Application Packaging Contracts

Application Packaging
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 472 527
Rank change year-on-year +28 +55 +164
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 76 110 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.25% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.29% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 63 141
10th Percentile £290 £342 £200
25th Percentile £355 £385 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £460 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +15.00% -5.33%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £525
90th Percentile £675 £595 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -9.09% +37.50% +92.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 20
10th Percentile £28.50 £23.80 -
25th Percentile £31.88 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +137.67% -74.50%
75th Percentile £41.25 - £17.42
90th Percentile - - £27.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £16.83
% change year-on-year -6.25% +137.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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
Top 15 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 1 May 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
England +22 58 £500 +8.70% 20
UK excluding London +50 49 £500 -9.09% 18
South East +38 23 £575 +4.55% 8
London +22 15 £450 +16.88% 7
Work from Home +19 15 £450 +5.88% 12
North of England +28 12 £450 -7.69%
North West +22 7 £475 +11.76%
South West +37 5 £338 -18.18% 4
Wales +4 4 - - 1
Scotland +14 3 £234 +24.67% 4
North East - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +9 2 £313 -43.14%
East of England +30 1 £350 +218.18% 1
Midlands +13 1 £268 -37.06%
West Midlands +5 1 £268 -37.06%

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 6 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cloud Services
1 41 (53.95%) Azure
2 25 (32.89%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (22.37%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.84%) OneDrive
5 7 (9.21%) OpenShift
5 7 (9.21%) SaaS
6 6 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.95%) AWS
8 2 (2.63%) GCP
9 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.16%) Firewall
2 4 (5.26%) LAN
3 2 (2.63%) DNS
3 2 (2.63%) Internet
3 2 (2.63%) WAN
3 2 (2.63%) WLAN
4 1 (1.32%) HTTP
4 1 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (26.32%) MSI
2 5 (6.58%) AdminStudio
3 2 (2.63%) InstallShield
3 2 (2.63%) WiX
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.58%) Finance
3 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.95%) Legal
5 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Local Government
5 2 (2.63%) Retail
6 1 (1.32%) Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Games
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Applications Packager
2 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (9.21%) Senior
3 7 (9.21%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.89%) DV Cleared Application Packager
4 6 (7.89%) Wintel Engineer
5 5 (6.58%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.26%) Administrator
6 4 (5.26%) Build Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 4 (5.26%) Support Specialist
6 4 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Applications Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) IT Administrator
7 3 (3.95%) IT Systems Administrator
7 3 (3.95%) SCCM Engineer
7 3 (3.95%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) Middleware
1 2 (2.63%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Public Cloud
2 8 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 7 (9.21%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (7.89%) Client/Server
5 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
5 5 (6.58%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (86.84%) Windows
2 19 (25.00%) Linux
3 17 (22.37%) Windows Server
4 12 (15.79%) Windows 10
5 8 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (9.21%) CentOS
6 7 (9.21%) Ubuntu
7 6 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.95%) Apple iOS
8 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.95%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.63%) Android
9 2 (2.63%) Unix
9 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.32%) Solaris
10 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.37%) Migration
2 14 (18.42%) Agile
2 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (14.47%) Project Management
4 10 (13.16%) Compatibility Testing
4 10 (13.16%) DevOps
5 9 (11.84%) Programme Management
6 8 (10.53%) Application Virtualisation
6 8 (10.53%) Change Control
6 8 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (10.53%) ITIL
6 8 (10.53%) Microservices
6 8 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (10.53%) User Experience
7 7 (9.21%) DevSecOps
8 6 (7.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.58%) Patch Management
9 5 (6.58%) Software Deployment
10 4 (5.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 9 (11.84%) VBScript
3 8 (10.53%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 12 (15.79%) DV Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) Degree
5 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (5.26%) A+ Certification
6 4 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.32%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) QA
2 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (32.89%) Active Directory
2 16 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (14.47%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (9.21%) vSphere
5 5 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (3.95%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.63%) BitLocker
8 1 (1.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (1.32%) XenApp
8 1 (1.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 29 (38.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (34.21%) SCCM
3 7 (9.21%) Ansible
3 7 (9.21%) Kubernetes
3 7 (9.21%) Nessus
3 7 (9.21%) Terraform
3 7 (9.21%) vCenter Server
4 4 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (2.63%) ThinApp
6 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (53.95%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.37%) VMware
3 7 (9.21%) Citrix
3 7 (9.21%) Red Hat
4 6 (7.89%) Tanium
5 4 (5.26%) Apple
5 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.95%) Samsung
7 2 (2.63%) Avaya
7 2 (2.63%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (2.63%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.63%) Ivanti
7 2 (2.63%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.63%) Oracle
8 1 (1.32%) Genesys
8 1 (1.32%) HP
8 1 (1.32%) Kaseya
8 1 (1.32%) Okta