Software Packaging
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 23 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Packaging | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | 1.08% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 2.50% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £203 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £205 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £208 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £205 | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 40 | 23 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 43.01% | 14.11% | 10.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 15 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £398 | £424 |
| 25th Percentile | £433 | £409 | £502 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £438 | £619 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.71% | -29.29% | +30.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £653 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £769 | £726 |
| South West median daily rate | £548 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.83% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £62.50 | £50.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.88% | -3.51% |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £61.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +2.04% | -3.54% |
Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
Software Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Dorset
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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | - | 1 | £205 | - | 1 |
| Software Packaging South West |
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Software Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:
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