Application Packaging Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Packaging
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 307 411
Rank change year-on-year +22 +104 +133
Contract jobs citing Application Packaging 16 37 60
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.24% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 17 53
10th Percentile £342 £395 £275
25th Percentile £400 £409 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -2.86% -0.57%
75th Percentile £500 £465 £500
90th Percentile £515 £497 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £400
% change year-on-year +3.26% +15.00% -5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

Application Packaging
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Application Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Application Packaging trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Application Packaging.

Application Packaging daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Application Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Application Packaging over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Application Packaging daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Application Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Application Packaging.

Application Packaging hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Application Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (68.75%) Azure
2 10 (62.50%) Entra ID
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (81.25%) MSI
2 2 (12.50%) AdminStudio
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Applications Packager
3 2 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Build Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Application Packager
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Build Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Solaris
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Migration
2 9 (56.25%) Project Management
3 8 (50.00%) Compatibility Testing
3 8 (50.00%) Microservices
3 8 (50.00%) Programme Management
4 7 (43.75%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (12.50%) Software Deployment
6 1 (6.25%) Agile
6 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (6.25%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) RBAC
6 1 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (6.25%) Server Management
6 1 (6.25%) Service Management
6 1 (6.25%) Time Management
6 1 (6.25%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
6 1 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (6.25%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (31.25%) SCCM
3 2 (12.50%) ThinApp
4 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Ivanti
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Tanium