The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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
158
-
221
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+38
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging
1
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East
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 South East.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
500
730
1,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East
16.61%
13.13%
17.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
319
462
737
10th Percentile
£350
£313
£363
25th Percentile
£411
£407
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£500
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-
-4.76%
-
75th Percentile
£591
£619
£638
90th Percentile
£661
£661
£719
England median daily rate
£530
£550
£563
% change year-on-year
-3.64%
-2.22%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
17
36
37
10th Percentile
£28.99
£35.00
£40.50
25th Percentile
£50.00
£56.13
£55.00
Median hourly rate
£57.50
£61.60
£70.00
Median % change year-on-year
-6.66%
-12.00%
+55.56%
75th Percentile
£62.50
£66.25
£75.00
90th Percentile
£69.13
£76.25
£79.61
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 the South East
Job postings citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Software Packaging Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Packaging in the South East.
Software Packaging Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Packaging in the South East.
Software Packaging Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Software Packaging also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for Software Packaging.
Software Packaging Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:
