Software Distribution Contracts

Software Distribution
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Software Distribution skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Distribution 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 500 559 679
Rank change year-on-year +59 +120 +155
Contract jobs citing Software Distribution 20 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.053% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.061% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 28
10th Percentile £340 £198 £202
25th Percentile £425 £275 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £338 £340
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -0.74% -24.44%
75th Percentile £648 £525 £488
90th Percentile £691 £550 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £418 £463
% change year-on-year +22.16% -9.73% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £12.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Software Distribution 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%

Software Distribution
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Distribution as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Distribution.

Daily rate trend for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Distribution over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Distribution.

Hourly rate trend for Software Distribution in the UK

Software Distribution
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Distribution 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
UK excluding London +62 17 £510 +22.16% 2
England +49 13 £510 +64.52% 2
Work from Home +38 7 £689 +122.26% 2
Scotland +18 7 £468 +11.98%
Midlands +27 6 £689 +104.15%
West Midlands +19 6 £689 +104.15%
London +36 3 £314 +52.93% 1
South East +35 3 £500 -
North of England +19 1 £388 - 1
North West +17 1 £388 - 1

Software Distribution
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 5 (25.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) GitHub
4 3 (15.00%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) HTTP
1 5 (25.00%) HTTPS
1 5 (25.00%) SSL
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (5.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MSI
2 4 (20.00%) Bitbucket
2 4 (20.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (15.00%) JIRA
4 1 (5.00%) Artifactory
4 1 (5.00%) IntelliJ
4 1 (5.00%) PyCharm
4 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Banking
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Developer
1 4 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 3 (15.00%) SCCM Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Automation Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Build Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Python Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Build Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) SCADA
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 11 (55.00%) Linux
3 6 (30.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (5.00%) Unix
6 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Software Deployment
2 6 (30.00%) Build Automation
2 6 (30.00%) Software Delivery
3 5 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (25.00%) DevOps
3 5 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 5 (25.00%) Service Design
3 5 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 5 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 4 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (20.00%) Issue Tracking
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (15.00%) SDLC
5 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) Code Quality
6 2 (10.00%) Patch Management
7 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) PowerShell
2 11 (55.00%) Python
3 6 (30.00%) Bash
4 4 (20.00%) C#
4 4 (20.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) SQL
4 4 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
3 1 (5.00%) Firmware
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) Ansible
2 8 (40.00%) SCCM
3 5 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 5 (25.00%) WSUS
4 4 (20.00%) Terraform
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Tanium
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Citrix
3 1 (5.00%) Foundry
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Symantec
3 1 (5.00%) Workday