Software Packaging Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 565 548
Rank change year-on-year +66 -17 +225
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 11 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.024% 0.016%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% 0.13% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile - £32,000 £35,049
25th Percentile £26,500 £34,750 £39,678
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -13.71% +9.44%
75th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £56,625 £50,000 £62,750
UK median annual salary £38,000 £43,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% -20.45% +4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,843 7,123 7,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.16% 19.28% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,940 3,995 5,903
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Packaging relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software Packaging.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Packaging in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Packaging in the UK excluding London

Software Packaging
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Packaging within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +28 6 £38,000 +15.15% 1
North West +37 4 £38,000 -
South West - 4 £27,000 -
West Midlands +30 1 £80,000 +77.78%
Midlands +17 1 £80,000 +77.78%
Yorkshire -4 1 £52,500 +59.09%
North East - 1 - - 1
Software Packaging
UK

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Local Government
3 3 (27.27%) Police
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
1 5 (45.45%) Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) IT Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) IT Support
2 4 (36.36%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
3 3 (27.27%) Lead
3 3 (27.27%) Support Team Leader
3 3 (27.27%) Team Leader
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 3 (27.27%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
3 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Patch Management
2 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (36.36%) ITSM
3 4 (36.36%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (36.36%) Software Licensing
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (27.27%) Availability Management
4 3 (27.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 3 (27.27%) Digital Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) People Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
4 3 (27.27%) SIAM
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Apple
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle