Software Packaging Contracts in London

Software Packaging
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software 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 349 381 484
Rank change year-on-year +32 +103 +96
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 4 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.056% 0.033%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% 0.22% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £278 £209 -
25th Percentile £356 £216 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £220 £365
Median % change year-on-year +132.95% -39.73% -32.41%
75th Percentile £663 £278 £482
90th Percentile - £381 £665
England median daily rate £625 £273 £315
% change year-on-year +129.36% -13.49% -33.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £60.15
25th Percentile - £23.80 £60.38
Median hourly rate - £32.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - -47.97% -
75th Percentile - £36.84 £63.38
90th Percentile - £38.28 £64.05
England median hourly rate - £32.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year - -47.97% +232.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,271 4,464 7,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.07% 25.04% 27.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,298 3,349 5,511
10th Percentile £385 £375 £413
25th Percentile £450 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £725 £700 £730
90th Percentile £838 £825 £813
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 40
10th Percentile £33.25 £16.25 £30.68
25th Percentile £36.06 £23.90 £37.84
Median hourly rate £52.50 £37.17 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.24% -43.68% +35.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £68.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Packaging in London

Software Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Packaging in London

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Software Packaging in London

Software Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Packaging in London

Software 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 Software 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 - 1 £250 -
Software Packaging
England

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) IaaS
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Head of IT
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Globalscape