Application Packaging Contracts in England

Application Packaging
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 449 491
Rank change year-on-year +22 +42 +160
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 58 93 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 51 117
10th Percentile £308 £340 £200
25th Percentile £366 £385 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -15.34%
75th Percentile £609 £575 £525
90th Percentile £675 £595 £615
UK median daily rate £484 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +5.22% +15.00% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 20
10th Percentile - £23.80 -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year - +137.67% -
75th Percentile - - £17.42
90th Percentile - - £27.34
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year -6.25% +137.67% -74.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in England

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in England.

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in England

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in England

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in England.

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in England

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +38 23 £575 +4.55% 9
London +22 15 £450 +16.88% 10
North of England +28 12 £450 -7.69%
North West +22 7 £475 +11.76%
South West +37 5 £338 -18.18% 5
North East - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +9 2 £313 -43.14%
East of England +30 1 £350 +218.18% 1
Midlands +13 1 £268 -37.06%
West Midlands +5 1 £268 -37.06%
Application Packaging
UK

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.62%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (50.00%) Azure
2 15 (25.86%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (18.97%) Entra ID
4 7 (12.07%) OpenShift
4 7 (12.07%) SaaS
5 6 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
7 3 (5.17%) AWS
8 2 (3.45%) GCP
9 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) Firewall
2 2 (3.45%) DNS
2 2 (3.45%) LAN
2 2 (3.45%) WAN
3 1 (1.72%) HTTP
3 1 (1.72%) Internet
3 1 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.72%) VPN
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) MSI
2 3 (5.17%) AdminStudio
General
1 17 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Legal
3 2 (3.45%) Local Government
3 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.45%) Retail
4 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.72%) Banking
4 1 (1.72%) Games
4 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (18.97%) Applications Packager
2 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (12.07%) Senior
3 7 (12.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared Application Packager
5 5 (8.62%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Administrator
6 4 (6.90%) Build Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (5.17%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) IT Administrator
7 3 (5.17%) IT Systems Administrator
7 3 (5.17%) SCCM Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Technical Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Middleware
2 1 (1.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Public Cloud
2 7 (12.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (10.34%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (84.48%) Windows
2 18 (31.03%) Linux
3 15 (25.86%) Windows Server
4 12 (20.69%) Windows 10
5 8 (13.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (12.07%) CentOS
6 7 (12.07%) Ubuntu
7 6 (10.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (5.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (5.17%) Windows 7
9 2 (3.45%) Android
9 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
9 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Agile
2 10 (17.24%) DevOps
2 10 (17.24%) Migration
3 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (13.79%) Application Virtualisation
4 8 (13.79%) Change Control
4 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (13.79%) User Experience
5 7 (12.07%) DevSecOps
6 6 (10.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (8.62%) Software Deployment
8 4 (6.90%) Patch Management
8 4 (6.90%) Project Management
9 3 (5.17%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (5.17%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (5.17%) Knowledge Transfer
9 3 (5.17%) Microservices
9 3 (5.17%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.17%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (5.17%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 21 (36.21%) PowerShell
2 9 (15.52%) VBScript
3 8 (13.79%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Security Cleared
2 12 (20.69%) DV Cleared
3 9 (15.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.72%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.72%) MCSE
System Software
1 19 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 14 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (13.79%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (12.07%) vSphere
5 5 (8.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (3.45%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.72%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (1.72%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.72%) XenApp
7 1 (1.72%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (36.21%) SCCM
2 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (12.07%) Ansible
3 7 (12.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (12.07%) Nessus
3 7 (12.07%) Terraform
3 7 (12.07%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.45%) ThinApp
5 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.72%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.86%) VMware
3 7 (12.07%) Red Hat
4 6 (10.34%) Tanium
5 5 (8.62%) Citrix
6 4 (6.90%) Apple
7 3 (5.17%) Samsung
8 2 (3.45%) Ivanti
8 2 (3.45%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.72%) Genesys
9 1 (1.72%) HP
9 1 (1.72%) Kaseya
9 1 (1.72%) Okta