Software Packaging Job Trends

Software Packaging
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Software Packaging skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 772 613 840
Rank change year-on-year -159 +227 +24
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 2 68 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.14% 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.020% 0.76% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 68 34
10th Percentile - - £31,786
25th Percentile £35,750 £25,000 £39,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £25,625 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.44% -40.41% +23.42%
75th Percentile £37,250 £25,938 £47,125
90th Percentile - £38,500 £67,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £25,625 £42,500
% change year-on-year +42.44% -39.71% +21.98%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,174 8,984 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.30% 18.25% 19.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,613 5,946 15,166
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Software Packaging job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Packaging
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Software Packaging

Software Packaging
Top 6 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 July 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
England -121 2 £36,500 +42.44% 10
UK excluding London -132 2 £36,500 +42.44% 6
North West -29 1 £36,500 +42.44%
North of England -66 1 £36,500 +42.44% 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1

Software Packaging
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Support
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SYSPRO