Software Packaging Contracts in England

Software Packaging
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 527 623
Rank change year-on-year +57 +96 +126
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 15 15 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.040% 0.059%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.28% 0.20% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 25
10th Percentile £383 £212 -
25th Percentile £388 £220 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £273 £315
Median % change year-on-year +129.36% -13.49% -33.68%
75th Percentile £689 £352 £330
90th Percentile £693 £403 £350
UK median daily rate £625 £338 £315
% change year-on-year +85.19% +7.14% -35.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £21.08 £60.15
25th Percentile - £23.80 £60.38
Median hourly rate - £32.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - -47.97% +232.43%
75th Percentile - £38.04 £63.38
90th Percentile - £39.66 £64.05
UK median hourly rate - £32.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year - -47.97% +232.43%

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 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Packaging in England

Software Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Packaging in England.

Daily rate trend for Software Packaging in England

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Packaging in England

Software Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Packaging in England.

Hourly rate trend for Software Packaging in England

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 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
Midlands +29 8 £688 +103.70%
West Midlands +21 8 £688 +103.70%
London +32 4 £513 +132.95% 2
North of England +20 3 £400 +23.08% 4
North West +19 3 £400 +23.08% 3
South East - 1 - - 1
Software Packaging
UK

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
2 1 (6.67%) PaaS
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MSI
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Local Government
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) Head of IT
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Applications Packager
2 1 (6.67%) Head of Digital
2 1 (6.67%) Senior
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Senior SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (6.67%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Android
3 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Software Deployment
2 7 (46.67%) Software Distribution
3 6 (40.00%) Software Delivery
4 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) User Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
6 1 (6.67%) API Integration
6 1 (6.67%) Change Control
6 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Service Management
6 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (40.00%) Bash
2 6 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Ansible
1 6 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (40.00%) Tanium
2 2 (13.33%) Dell
2 2 (13.33%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) Foundry
3 1 (6.67%) Globalscape