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 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 495 537
Rank change year-on-year -42 +42 +197
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 14 12 27
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.046% 0.039% 0.069%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.20% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 17
10th Percentile £213 £283 £220
25th Percentile £220 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £535 £400
Median % change year-on-year -11.21% +33.75% +4.85%
75th Percentile £622 £560 £500
90th Percentile £725 £578 £616
UK median daily rate £475 £538 £400
% change year-on-year -11.63% +34.38% +4.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £28.88
25th Percentile - - £33.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £23.80 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +152.10% -36.53% -42.31%
75th Percentile - - £40.04
90th Percentile - - £50.16
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £23.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +152.10% -36.53% -42.31%

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 6,900 6,750 8,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.85% 21.76% 22.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,657 4,304 6,350
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 97 181
10th Percentile £30.75 £26.40 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.47%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 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 +3 6 £638 +264.29% 2
East of England -16 4 £475 +35.71% 1
South West 0 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 2 £220 -
Midlands - 2 £220 -
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 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Entra ID
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.14%) IaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) HTTP
2 1 (7.14%) SMTP
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) AdminStudio
2 2 (14.29%) InstallShield
2 2 (14.29%) MSI
2 2 (14.29%) WiX
3 1 (7.14%) GCC
3 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Automotive
2 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Deployment Specialist
1 2 (14.29%) Lead
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (7.14%) Applications Packager
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) ICT Business Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Lead Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Software Packager
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (14.29%) Replication
2 1 (7.14%) BYOD
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (7.14%) Fat Client
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Software Rationalisation
4 3 (21.43%) Application Packaging
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Software Deployment
5 2 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (14.29%) ITSM
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
5 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Software Licensing
5 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) VBScript
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CBAP
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) SCCM
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.14%) SysTrack
3 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Progress
2 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Zscaler
3 1 (7.14%) Nexthink
3 1 (7.14%) Veeam