Applications Packager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Packager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Packager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 347 403
Rank change year-on-year -50 +56 +97
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 5 19 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.12% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.13% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 5
10th Percentile £338 £333 £360
25th Percentile £394 £432 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +22.38%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £501
90th Percentile £510 £583 £572
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £523
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.09% +22.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £34.50
75th Percentile - - £34.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - £47.25
% change year-on-year - - -27.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,976 15,148 19,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 92.39% 93.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,872 8,703 12,525
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £373 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,575 1,022 1,256
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.11 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +79.00%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.66 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%

Applications Packager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Packager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Applications Packager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Packager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Packager in the UK excluding London

Applications Packager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Packager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Applications Packager
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 Applications Packager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 November 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 West +3 4 £450 +5.88% 2
West Midlands - 1 £300 -
Midlands - 1 £300 -
Applications Packager
UK

Applications Packager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Applications Packager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Applications Packager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) AdminStudio
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) InstallShield
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) Software Rationalisation
4 1 (20.00%) VBScript
4 1 (20.00%) WiX

Applications Packager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) AdminStudio
1 2 (40.00%) InstallShield
2 1 (20.00%) WiX
General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Software Rationalisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft