Software Packaging Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Packaging over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 438 491
Rank change year-on-year +60 +53 -90
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 8 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.077% 0.046%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.25% 0.42% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 7
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £319 £308 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £315 £475
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -33.68% +35.71%
75th Percentile £575 £330 £531
90th Percentile - £332 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £328 £500
% change year-on-year +37.40% -34.50% +47.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £19.33 - -
25th Percentile £22.83 - £17.75
Median hourly rate £28.66 - £18.50
75th Percentile £34.48 - £19.25
90th Percentile £37.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £61.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -61.30% +232.43% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Software Packaging is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,215 4,294 6,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.78% 18.27% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,098 3,209 4,365
10th Percentile £323 £356 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £586
90th Percentile £694 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 91 138
10th Percentile £21.49 £22.50 £20.18
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.65 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.65
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.93% +10.32%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Packaging in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Packaging in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software 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 Software Packaging within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Northern Ireland - 3 £550 - 2
North of England - 2 £325 - 4
East of England - 2 - - 1
Midlands +17 1 £338 +7.14% 4
North West - 1 £325 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £338 - 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Software Packaging
UK

Software 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Maven
2 1 (12.50%) MSI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Configuration Specialist
1 1 (12.50%) Developer
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared Java Developer
1 1 (12.50%) IT Support
1 1 (12.50%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (12.50%) IT Technician
1 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
1 1 (12.50%) Lead
1 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) REST
1 3 (37.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 2 (25.00%) SDET
3 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Availability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Security Patching
3 1 (12.50%) Software Distribution
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) HNC
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft