Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Software Packaging
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.067% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
South East median daily rate £400 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +24.84%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 281 270 277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.82% 19.91% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 175 128
10th Percentile £363 £384 £325
25th Percentile £413 £417 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £585 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.90% +17.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £670 £675
South East median daily rate £492 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -6.51% +0.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile - £36.52 £55.91
25th Percentile - £49.69 £57.89
Median hourly rate £81.00 £73.25 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% +18.52% -20.23%
75th Percentile £81.25 £76.03 £83.19
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.73 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Software 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 Software Packaging within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 January 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 - 1 £400 -
Software Packaging
South East

Software 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware