Application Packaging Contracts in Scotland

Application Packaging
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 119 156
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 +22
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 9 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile £181 £181 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £188 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -55.88% +193.10%
75th Percentile £195 £194 £434
90th Percentile £238 - £436
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £485
% change year-on-year -5.56% -7.22% +14.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,579 1,740 2,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.02% 87.26% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 887 1,082 1,699
10th Percentile £261 £213 £250
25th Percentile £368 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £631
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 63 56
10th Percentile £16.43 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.25 £13.15
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.29 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +10.70% -51.04%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £28.15 £57.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -5.88% +60.38%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in Scotland

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in Scotland

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in Scotland

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
West Lothian +2 4 £188 -
Glasgow - 3 £188 - 2
Edinburgh - 2 £280 -
Application Packaging
UK

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Unix
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) ITSM
1 5 (55.56%) Server Management
1 5 (55.56%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Service Continuity Management
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 1 (11.11%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) MCSA
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Avaya
3 2 (22.22%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (22.22%) Fortinet