Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Software Packaging
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
South West median daily rate £300 £535 -
% change year-on-year -43.93% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 55 47 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 16.27% 16.97% 20.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 35 60
10th Percentile £401 £435 £325
25th Percentile £463 £519 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £713 £684 £688
90th Percentile £750 £745 £709
South West median daily rate £523 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £70.10 - -
25th Percentile £73.25 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +20.77% +33.42% -37.54%
75th Percentile £83.75 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £86.90 - £64.59
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Software 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable