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

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 544 605
Rank change year-on-year +77 +61 +137
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 29 9 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.024% 0.066%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% 0.11% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 3 22
10th Percentile £220 £345 -
25th Percentile £381 £384 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £330
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +36.36% -26.67%
75th Percentile £689 £474 £390
90th Percentile £700 £488 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £330
% change year-on-year +0.48% +58.33% -28.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £19.04 -
25th Percentile - £22.10 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.80 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +152.10% -60.33% +52.87%
75th Percentile - - £62.25
90th Percentile - - £63.60
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year +152.10% -60.33% +52.87%

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 5,718 7,891 10,634
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.41% 21.25% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,947 5,493 7,915
10th Percentile £357 £350 £388
25th Percentile £413 £432 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 266 138
10th Percentile £30.25 £23.80 £30.53
25th Percentile £46.25 £43.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £58.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -10.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £74.47 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +23.81%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +20 10 £615 +82.22% 2
West Midlands +16 10 £615 +82.22% 1
London +57 9 £625 +38.89% 17
East of England +27 3 £450 - 1
North of England - 3 £400 - 7
South West - 3 £205 - 3
North West - 3 £400 - 6
South East +54 2 £525 +6.06% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (27.59%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) IaaS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.45%) PaaS
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DHCP
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.45%) VPN
1 1 (3.45%) WAAS
1 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) MSI
2 5 (17.24%) AdminStudio
3 3 (10.34%) InstallShield
3 3 (10.34%) WiX
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Automotive
2 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Local Government
3 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (13.79%) SCCM Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Applications Packager
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Head of IT
3 2 (6.90%) Support Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Deployment Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Head of Digital
4 1 (3.45%) ICT Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) ICT Business Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Lead
4 1 (3.45%) Senior
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Senior SCCM Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) SCADA
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (6.90%) Replication
3 1 (3.45%) BYOD
3 1 (3.45%) EFT
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 24 (82.76%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Linux
3 6 (20.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.90%) Android
4 2 (6.90%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Software Deployment
2 7 (24.14%) ITIL
2 7 (24.14%) Software Distribution
2 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (20.69%) Migration
3 6 (20.69%) Software Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Application Packaging
4 4 (13.79%) Patch Management
4 4 (13.79%) Software Rationalisation
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.34%) User Experience
6 2 (6.90%) Business Analysis
6 2 (6.90%) Business Case
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) High Availability
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (6.90%) ITSM
6 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (6.90%) Software Licensing
Programming Languages
1 17 (58.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (20.69%) Bash
2 6 (20.69%) Python
3 2 (6.90%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (6.90%) CBAP
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (62.07%) SCCM
2 6 (20.69%) Ansible
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.45%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Tanium
3 2 (6.90%) Dell
3 2 (6.90%) HP
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Foundry
4 1 (3.45%) Globalscape
4 1 (3.45%) Nexthink
4 1 (3.45%) Progress