Application Packaging Contracts in the Thames Valley

Application Packaging
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Application Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application 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 96 137 131
Rank change year-on-year +41 -6 +32
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 6 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.30% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.34% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 19
10th Percentile £374 £456 £410
25th Percentile £391 £501 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £526 £590
Median % change year-on-year -23.88% -10.93% +59.46%
75th Percentile £450 £575 £615
90th Percentile £540 - £619
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £595
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in the Thames Valley

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in the Thames Valley

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in the Thames Valley

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in the Thames Valley

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +27 4 £400 -23.88% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £600 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £375 -
Application Packaging
South East

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MSI
2 2 (33.33%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
3 1 (16.67%) Product Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Security Hardening
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Story Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (33.33%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Ivanti
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Genesys
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft