Software Packaging Contracts in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 364 409
Rank change year-on-year 0 +45 +93
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 13 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.065% 0.054%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.39% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 10
10th Percentile £215 £341 -
25th Percentile £220 £425 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £523 £320
Median % change year-on-year -24.64% +63.28% -30.81%
75th Percentile £422 £600 £347
90th Percentile £476 £675 £388
UK median daily rate £400 £495 £350
% change year-on-year -19.19% +41.43% -23.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £17.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +252.94% - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £23.80 £60.00
% change year-on-year +152.10% -60.33% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,794 3,086 3,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.26% 16.80% 17.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,881 2,026 2,878
10th Percentile £313 £325 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £612 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 214 100
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.60 £36.54
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £58.60 £58.55
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +0.10% +1.82%
75th Percentile £67.13 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £79.61 £74.31 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £54.94 £53.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year +2.21% -10.42% +6.50%

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 3 August 2025.

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
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 3 August 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
West Midlands -3 4 £310 -8.15%
Midlands -6 4 £310 -8.15%
East of England +5 3 £450 +28.57%
North of England - 3 £400 -
North West - 3 £400 -
South West - 3 £205 - 2
South East +25 2 £525 +6.06%
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) AdminStudio
2 3 (23.08%) InstallShield
2 3 (23.08%) WiX
3 1 (7.69%) MSI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Automotive
2 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Applications Packager
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) ICT Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) ICT Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Packager
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (15.38%) Replication
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Application Packaging
2 4 (30.77%) Software Rationalisation
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Patch Management
4 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Business Case
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) High Availability
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
4 2 (15.38%) Software Licensing
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Conflict Resolution
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CBAP
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Dell
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) ServiceNow