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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 400 479
Rank change year-on-year -95 +79 +64
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 53 77 71
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.29% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 52 47
10th Percentile £325 £301 £381
25th Percentile £389 £350 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +38.69%
75th Percentile £488 £613 £538
90th Percentile £630 £675 £575
UK median daily rate £447 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.60% - +38.89%
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 28,761 23,490 33,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.64% 89.52% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,392 14,344 22,407
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £641 £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 1,792 750 1,956
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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
South West -10 16 £450 +80.00%
London -21 16 £475 +18.75% 5
South East -66 7 £464 -19.39% 4
Midlands - 7 £540 - 2
North West -28 6 £433 -8.84%
North of England -53 6 £433 -1.03%
West Midlands - 4 - -
East Midlands - 3 £540 - 2
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 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (32.08%) Entra ID
4 11 (20.75%) AWS
4 11 (20.75%) GCP
5 3 (5.66%) GitHub
5 3 (5.66%) IaaS
5 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (3.77%) PaaS
6 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.77%) SaaS
7 1 (1.89%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.89%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.89%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Firewall
1 3 (5.66%) NetScaler
2 2 (3.77%) DNS
3 1 (1.89%) DHCP
3 1 (1.89%) VPN
3 1 (1.89%) WAAS
3 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (32.08%) MSI
2 10 (18.87%) InstallShield
3 7 (13.21%) AdminStudio
4 2 (3.77%) Artifactory
4 2 (3.77%) Chocolatey
4 2 (3.77%) Git
5 1 (1.89%) GitLab
5 1 (1.89%) Gradle
5 1 (1.89%) Maven
5 1 (1.89%) MLflow
5 1 (1.89%) Selenium
5 1 (1.89%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.55%) Banking
2 4 (7.55%) Finance
3 3 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (5.66%) International Banking
3 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.89%) Legal
5 1 (1.89%) Military
5 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (16.98%) Architect
2 8 (15.09%) Applications Engineer
2 8 (15.09%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Applications Packager
4 4 (7.55%) Citrix Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) Senior
5 3 (5.66%) Lead
5 3 (5.66%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 3 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 2 (3.77%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (3.77%) Applications Support
6 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support
6 2 (3.77%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.77%) PowerShell Engineer
6 2 (3.77%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) BREW
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.89%) CrewAI
2 1 (1.89%) LangChain
2 1 (1.89%) LangGraph
2 1 (1.89%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.89%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.77%) Hedge funds
2 2 (3.77%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.89%) NHS
3 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (90.57%) Windows
2 33 (62.26%) Windows 10
3 10 (18.87%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) CentOS
5 1 (1.89%) Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.89%) VMS
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (18.87%) ITIL
2 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (15.09%) Analytics
4 8 (15.09%) Decision-Making
4 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (15.09%) Migration
4 8 (15.09%) Roadmaps
4 8 (15.09%) User Experience
5 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
5 7 (13.21%) Data Protection
5 7 (13.21%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (13.21%) IT Strategy
5 7 (13.21%) Thought Leadership
5 7 (13.21%) Zero Trust
6 6 (11.32%) Agile
6 6 (11.32%) Software Delivery
6 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 30 (56.60%) PowerShell
2 12 (22.64%) VBScript
3 9 (16.98%) Bash
4 3 (5.66%) Python
5 2 (3.77%) SQL
5 2 (3.77%) VB
6 1 (1.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) SC Cleared
1 12 (22.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (7.55%) Degree
3 4 (7.55%) MCSA
4 3 (5.66%) CCA
4 3 (5.66%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (5.66%) MCSE
5 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.77%) CISSP
5 2 (3.77%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) GDPR
2 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.77%) NIST
4 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (52.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (18.87%) Microsoft App-V
3 9 (16.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (9.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.77%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.77%) Docker
6 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (71.70%) SCCM
2 29 (54.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.43%) Terraform
4 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.77%) Argo
6 1 (1.89%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.89%) Nessus
6 1 (1.89%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (69.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (26.42%) Citrix
3 11 (20.75%) VMware
4 8 (15.09%) Google
5 3 (5.66%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.77%) Tenable
7 1 (1.89%) Ivanti
7 1 (1.89%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.89%) Tanium