Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in England

Application Packaging
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 408 478
Rank change year-on-year -95 +70 +47
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 57 64 70
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 48 46
10th Percentile £335 £309 £369
25th Percentile £413 £372 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.70% +30.13%
75th Percentile £488 £613 £575
90th Percentile £573 £675 £595
UK median daily rate £436 £550 £501
% change year-on-year -20.73% +9.89% +25.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
UK median hourly rate - £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +137.67%

All Process & 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 31,340 22,420 33,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.60% 90.56% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,068 14,466 21,877
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,932 799 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.26 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.25 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in England

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in England

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Packaging

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 10 March 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
London -27 25 £450 +12.50% 4
Midlands - 9 £488 - 3
North West -32 8 £363 -23.68% 1
North of England -62 8 £363 -17.14% 1
South West -23 7 £450 +80.00% 1
South East -69 7 £480 -16.52% 6
West Midlands - 6 £488 - 2
East Midlands - 3 £540 - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Application Packaging
UK

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 33 (57.89%) Azure
2 30 (52.63%) Entra ID
3 28 (49.12%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (17.54%) AWS
5 9 (15.79%) GCP
6 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
7 3 (5.26%) GitHub
7 3 (5.26%) IaaS
8 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.51%) PaaS
8 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.51%) SaaS
9 1 (1.75%) Amazon ECR
9 1 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.77%) DNS
2 4 (7.02%) Firewall
3 3 (5.26%) NetScaler
4 2 (3.51%) DHCP
4 2 (3.51%) VPN
5 1 (1.75%) Internet
5 1 (1.75%) LAN
5 1 (1.75%) Network Security
5 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.75%) SSL
5 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.75%) WAAS
5 1 (1.75%) WAN
5 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (21.05%) MSI
2 4 (7.02%) InstallShield
3 2 (3.51%) Artifactory
3 2 (3.51%) Chocolatey
3 2 (3.51%) Git
4 1 (1.75%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.75%) JIRA
4 1 (1.75%) MLflow
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.02%) Banking
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
5 3 (5.26%) International Banking
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.51%) Publishing
7 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (15.79%) Architect
2 8 (14.04%) Applications Packager
2 8 (14.04%) Senior
3 6 (10.53%) Citrix Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Lead
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.51%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 2 (3.51%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (3.51%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Migration Specialist
6 2 (3.51%) PowerShell Engineer
6 2 (3.51%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.51%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) BREW
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.75%) CrewAI
2 1 (1.75%) LangChain
2 1 (1.75%) LangGraph
2 1 (1.75%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.75%) SAML
2 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (7.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.51%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) NHS
4 1 (1.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 49 (85.96%) Windows
2 28 (49.12%) Windows 10
3 10 (17.54%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.75%) CentOS
5 1 (1.75%) Linux
5 1 (1.75%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.75%) VMS
5 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) ITIL
1 18 (31.58%) User Experience
2 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (17.54%) Migration
4 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (15.79%) Roadmaps
6 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.28%) Analytics
7 7 (12.28%) Data Protection
7 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
7 7 (12.28%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (12.28%) Zero Trust
8 6 (10.53%) Business Strategy
8 6 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (10.53%) IT Strategy
8 6 (10.53%) Thought Leadership
9 5 (8.77%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.77%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (49.12%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.04%) Bash
3 5 (8.77%) VBScript
4 3 (5.26%) Python
4 3 (5.26%) VB
5 2 (3.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (19.30%) Degree
2 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.26%) CCA
5 3 (5.26%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (5.26%) MCSE
6 2 (3.51%) CISSP
6 2 (3.51%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.75%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) GDPR
2 6 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.26%) SLA
4 2 (3.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.51%) NIST
5 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.75%) PMO
5 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 34 (59.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (12.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (10.53%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (7.02%) Firmware
6 2 (3.51%) BitLocker
7 1 (1.75%) Docker
7 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (68.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (59.65%) SCCM
3 4 (7.02%) Terraform
4 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.75%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.75%) Argo
6 1 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.75%) Nessus
6 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (75.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (31.58%) Citrix
3 10 (17.54%) VMware
4 7 (12.28%) Google
5 4 (7.02%) Nexthink
6 3 (5.26%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.51%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.51%) Tenable
8 1 (1.75%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.75%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.75%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.75%) Zscaler