Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Software Packaging
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 160 176
Rank change year-on-year -74 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.050% 0.094% 0.064%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.45% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £465 £383 £279
25th Percentile £470 £384 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £400 £313
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% +28.00% -
75th Percentile £491 £413 £334
90th Percentile £492 - £336
England median daily rate £475 £620 £313
% change year-on-year -23.39% +98.40% -0.79%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,245 672 887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 20.86% 21.06% 18.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 482 609
10th Percentile £358 £358 £350
25th Percentile £411 £402 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.25% -4.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £560 £574 £588
90th Percentile £630 £650 £689
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 8 28
10th Percentile £52.50 £65.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £55.75 £68.81 £21.13
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.46 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +87.83% -17.43%
75th Percentile £74.26 £99.42 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.20 £102.00 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 14 April 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
North West -34 2 £492 +23.00% 4
North East - 1 £475 -
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) BCP
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Document Management
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) RHCE
1 1 (33.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) AirWatch
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Bloomberg
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware