Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Application Packaging
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 58 91
Rank change year-on-year -27 +33 +27
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 5 18 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.37% 2.01% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 2.37% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 1
10th Percentile £465 £534 -
25th Percentile £492 £538 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £537 £675 £575
90th Percentile £539 - -
South East median daily rate £496 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.82% - +19.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,109 759 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.07% 84.71% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 750 530 608
10th Percentile £312 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £629 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 44 72
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.38 £25.38
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -32.64% +18.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £69.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £49.63 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +46.67%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Fleet - 4 £515 -
Farnborough -10 1 £505 -12.17% 2
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) CentOS
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Thought Leadership
1 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (60.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GDPR
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (20.00%) Nessus
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform
3 1 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat