Application Packaging Contracts in London

Application Packaging
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Application Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 360 455
Rank change year-on-year +22 +95 +63
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 15 31 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 27
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £344 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £385 £473
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -18.52% -5.50%
75th Percentile £600 £450 £500
90th Percentile £638 £538 £530
England median daily rate £500 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% -15.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £21.10
25th Percentile - - £21.24
Median hourly rate - £23.80 £41.26
Median % change year-on-year - -42.31% -
75th Percentile - - £61.13
90th Percentile - - £63.15
England median hourly rate - £40.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year - +137.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in London

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in London.

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in London

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in London

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in London.

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in London

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London -8 3 £650 +68.83% 1
Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) HTTP
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) MSI
2 1 (6.67%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Administrator
1 3 (20.00%) Applications Packager
1 3 (20.00%) IT Administrator
1 3 (20.00%) IT Systems Administrator
1 3 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Migration Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Windows
2 9 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (13.33%) Application Virtualisation
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (13.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
2 2 (13.33%) Patch Management
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Disk Encryption
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.67%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.67%) Security Patching
3 1 (6.67%) Server Building
3 1 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (26.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (13.33%) BitLocker
5 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (6.67%) XenApp
5 1 (6.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (40.00%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Citrix
3 1 (6.67%) HP
3 1 (6.67%) VMware