Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in the South East

Software Packaging
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.84%
England median daily rate £475 £538 £363
% change year-on-year -11.63% +48.28% +9.85%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 681 531 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.48% 15.91% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 326 442
10th Percentile £293 £343 £316
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% +0.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £582 £638 £612
90th Percentile £675 £675 £678
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 39
10th Percentile £40.00 £54.63 £53.85
25th Percentile £46.25 £57.44 £55.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.13 £75.14
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.87 £78.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.56
% change year-on-year -4.00% +14.55% -16.06%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the South East

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Software 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 Software Packaging within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Berkshire - 1 £400 -
Thames Valley - 1 £400 -
Software Packaging
England

Software 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware