Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Software Packaging
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.18% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £445 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £520 - -
90th Percentile £529 - -
South East median daily rate £490 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 447 276 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.21% 18.25% 14.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 197 234
10th Percentile £375 £363 £325
25th Percentile £431 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £624
90th Percentile £648 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.44% +4.00% -5.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 16
10th Percentile £56.01 £23.35 £56.58
25th Percentile £73.25 £27.11 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.00 £31.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +157.14% -48.86% -21.53%
75th Percentile - £77.19 £64.00
90th Percentile £81.50 £86.38 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.46% -5.23%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Packaging.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Packaging.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Packaging

Software 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 Software Packaging within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 March 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 - 5 £490 - 1
Software Packaging
South East

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (60.00%) IT Governance
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (60.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) VMware