The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Software Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Packaging over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Software Packaging is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
52 |
60 |
107 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex |
23.11% |
25.00% |
26.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
36 |
33 |
76 |
| 10th Percentile |
£300 |
£464 |
£416 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£500 |
£461 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£500 |
£523 |
£550 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-4.40% |
-4.91% |
+15.79% |
| 75th Percentile |
£557 |
£586 |
£612 |
| 90th Percentile |
£599 |
£646 |
£636 |
| East of England median daily rate |
£498 |
£522 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.60% |
+4.30% |
+5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£31.05 |
£64.03 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£43.88 |
£67.36 |
| Median hourly rate |
£40.31 |
£65.50 |
£73.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-38.46% |
-10.88% |
+44.91% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£86.91 |
£77.32 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£99.60 |
- |
| East of England median hourly rate |
£43.00 |
£65.00 |
£49.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
-33.85% |
+32.65% |
+8.89% |
