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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 464 538
Rank change year-on-year +19 +74 +146
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 76 110 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.30% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 64 125
10th Percentile £283 £300 £200
25th Percentile £310 £385 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - +3.66%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £530
90th Percentile £675 £595 £614
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £526 £431
% change year-on-year -19.12% +21.86% +72.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 11
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 - £23.35
90th Percentile - - £60.00
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 26,555 36,687 51,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.98% 86.22% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,047 23,611 35,552
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,084 2,428 1,693
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +75.00%

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 16 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 16 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 +24 52 £450 +2.86% 14
UK excluding London +30 46 £425 -19.12% 17
South East +37 17 £575 +4.55% 4
Work from Home +5 16 £425 - 8
London +10 15 £475 +23.38% 3
South West +34 9 £315 -20.50% 3
North of England +23 7 £438 -10.26% 2
Scotland +13 6 £188 - 5
Wales +5 4 - - 1
North East - 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +15 2 £313 -43.14% 2
North West +9 2 £450 +5.88%
Midlands +5 2 £277 -34.88% 2
West Midlands +2 2 £277 -34.88% 1
East of England - 1 £350 - 1

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 38 (50.00%) Azure
2 21 (27.63%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.84%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.95%) AWS
6 3 (3.95%) GCP
6 3 (3.95%) OpenShift
6 3 (3.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.16%) Firewall
2 6 (7.89%) LAN
3 5 (6.58%) Internet
4 4 (5.26%) WAN
5 2 (2.63%) DNS
5 2 (2.63%) WLAN
6 1 (1.32%) HTTP
6 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (27.63%) MSI
2 9 (11.84%) AdminStudio
3 6 (7.89%) InstallShield
3 6 (7.89%) WiX
General
1 28 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (7.89%) Finance
3 4 (5.26%) Retail
4 3 (3.95%) Legal
4 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Games
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (22.37%) Applications Packager
2 7 (9.21%) Windows Engineer
3 6 (7.89%) Build Engineer
3 6 (7.89%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (6.58%) DV Cleared Application Packager
4 5 (6.58%) IT Engineer
4 5 (6.58%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) Architect
5 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.26%) Support Specialist
5 4 (5.26%) Technical Architect
6 3 (3.95%) Administrator
6 3 (3.95%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) IT Administrator
6 3 (3.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (3.95%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) Software Packaging
2 4 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.21%) Public Cloud
3 5 (6.58%) Client/Server
3 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.58%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 67 (88.16%) Windows
2 17 (22.37%) Linux
3 15 (19.74%) Windows Server
4 12 (15.79%) Windows 10
5 5 (6.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.58%) Unix
6 4 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (3.95%) CentOS
7 3 (3.95%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.95%) Solaris
7 3 (3.95%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.63%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (1.32%) Android
9 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.63%) Migration
2 12 (15.79%) ITIL
2 12 (15.79%) Project Management
3 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.16%) Compatibility Testing
4 10 (13.16%) Programme Management
5 9 (11.84%) Agile
6 8 (10.53%) DevOps
6 8 (10.53%) Microservices
7 7 (9.21%) Application Virtualisation
7 7 (9.21%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (9.21%) Server Management
8 6 (7.89%) Deployment Automation
8 6 (7.89%) Service Management
9 5 (6.58%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.58%) ITSM
9 5 (6.58%) Patch Management
9 5 (6.58%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (6.58%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 5 (6.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.16%) VBScript
3 7 (9.21%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (40.79%) Security Cleared
2 21 (27.63%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.47%) Degree
4 9 (11.84%) DV Cleared
5 4 (5.26%) A+ Certification
5 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.32%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) QA
2 3 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.47%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (3.95%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.95%) vSphere
5 2 (2.63%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (1.32%) XenApp
6 1 (1.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 28 (36.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (31.58%) SCCM
3 4 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (3.95%) Ansible
4 3 (3.95%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.95%) Nessus
4 3 (3.95%) Terraform
4 3 (3.95%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.63%) ThinApp
6 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (44.74%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.47%) VMware
3 8 (10.53%) Citrix
4 5 (6.58%) Oracle
5 4 (5.26%) MuleSoft
5 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.95%) Apple
6 3 (3.95%) Red Hat
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
8 1 (1.32%) HP
8 1 (1.32%) Kaseya
8 1 (1.32%) Tanium