Applications Packager Contracts in England

Application Packager
UK > England

The median Application Packager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 524 639
Rank change year-on-year +55 +115 +130
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 16 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.048% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.052% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 9
10th Percentile £355 £359 £388
25th Percentile £425 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% +16.56%
75th Percentile £575 £469 £488
90th Percentile £588 £580 £500
UK median daily rate £550 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +22.22% -2.70% +17.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60.15
25th Percentile - - £60.38
Median hourly rate - - £61.50
75th Percentile - - £63.38
90th Percentile - - £64.05
UK median hourly rate - - £61.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Applications Packager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Applications Packager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in England.

Daily rate trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
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 Applications Packager 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 +46 7 £550 +7.84%
London +35 5 £488 +25.00% 2
South West +46 1 - - 1
North of England +19 1 £275 -
East of England - 1 £350 -
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
Applications Packager
UK

Applications Packager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Packager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Applications Packager in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 12 (75.00%) PowerShell
3 11 (68.75%) Application Packaging
4 8 (50.00%) VBScript
5 7 (43.75%) SCCM
5 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
5 7 (43.75%) MSI
5 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (37.50%) DevOps
6 6 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
6 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
6 6 (37.50%) Application Virtualisation
6 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 6 (37.50%) VMware
6 6 (37.50%) Linux
6 6 (37.50%) Python
6 6 (37.50%) Client/Server
6 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (37.50%) Agile
7 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
7 5 (31.25%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (31.25%) Windows 10
8 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (18.75%) QA
9 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
10 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365

Applications Packager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MSI
2 1 (6.25%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Legal
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Games
2 1 (6.25%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Client/Server
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Linux
2 6 (37.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 10
4 3 (18.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Application Packaging
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Application Virtualisation
2 6 (37.50%) DevOps
2 6 (37.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Compatibility Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (12.50%) Microservices
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) User Experience
5 1 (6.25%) Change Control
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.25%) Software Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (50.00%) VBScript
3 6 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (31.25%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (43.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) HP