Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Application Packaging
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 78 120
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 -18
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 5 14 8
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.27% 1.22% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.31% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile £445 - £456
25th Percentile £475 £350 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £375 £526
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -28.64% -12.42%
75th Percentile - £400 £575
90th Percentile £504 £505 -
South East median daily rate £478 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -13.18% - -7.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Application Packaging falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,571 1,068 1,858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.22% 93.44% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,035 622 988
10th Percentile £303 £310 £213
25th Percentile £403 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +4.30% -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £509 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -0.20% +2.00% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 28 104
10th Percentile £19.65 £25.77 £18.97
25th Percentile £65.00 £41.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +2.37% +9.22%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £71.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £82.12 £87.32
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% -23.53% -5.56%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Packaging relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Application Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Application Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -15 3 £480 -12.73%
Wokingham -38 2 £450 +24.14% 1
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (40.00%) PaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
1 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) GDPR
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (40.00%) Tenable
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Zscaler