Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Software Packaging
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 115 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.049% 0.055% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% 0.21% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 £225 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £250 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
75th Percentile £425 £275 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £400 £250 -
% change year-on-year +60.00% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 450 480 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 22.26% 26.58% 21.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 300 342
10th Percentile £363 £406 £386
25th Percentile £459 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £699
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £563
% change year-on-year -2.65% +0.44% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £43.83 - -
25th Percentile £45.83 £36.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £51.38 £38.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.46% -18.95% -20.17%
75th Percentile £56.67 £40.25 £48.75
90th Percentile £58.50 - -
Central London median hourly rate £36.00 £40.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% -15.79% -20.17%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the City of London

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft