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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 469 530 702
Rank change year-on-year +61 +172 -123
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 109 187 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.32% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.35% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 137 108
10th Percentile £342 £200 £172
25th Percentile £385 £255 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £400 £423
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -5.33% +12.67%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £575
90th Percentile £595 £605 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £407 £208
% change year-on-year +35.14% +96.14% -38.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 19 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 - £30.97 -
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 37,480 53,073 80,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.37% 89.85% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,166 36,804 56,457
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,751 1,910
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 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
England +42 92 £460 +5.14% 27
UK excluding London -3 61 £550 +35.14% 21
Work from Home +106 36 £425 -2.86% 9
London +104 31 £385 -18.52% 6
South East +23 31 £550 -6.78% 9
South West +2 14 £413 +106.25% 3
West Midlands +23 10 £425 -19.05%
Midlands +17 10 £425 -11.69% 1
Scotland +31 2 £188 -55.88% 1
North of England +6 2 £488 +45.52% 5
Yorkshire +20 1 £550 -
Wales +15 1 £500 -4.76%
East of England +9 1 £110 -45.00% 2
North West +7 1 £425 +26.87% 5

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 (15.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (9.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.83%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 37 (33.94%) Azure
2 17 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
2 17 (15.60%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (11.01%) AWS
4 8 (7.34%) AWS CloudFormation
4 8 (7.34%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (7.34%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.59%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.83%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.83%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.83%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.83%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.92%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.94%) DNS
2 15 (13.76%) DHCP
3 13 (11.93%) LAN
4 10 (9.17%) Firewall
4 10 (9.17%) SAN
4 10 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (8.26%) WAN
6 8 (7.34%) MPLS
6 8 (7.34%) NetScaler
7 7 (6.42%) Internet
8 4 (3.67%) IPv4
9 2 (1.83%) DKIM
9 2 (1.83%) DMARC
9 2 (1.83%) Extranet
9 2 (1.83%) NAS
9 2 (1.83%) Network Security
9 2 (1.83%) VPN
9 2 (1.83%) Wireless
9 2 (1.83%) WLAN
10 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.26%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) MSI
2 6 (5.50%) Robot Framework
2 6 (5.50%) Selenium
3 3 (2.75%) InstallShield
General
1 29 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (21.10%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.01%) Finance
4 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.34%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Electronics
8 1 (0.92%) French Language
8 1 (0.92%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.92%) Law
8 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.92%) Marketing
8 1 (0.92%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.43%) Analyst
2 17 (15.60%) Applications Packager
3 16 (14.68%) Applications Engineer
4 11 (10.09%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 10 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (8.26%) Applications Specialist
6 9 (8.26%) IT Analyst
6 9 (8.26%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (7.34%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (5.50%) Architect
8 6 (5.50%) Deployment Engineer
8 6 (5.50%) Senior
8 6 (5.50%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Citrix Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Data Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Market Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Market Data Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Solutions Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (3.67%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) ADO
2 2 (1.83%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.92%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.85%) Client/Server
2 19 (17.43%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.34%) Clustering
4 5 (4.59%) Fat Client
4 5 (4.59%) Thin Client
4 5 (4.59%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.75%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.83%) PKI
7 1 (0.92%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.92%) Replication
7 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 73 (66.97%) Windows
2 36 (33.03%) Windows Server
3 28 (25.69%) Linux
4 18 (16.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (16.51%) Windows 10
5 12 (11.01%) Unix
6 8 (7.34%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.75%) Windows 7
8 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.92%) Android
9 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.92%) Solaris
9 1 (0.92%) Tizen
9 1 (0.92%) tvOS
9 1 (0.92%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.18%) Application Virtualisation
2 20 (18.35%) Migration
3 18 (16.51%) DevOps
4 16 (14.68%) Agile
5 15 (13.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 15 (13.76%) Server Management
6 13 (11.93%) Decision-Making
7 12 (11.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (10.09%) Network Management
8 11 (10.09%) Release Management
9 10 (9.17%) Asset Management
9 10 (9.17%) Capacity Management
9 10 (9.17%) Patch Management
10 9 (8.26%) Change Management
10 9 (8.26%) Data Migration
10 9 (8.26%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.34%) Application Discovery
11 8 (7.34%) Business Transformation
11 8 (7.34%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (7.34%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 61 (55.96%) PowerShell
2 24 (22.02%) VBScript
3 18 (16.51%) Python
4 5 (4.59%) SQL
5 1 (0.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (34.86%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.43%) SC Cleared
3 18 (16.51%) DV Cleared
4 13 (11.93%) Degree
5 4 (3.67%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.92%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) SLA
3 2 (1.83%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 43 (39.45%) Active Directory
2 30 (27.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (11.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 9 (8.26%) VMware Workstation
4 9 (8.26%) XenApp
4 9 (8.26%) XenDesktop
5 8 (7.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (7.34%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (7.34%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (2.75%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.83%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.92%) vCloud
8 1 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.92%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (27.52%) SCCM
2 14 (12.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (9.17%) NetBackup
4 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (7.34%) Nagios
5 5 (4.59%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (2.75%) Ansible
7 3 (2.75%) SCOM
8 2 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.83%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.83%) Terraform
8 2 (1.83%) VxRail
9 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) VMware
2 31 (28.44%) Microsoft
3 16 (14.68%) NetApp
4 14 (12.84%) Citrix
5 8 (7.34%) Hitachi
6 4 (3.67%) Avaya
7 3 (2.75%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.75%) Cisco
7 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.83%) Dell
8 2 (1.83%) Dell Compellent
8 2 (1.83%) EMC
8 2 (1.83%) Equitrac
8 2 (1.83%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (1.83%) F5
8 2 (1.83%) HP
8 2 (1.83%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.83%) Oracle
8 2 (1.83%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.83%) SolarWinds