Application Packaging Contract Job Trends in the South East

Application Packaging
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 113 180
Rank change year-on-year -61 +67 +53
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 11 56 21
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.25% 1.56% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.76% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 41 21
10th Percentile £355 £330 £501
25th Percentile £468 £350 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £512 £613 £615
90th Percentile £555 £675 £675
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +35.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,723 3,180 4,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.46% 88.48% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,447 1,981 2,819
10th Percentile £225 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -1.45% +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £684 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 119 237
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £19.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.44
90th Percentile £75.50 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in the South East

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Application Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in the South East

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Application Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Surrey -5 4 £500 -
Thames Valley -46 4 £480 +37.14%
Hampshire -32 3 £492 -14.43% 6
Berkshire -42 2 £480 +37.14%
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 3 (27.27%) AWS
4 2 (18.18%) IaaS
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (18.18%) PaaS
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
5 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SCCM Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Security Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Windows Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Mac OS
4 1 (9.09%) CentOS
4 1 (9.09%) Linux
4 1 (9.09%) Ubuntu
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
1 4 (36.36%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Change Control
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) ITSM
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
3 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (18.18%) A+ Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (72.73%) SCCM
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Nessus
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
3 2 (18.18%) Tanium
3 2 (18.18%) Tenable
4 1 (9.09%) Red Hat