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 24 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 343 446
Rank change year-on-year +13 +103 -67
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 71 87 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.38% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.43% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 70 36
10th Percentile £371 £200 £138
25th Percentile £416 £281 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £488 £313
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +56.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £416
90th Percentile £595 £618 £525
UK median daily rate £455 £460 £413
% change year-on-year -1.09% +11.52% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 £34.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £47.25 £66.00
% change year-on-year -15.34% -28.41% +65.00%

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 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 24 June 2024.

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 24 June 2024. 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 +14 36 £550 - 9
South West -4 18 £396 +44.09%
West Midlands +21 11 £425 -19.05%
Midlands +20 11 £425 -19.05%
North of England +5 3 £488 -2.50% 2
Scotland +48 2 £188 -54.55%
North West +5 2 £425 -15.00% 2
Yorkshire +13 1 £550 -
Wales - 1 £500 -
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 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 33 (46.48%) Azure
2 16 (22.54%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (16.90%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.27%) AWS
4 8 (11.27%) AWS CloudFormation
4 8 (11.27%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (7.04%) OneDrive
6 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (26.76%) DNS
2 11 (15.49%) DHCP
3 10 (14.08%) LAN
4 8 (11.27%) MPLS
4 8 (11.27%) NetScaler
4 8 (11.27%) SAN
4 8 (11.27%) WAN
4 8 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (7.04%) Internet
6 3 (4.23%) Firewall
7 2 (2.82%) WLAN
8 1 (1.41%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Robot Framework
1 6 (8.45%) Selenium
2 5 (7.04%) MSI
3 1 (1.41%) AdminStudio
3 1 (1.41%) InstallShield
General
1 25 (35.21%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.27%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.63%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Analyst
2 13 (18.31%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 12 (16.90%) Applications Engineer
4 10 (14.08%) Applications Packager
5 9 (12.68%) IT Analyst
5 9 (12.68%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 8 (11.27%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Citrix Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Deployment Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) Solutions Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Senior
10 3 (4.23%) Application Integration Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared Application Packager
10 3 (4.23%) Integration Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Senior Citrix Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Senior Desktop Engineer
10 3 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.27%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (39.44%) Client/Server
2 11 (15.49%) Data Centre
3 8 (11.27%) Clustering
4 3 (4.23%) Fat Client
4 3 (4.23%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 58 (81.69%) Windows
2 32 (45.07%) Windows Server
3 31 (43.66%) Linux
4 20 (28.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (23.94%) Windows 10
6 10 (14.08%) Ubuntu
6 10 (14.08%) Unix
7 2 (2.82%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.41%) CentOS
8 1 (1.41%) Rocky
8 1 (1.41%) Solaris
8 1 (1.41%) VMS
8 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.17%) Application Virtualisation
2 18 (25.35%) Migration
3 17 (23.94%) Agile
4 16 (22.54%) DevOps
4 16 (22.54%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 13 (18.31%) Server Management
6 12 (16.90%) Release Management
7 11 (15.49%) Decision-Making
7 11 (15.49%) Network Management
8 9 (12.68%) Data Protection
9 8 (11.27%) Asset Management
9 8 (11.27%) Business Transformation
9 8 (11.27%) Capacity Management
9 8 (11.27%) Capacity Planning
9 8 (11.27%) Change Management
9 8 (11.27%) Data Migration
9 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (11.27%) Patch Management
10 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 40 (56.34%) PowerShell
2 20 (28.17%) Python
2 20 (28.17%) VBScript
3 1 (1.41%) Bash
3 1 (1.41%) SQL
3 1 (1.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (47.89%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) DV Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) SC Cleared
4 11 (15.49%) Degree
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.82%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 36 (50.70%) Active Directory
2 31 (43.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (15.49%) XenApp
3 11 (15.49%) XenDesktop
4 9 (12.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (11.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (11.27%) Virtual Servers
5 8 (11.27%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (4.23%) vSphere
7 2 (2.82%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (28.17%) SCCM
2 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Clustering
3 8 (11.27%) Nagios
3 8 (11.27%) NetBackup
4 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.41%) Nessus
5 1 (1.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (45.07%) VMware
2 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.54%) NetApp
3 11 (15.49%) Citrix
4 8 (11.27%) Hitachi
5 4 (5.63%) ArcSight
6 2 (2.82%) Avaya
6 2 (2.82%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (2.82%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle
6 2 (2.82%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.41%) CA
7 1 (1.41%) FireEye
7 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.41%) Tanium