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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 330 344
Rank change year-on-year +38 +14 +117
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 43 67 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.33% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.39% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 73
10th Percentile £270 £362 £200
25th Percentile £308 £425 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +18.92% +54.17%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £575
90th Percentile £694 £595 £617
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £41.26
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.05% -37.49%

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 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

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 29 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 29 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 +22 12 £563 +2.27% 8
South West +35 9 £315 -23.64% 7
North of England +13 7 £450 -7.69%
Scotland +14 6 £188 - 5
West Midlands +8 4 £286 -32.71% 3
Wales +7 4 - - 1
Midlands +5 4 £286 -32.71% 4
Yorkshire +12 3 £275 -50.00%
North East - 3 £450 -
North West +4 1 £450 +5.88%
East of England - 1 £350 - 9
Application Packaging
UK

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 (2.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (37.21%) Azure
2 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (9.30%) AWS
4 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.98%) GCP
5 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Firewall
1 6 (13.95%) LAN
2 5 (11.63%) Internet
3 4 (9.30%) WAN
4 2 (4.65%) WLAN
5 1 (2.33%) DHCP
5 1 (2.33%) DNS
5 1 (2.33%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) MSI
2 3 (6.98%) AdminStudio
3 1 (2.33%) InstallShield
3 1 (2.33%) WiX
General
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Retail
4 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Legal
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (16.28%) Applications Packager
2 6 (13.95%) Build Engineer
3 5 (11.63%) Architect
3 5 (11.63%) IT Engineer
4 4 (9.30%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (9.30%) Support Specialist
4 4 (9.30%) Technical Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared Application Packager
5 3 (6.98%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.98%) Windows Build Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (4.65%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Migration Specialist
7 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 1 (2.33%) SCCM Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Windows Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Middleware
2 1 (2.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.30%) Public Cloud
2 4 (9.30%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.98%) Client/Server
3 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 35 (81.40%) Windows
2 10 (23.26%) Linux
3 9 (20.93%) Windows Server
4 5 (11.63%) Unix
4 5 (11.63%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (6.98%) Solaris
6 1 (2.33%) Android
6 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Migration
2 12 (27.91%) ITIL
3 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.28%) Deployment Automation
4 7 (16.28%) Server Management
5 6 (13.95%) Service Management
6 5 (11.63%) Application Virtualisation
6 5 (11.63%) ITSM
7 4 (9.30%) Agile
7 4 (9.30%) API Management
7 4 (9.30%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (9.30%) Business Strategy
7 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.30%) Customer Service
7 4 (9.30%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.30%) IT Strategy
7 4 (9.30%) Project Management
7 4 (9.30%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (9.30%) Time Management
8 3 (6.98%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.30%) VBScript
3 3 (6.98%) Python
4 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) A+ Certification
3 4 (9.30%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.33%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.33%) MCSE
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.33%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (25.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (23.26%) SCCM
3 4 (9.30%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (4.65%) ThinApp
5 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Oracle
3 4 (9.30%) MuleSoft
3 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.98%) Apple
4 3 (6.98%) Samsung
4 3 (6.98%) VMware
5 2 (4.65%) Avaya
5 2 (4.65%) Citrix
5 2 (4.65%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (4.65%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.65%) Ivanti