Application Packaging Contracts in the UK excluding London

Application Packaging
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 332 327
Rank change year-on-year +51 -5 +145
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 53 62 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.30% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.35% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 31 91
10th Percentile £280 £350 -
25th Percentile £350 £425 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +37.50% +92.77%
75th Percentile £600 £583 £538
90th Percentile £675 £595 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +3.26% +15.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 16
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +137.67% -
75th Percentile £41.25 - £17.42
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year -6.25% +137.67% -74.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,544 17,537 21,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.36% 84.72% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,245 10,476 14,867
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 2,058 1,303
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.31 £15.24 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +6.69% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in the UK excluding London

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in the UK excluding London

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in the UK excluding London

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in the UK excluding London

Application Packaging
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +27 22 £575 +4.55% 8
North of England +20 12 £450 -7.69%
South West +24 8 £315 -23.64% 4
North West +15 7 £475 +11.76%
Scotland +14 5 £188 - 4
Wales +10 4 - - 1
North East - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +9 2 £313 -43.14%
East of England +38 1 £350 +218.18% 1
Midlands +9 1 £268 -37.06% 2
West Midlands +4 1 £268 -37.06% 2
Application Packaging
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Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 25 (47.17%) Azure
2 13 (24.53%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.21%) OpenShift
3 7 (13.21%) SaaS
4 6 (11.32%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (9.43%) Entra ID
6 4 (7.55%) AWS
7 3 (5.66%) GCP
8 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) Firewall
2 5 (9.43%) LAN
3 4 (7.55%) Internet
4 3 (5.66%) WAN
5 2 (3.77%) WLAN
6 1 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) MSI
2 2 (3.77%) AdminStudio
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Retail
4 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.77%) Legal
4 2 (3.77%) Local Government
5 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (15.09%) Applications Packager
1 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Senior
2 7 (13.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) Build Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) DV Cleared Application Packager
4 5 (9.43%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (7.55%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Support Specialist
5 4 (7.55%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Technical Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Windows Build Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) SCCM Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 1 (1.89%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) Middleware
2 1 (1.89%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Public Cloud
2 7 (13.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (11.32%) Client/Server
4 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 45 (84.91%) Windows
2 18 (33.96%) Linux
2 18 (33.96%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (13.21%) CentOS
4 7 (13.21%) Ubuntu
5 6 (11.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (7.55%) Unix
7 2 (3.77%) Android
7 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.77%) Solaris
7 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Agile
1 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (18.87%) ITIL
2 10 (18.87%) Migration
3 8 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (13.21%) Change Control
4 7 (13.21%) DevSecOps
4 7 (13.21%) User Experience
5 6 (11.32%) Application Virtualisation
5 6 (11.32%) DevOps
5 6 (11.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 6 (11.32%) Server Management
6 5 (9.43%) Deployment Automation
6 5 (9.43%) Service Management
7 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
7 4 (7.55%) Customer Service
7 4 (7.55%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.55%) ITSM
7 4 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.55%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.30%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.21%) VBScript
3 6 (11.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) DV Cleared
3 8 (15.09%) Degree
4 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (7.55%) A+ Certification
6 4 (7.55%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.89%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.89%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 16 (30.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (24.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (13.21%) vSphere
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (26.42%) SCCM
2 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (13.21%) Ansible
3 7 (13.21%) Kubernetes
3 7 (13.21%) Nessus
3 7 (13.21%) Terraform
3 7 (13.21%) vCenter Server
4 4 (7.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.77%) ThinApp
6 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (26.42%) VMware
3 7 (13.21%) Red Hat
4 6 (11.32%) Tanium
5 4 (7.55%) Apple
5 4 (7.55%) Oracle
5 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
6 3 (5.66%) MuleSoft
6 3 (5.66%) Samsung
7 2 (3.77%) Avaya
7 2 (3.77%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (3.77%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.77%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.89%) Citrix
8 1 (1.89%) Kaseya
8 1 (1.89%) Okta