Software Packaging Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Software Packaging
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 6.67% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Lothian

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3 0 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 20.00% - 49.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile - - £461
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £69 - £545
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.37%
75th Percentile - - £584
90th Percentile - - £590
Scotland median daily rate £497 £463 £499
% change year-on-year +7.35% -7.27% +5.00%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Packaging relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Software Packaging
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Livingston - 1 - - 1
Software Packaging
Scotland

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple