Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in England

Software Packaging
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 476 547
Rank change year-on-year -113 +71 +71
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 22 30 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.050% 0.11% 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% 0.50% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 4
10th Percentile £338 £220 £328
25th Percentile £383 £330 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -17.23% +21.88% +21.21%
75th Percentile £479 £682 £462
90th Percentile £508 £699 £483
UK median daily rate £402 £488 £495
% change year-on-year -17.54% -1.52% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £14.33 - £19.04
25th Percentile £15.52 - £22.10
Median hourly rate £17.50 £60.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -70.83% +152.10% -60.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £60.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year -70.83% +152.10% -60.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,412 5,963 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.96% 22.44% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,545 4,100 5,535
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £428 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.74% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 129 266
10th Percentile £30.30 £30.65 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% -0.94% -10.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.42 £80.20 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in England

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Packaging in England over the 6 months to 7 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Packaging in England

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Software 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 Software Packaging within the England region over the 6 months to 7 July 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 East -59 8 £475 -9.52% 2
North West -39 6 £404 +0.88%
North of England -66 6 £404 +0.88% 1
Midlands -62 5 £411 -33.13% 1
East Midlands - 4 £411 - 1
London -88 2 £388 -24.39% 2
South West -35 1 £300 +46.34%
West Midlands -69 1 - -
Software Packaging
UK

Software 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 2 (9.09%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
1 5 (22.73%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) DHCP
1 3 (13.64%) DNS
1 3 (13.64%) LAN
1 3 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) SAN
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (36.36%) MSI
2 1 (4.55%) AdminStudio
2 1 (4.55%) InstallShield
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 16 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Administrator
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Service Desk Support
3 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Applications Packager
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (9.09%) iPhone
3 1 (4.55%) EPoS
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 5 (22.73%) Mac OS
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
5 2 (9.09%) Linux
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.55%) Debian
6 1 (4.55%) Ubuntu
6 1 (4.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Application Packaging
2 6 (27.27%) ITIL
3 5 (22.73%) Analytics
3 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
4 4 (18.18%) Compatibility Testing
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) User Experience
4 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 3 (13.64%) Asset Management
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (13.64%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (13.64%) IT Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
5 3 (13.64%) Programme Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Software Distribution
6 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.09%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) RHCE
4 1 (4.55%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (68.18%) SCCM
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (13.64%) SCOM
4 2 (9.09%) AirWatch
5 1 (4.55%) Ansible
5 1 (4.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Citrix
2 4 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Bloomberg
3 2 (9.09%) HP
4 1 (4.55%) Tenable