Applications Packager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Application Packager
England > South West

The median Application Packager daily rate in the South West is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 129 152
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.18% 0.087% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.093% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £373 £414
25th Percentile £425 £388 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.45% -4.17%
75th Percentile £500 £463 £442
90th Percentile £515 £478 £443
England median daily rate £450 £475 £524
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.31% +30.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 - £47.25
% change year-on-year - - -27.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,046 2,149 2,921
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 93.31% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,196 1,304 1,928
10th Percentile £225 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
75th Percentile £644 £628 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £710
England median daily rate £505 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 173 304
10th Percentile £14.92 £14.41 £18.08
25th Percentile £18.87 £40.00 £44.81
Median hourly rate £33.34 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -48.72% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £73.75 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +38.46%

Applications Packager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Packager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Applications Packager job vacancy trend in the South West

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the South West

Applications Packager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the South West

Applications Packager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Wiltshire - 2 £475 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £450 - 1
Somerset - 1 - -
Applications Packager
England

Applications Packager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Applications Packager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Applications Packager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) AdminStudio
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) InstallShield
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
4 1 (25.00%) Software Rationalisation
4 1 (25.00%) VBScript
4 1 (25.00%) WiX

Applications Packager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) AdminStudio
1 2 (50.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (25.00%) WiX
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Software Rationalisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft