Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in Reading

Application Packaging
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 84 74
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +27
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 2 7 19
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.31% 0.65% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.73% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 16
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile - £525 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile - £575 £563
90th Percentile - - £617
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +37.14% -33.33% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 588 954 987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.32% 88.66% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 529 641
10th Percentile £353 £350 £238
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +0.48%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £501
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.90% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 14
10th Percentile £14.55 £18.88 £29.04
25th Percentile £14.75 £45.94 £59.32
Median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £63.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% -4.52% +15.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.40 £67.42
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.66 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £58.49 £61.72
% change year-on-year -52.98% -5.23% +26.60%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in Reading

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Tenable