Software Packaging Jobs in the North West

Software Packaging
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 279 291
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 +41
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 14 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.078% 0.026%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.21% 0.38% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 2
10th Percentile - £31,210 -
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,302 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,313 £41,500 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.01% +76.60% -47.78%
75th Percentile £25,938 £43,878 £24,250
90th Percentile - £44,263 -
England median annual salary £25,625 £42,500 £31,750
% change year-on-year -39.71% +33.86% -47.08%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,158 2,094 2,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.91% 20.48% 29.91%
Number of salaries quoted 475 1,600 1,116
10th Percentile £34,400 £36,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,869 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,767 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,037 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.73% -11.11% +3.85%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Packaging in the North West

Software Packaging
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Packaging in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Packaging in the North West

Software 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 Software Packaging within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +77 14 £25,313 -39.73% 5
Software Packaging
England

Software Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 12 (85.71%) Banking
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
1 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (85.71%) Fintech
1 12 (85.71%) Line Management
1 12 (85.71%) Mathematics
1 12 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Application Packaging
2 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 2 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Storage Management
2 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
1 2 (14.29%) VMware