Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Software Packaging
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.64% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.54 - -
Median hourly rate £14.48 - -
75th Percentile £15.41 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.48 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 43 12 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 27.56% 13.33% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 12 33
10th Percentile £360 £307 £290
25th Percentile £417 £320 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £638 £489 £530
90th Percentile - £502 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £422 £419
% change year-on-year +5.92% +0.72% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.54 - -
Median hourly rate £14.48 - £56.00
75th Percentile £15.41 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.08 - £16.59

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Software Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
Leicester - 1 - - 1
Software Packaging
East Midlands

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune