Software Packaging Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Packaging
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Software Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Packaging over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 474 611
Rank change year-on-year +135 +137 -148
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 6 3 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.039% 0.012% 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.046% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £345 £418 £424
25th Percentile £384 £476 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £578 £568
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +1.76% +62.14%
75th Percentile £513 £686 £647
90th Percentile £550 £747 £689
UK median daily rate £338 £315 £488
% change year-on-year +7.14% -35.38% +43.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £37.19 - -
25th Percentile £37.71 - £17.75
Median hourly rate £38.58 - £18.50
75th Percentile £39.44 - £19.25
90th Percentile £39.96 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £61.50 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.97% +232.43% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Software Packaging is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,665 6,516 13,243
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.88% 25.20% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,555 4,857 9,782
10th Percentile £331 £395 £396
25th Percentile £428 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £543
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -0.46% +13.02%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £775 £753 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 80 120
10th Percentile £28.00 £22.50 £21.00
25th Percentile - £42.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +29.08% +8.89%
75th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

Software Packaging
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Packaging trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging.

Software Packaging daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Packaging over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Software Packaging daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging.

Software Packaging hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 1 (16.67%) Local Government
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) SDET
2 1 (16.67%) Software Distribution
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft