Application Packaging Job Trends in the North West

Application Packaging
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Application Packaging skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 234 204
Rank change year-on-year +3 -30 +100
Permanent jobs citing Application Packaging 4 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.077% 0.066% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% 0.084% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile - £38,700 £35,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,500 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.66% +11.41% -12.35%
75th Percentile £37,625 £44,263 £38,750
90th Percentile £37,850 - £40,400
England median annual salary £65,500 £54,131 £54,500
% change year-on-year +21.00% -0.68% -5.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Application Packaging falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,680 5,969 4,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 89.69% 79.35% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,185 3,209 3,128
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%

Application Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Packaging relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Application Packaging job vacancy trend in the North West

Application Packaging
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Application Packaging.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Application Packaging

Application Packaging
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Packaging within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +27 4 £35,000 -15.66%
Application Packaging
England

Application Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) VMware