Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Application Packaging
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 15 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 3.89% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.49% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £343 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £475 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £450 £250 £413
% change year-on-year +80.00% -39.39% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 334 317 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 86.53% 87.09% 86.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 202 231
10th Percentile £326 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £460 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £626 £676 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 42
10th Percentile £19.14 £24.70 £33.20
25th Percentile £28.34 £32.52 -
Median hourly rate £43.61 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% +33.42% -11.42%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.63 £78.27
90th Percentile £76.20 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in Gloucestershire

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Application Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Gloucester - 9 £345 - 1
Cheltenham - 4 £450 -
Application Packaging
South West

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 13 (86.67%) MSI
2 5 (33.33%) AdminStudio
2 5 (33.33%) InstallShield
3 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Applications Engineer
1 7 (46.67%) Deployment Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Packager
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Support
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (6.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Agile
1 5 (33.33%) Batch Scripting
1 5 (33.33%) DevOps
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
1 5 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 2 (13.33%) Change Management
2 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.67%) ITSM
3 1 (6.67%) Migration
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (53.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) MCSA
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.67%) MCITP
3 1 (6.67%) MCP
3 1 (6.67%) MCSE
3 1 (6.67%) MCTS
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certified Master
System Software
1 10 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 10 (66.67%) SCCM
2 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft