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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 437 507
Rank change year-on-year +11 +70 +114
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 50 100 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.27% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.32% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 58 101
10th Percentile £297 £300 £200
25th Percentile £351 £385 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £473
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.65% +12.50%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £563
90th Percentile £694 £595 £619
UK median daily rate £425 £455 £455
% change year-on-year -6.59% - +10.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £23.80 £21.13
25th Percentile - - £21.32
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £62.70
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% -33.33% -9.09%

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 21,947 31,578 42,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.31% 85.86% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,275 20,635 30,003
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £766
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 956 2,303 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.81
Median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £59.93 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year -24.66% -1.35% +44.08%

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 30 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 30 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
London +30 16 £500 +28.21% 9
South East +37 12 £563 +2.27% 25
South West +36 9 £315 -23.64% 15
North of England +16 7 £450 -7.69% 16
Midlands +10 4 £286 -32.71% 22
West Midlands +9 4 £286 -32.71% 12
Yorkshire +21 3 £275 -50.00% 7
North East - 3 £450 - 2
North West +9 1 £450 +5.88% 7
East of England - 1 £350 - 20
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 21 (42.00%) Azure
2 13 (26.00%) Entra ID
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.00%) AWS
4 4 (8.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Firewall
1 4 (8.00%) LAN
1 4 (8.00%) WAN
2 3 (6.00%) DNS
3 1 (2.00%) DHCP
3 1 (2.00%) HTTP
3 1 (2.00%) Internet
3 1 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) MSI
2 4 (8.00%) AdminStudio
3 1 (2.00%) InstallShield
3 1 (2.00%) WiX
General
1 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Retail
4 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Games
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Applications Packager
2 7 (14.00%) Windows Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Build Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Architect
5 4 (8.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (8.00%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Technical Architect
6 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared Application Packager
6 3 (6.00%) IT Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) IT Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Windows Build Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Applications Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) Migration Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) SCCM Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (84.00%) Windows
2 15 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (18.00%) Linux
4 5 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.00%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.00%) Android
7 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Migration
2 9 (18.00%) Deployment Automation
3 8 (16.00%) Application Virtualisation
4 6 (12.00%) DevOps
5 5 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (8.00%) Agile
6 4 (8.00%) API Management
6 4 (8.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (8.00%) Business Strategy
6 4 (8.00%) IT Strategy
6 4 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.00%) Project Management
6 4 (8.00%) User Experience
7 3 (6.00%) Compatibility Testing
7 3 (6.00%) ITIL
7 3 (6.00%) Patch Management
7 3 (6.00%) Programme Management
7 3 (6.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (6.00%) Software Deployment
7 3 (6.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (14.00%) VBScript
3 5 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (26.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.00%) MCSE
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (24.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.00%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (2.00%) XenApp
5 1 (2.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (32.00%) SCCM
3 2 (4.00%) ThinApp
4 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Citrix
3 4 (8.00%) MuleSoft
3 4 (8.00%) VMware
4 3 (6.00%) Apple
4 3 (6.00%) Samsung
5 2 (4.00%) Ivanti
6 1 (2.00%) HP