The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Application Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
53
-
71
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+19
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging
1
0
5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
468
617
779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
87.31%
79.72%
85.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
314
418
526
10th Percentile
£163
£231
£263
25th Percentile
£363
£375
£386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£475
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-
-5.00%
+2.56%
75th Percentile
£575
£592
£636
90th Percentile
£689
£700
£719
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted
39
35
31
10th Percentile
-
£13.55
£12.50
25th Percentile
£12.62
£18.50
£13.10
Median hourly rate
£18.87
£26.00
£20.97
Median % change year-on-year
-27.42%
+23.99%
+25.19%
75th Percentile
£25.13
£43.63
£29.38
90th Percentile
£27.27
£55.75
£53.75
West Midlands median hourly rate
£22.50
£19.95
£25.00
% change year-on-year
+12.78%
-20.20%
+44.93%
Application Packaging Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Application Packaging Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in Birmingham.
Application Packaging Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in Birmingham.
Application Packaging Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Application Packaging also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Application Packaging.
Application Packaging Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
