Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Software Packaging
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.52% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £300 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1 24 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 1.52% 20.51% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 16
10th Percentile - £306 £375
25th Percentile - £347 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% -1.52% +27.74%
75th Percentile - £538 £547
90th Percentile - £575 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -6.82% +15.79% -9.52%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Software Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 1 £300 -
Software Packaging
West Midlands

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 1 (100.00%) InstallShield
1 1 (100.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft