Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Application Packaging
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucester requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 4.59% - 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.05% - 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £305 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £445 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £400 - £413
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucester

Application Packaging falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 79 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 90.83% 84.04% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 67 64
10th Percentile £227 £225 £334
25th Percentile £377 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £606 £631 £628
90th Percentile £750 £734 £706
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £548 £550
% change year-on-year -13.32% -0.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile - £21.04 £19.28
25th Percentile - £21.89 -
Median hourly rate £51.21 £23.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.79% +10.95% -35.38%
75th Percentile £52.61 £24.71 £28.75
90th Percentile £60.69 £25.56 £32.50
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £43.11 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -36.14% +38.55% -18.80%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Application Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in Gloucester over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in Gloucester

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) AdminStudio
1 3 (60.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Application Packager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Application Discovery
2 2 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Batch Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft