoft App-V
3 29 (20.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (15.60%) VMware ESX
4 22 (15.60%) VMware Workstation
5 10 (7.092%) Novell eDirectory
6 9 (6.383%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 3 (2.128%) XenApp
8 2 (1.418%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.709%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.709%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.709%) Sun xVM
Systems Management
1 48 (34.04%) SCCM
2 16 (11.35%) SCOM
3 11 (7.801%) WSUS
4 10 (7.092%) ZENworks
5 6 (4.255%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.418%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.709%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 79 (56.03%) Microsoft
2 35 (24.82%) VMware
3 20 (14.18%) LANDesk
4 16 (11.35%) Oracle
5 13 (9.220%) Citrix
6 10 (7.092%) Business Objects
6 10 (7.092%) Sun
6 10 (7.092%) Novell
6 10 (7.092%) Cisco
7 9 (6.383%) Adobe
7 9 (6.383%) Red Hat
7 9 (6.383%) Veritas
7 9 (6.383%) Intel
8 6 (4.255%) Symantec
9 5 (3.546%) McAfee
9 5 (3.546%) Sophos
9 5 (3.546%) Interwoven
10 4 (2.837%) Sybase
11 3 (2.128%) HP
12 2 (1.418%) Altiris
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