Application Packaging Contracts

Application Packaging
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Application Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Packaging over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 527 687
Rank change year-on-year +37 +160 -129
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 108 193 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.36% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 143 107
10th Percentile £341 £200 £172
25th Percentile £396 £250 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 £420
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £513 £575
90th Percentile £595 £600 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £400 £204
% change year-on-year +37.50% +96.32% -45.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 20 6
10th Percentile £23.80 - £61.00
25th Percentile - £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £16.83 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.67% -74.50% +170.49%
75th Percentile - £17.42 -
90th Percentile - £27.34 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £16.83 -
% change year-on-year +137.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Application Packaging is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging.

Daily rate trend for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Packaging over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Packaging.

Hourly rate trend for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Application Packaging over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Application Packaging in the UK

Application Packaging
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +55 91 £468 +16.88% 21
UK excluding London -2 62 £550 +37.50% 15
Work from Home +106 35 £425 -2.86% 8
South East +29 31 £550 -7.56% 7
London +91 29 £390 -17.46% 4
South West -4 14 £413 +65.00% 2
West Midlands +34 10 £425 -19.05%
Midlands +8 10 £425 -2.86%
North of England +12 3 £488 +50.00% 5
Scotland +25 2 £188 -55.88%
North West -3 2 £425 +30.77% 5
Yorkshire +19 1 £550 -
East of England +17 1 £110 -45.00% 1
Wales +15 1 £500 -4.76%

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (15.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (9.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.19%) Azure
2 18 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (15.74%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (11.11%) AWS
5 9 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 8 (7.41%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.63%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.85%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.85%) Nutanix
8 2 (1.85%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.93%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (24.07%) DNS
2 16 (14.81%) DHCP
3 13 (12.04%) LAN
4 10 (9.26%) Firewall
4 10 (9.26%) SAN
4 10 (9.26%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (8.33%) WAN
6 8 (7.41%) MPLS
6 8 (7.41%) NetScaler
7 7 (6.48%) Internet
8 4 (3.70%) IPv4
9 2 (1.85%) DKIM
9 2 (1.85%) DMARC
9 2 (1.85%) Extranet
9 2 (1.85%) NAS
9 2 (1.85%) Network Security
9 2 (1.85%) VPN
9 2 (1.85%) Wireless
9 2 (1.85%) WLAN
10 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.93%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (8.33%) MSI
2 6 (5.56%) Robot Framework
2 6 (5.56%) Selenium
3 3 (2.78%) InstallShield
General
1 29 (26.85%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (21.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.11%) Finance
4 9 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.41%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.93%) Electronics
8 1 (0.93%) French Language
8 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.93%) Law
8 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.93%) Marketing
8 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.59%) Analyst
2 15 (13.89%) Applications Engineer
2 15 (13.89%) Applications Packager
3 11 (10.19%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.33%) Applications Specialist
5 9 (8.33%) IT Analyst
5 9 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 8 (7.41%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Deployment Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Senior
7 6 (5.56%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Citrix Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Data Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Market Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Market Data Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Solutions Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (3.70%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.41%) ADO
2 2 (1.85%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.07%) Client/Server
2 19 (17.59%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.41%) Clustering
4 5 (4.63%) Fat Client
4 5 (4.63%) Thin Client
4 5 (4.63%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.78%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.85%) PKI
7 2 (1.85%) Replication
8 1 (0.93%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (69.44%) Windows
2 37 (34.26%) Windows Server
3 28 (25.93%) Linux
4 19 (17.59%) Windows 10
5 18 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (11.11%) Unix
7 8 (7.41%) Ubuntu
8 4 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (2.78%) Windows 7
9 3 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.93%) Android
10 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.93%) Solaris
10 1 (0.93%) Tizen
10 1 (0.93%) tvOS
10 1 (0.93%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.37%) Application Virtualisation
2 21 (19.44%) Migration
3 18 (16.67%) DevOps
4 16 (14.81%) Agile
4 16 (14.81%) Server Management
5 15 (13.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 13 (12.04%) Decision-Making
7 12 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (10.19%) Network Management
8 11 (10.19%) Release Management
9 10 (9.26%) Asset Management
9 10 (9.26%) Capacity Management
9 10 (9.26%) Data Migration
9 10 (9.26%) ITIL
9 10 (9.26%) Patch Management
10 9 (8.33%) Change Management
10 9 (8.33%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.41%) Application Discovery
11 8 (7.41%) Business Transformation
11 8 (7.41%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 61 (56.48%) PowerShell
2 24 (22.22%) VBScript
3 18 (16.67%) Python
4 5 (4.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 20 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 18 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 13 (12.04%) Degree
5 4 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) QA
2 3 (2.78%) SLA
3 2 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
System Software
1 45 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 30 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (8.33%) VMware Workstation
4 9 (8.33%) XenApp
4 9 (8.33%) XenDesktop
5 8 (7.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (7.41%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (6.48%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.78%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.85%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.93%) vCloud
9 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (27.78%) SCCM
2 15 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (9.26%) NetBackup
4 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (7.41%) Nagios
5 5 (4.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.78%) Ansible
6 3 (2.78%) SCOM
7 2 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.85%) SCVMM
7 2 (1.85%) Terraform
7 2 (1.85%) VxRail
8 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (29.63%) VMware
2 31 (28.70%) Microsoft
3 16 (14.81%) NetApp
4 15 (13.89%) Citrix
5 8 (7.41%) Hitachi
6 4 (3.70%) Avaya
6 4 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.78%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.78%) Cisco
8 2 (1.85%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.85%) Commvault
8 2 (1.85%) Dell
8 2 (1.85%) EMC
8 2 (1.85%) Forcepoint
8 2 (1.85%) HP
8 2 (1.85%) Juniper
8 2 (1.85%) Mitel
8 2 (1.85%) Oracle
8 2 (1.85%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.85%) Wyse