Software Packaging
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Software Packaging skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Packaging over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 975 1188
Rank change year-on-year +103 +213 -299
Permanent jobs citing Software Packaging 22 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.009% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.10% 0.031% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 14
10th Percentile £31,673 £22,750 £41,950
25th Percentile £39,105 £30,125 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -24.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £46,000 £55,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £63,850 £59,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £23,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +78.72% -53.00% +29.03%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,029 32,044 61,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.47% 30.37% 40.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15,742 19,614 30,454
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,234 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Software Packaging
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Software Packaging in the UK

Software Packaging
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Software Packaging in the UK

Software Packaging
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Packaging over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Packaging in the UK

Software Packaging
Top 10 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 24 April 2024. 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 +134 20 £42,750 -10.00% 14
UK excluding London +34 17 £42,000 +78.72% 16
North of England +55 8 £40,681 +73.11% 7
Work from Home +106 6 £56,500 +13.00% 8
South West - 6 £46,000 - 2
North West +14 5 £41,500 +76.60% 7
London +158 3 £67,000 +24.65% 1
Yorkshire +91 3 £40,681 -
South East - 2 £43,000 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Software Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DSL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) AdminStudio
General
1 6 (27.27%) Aerospace
1 6 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Law
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
1 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) Administrator
2 5 (22.73%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) IT Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support
3 3 (13.64%) IT Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior IT Support
3 3 (13.64%) Senior IT Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Support Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Junior
4 2 (9.09%) Junior Systems Administrator
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) CMDB
1 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Apple iOS
2 6 (27.27%) Mac OS
3 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 2 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) ITIL
2 6 (27.27%) Application Packaging
2 6 (27.27%) Application Virtualisation
2 6 (27.27%) Compatibility Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Software Distribution
2 6 (27.27%) Software Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Workload Management
3 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (22.73%) Software Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Customer Service
5 3 (13.64%) Identity Management
5 3 (13.64%) Kanban
5 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
5 3 (13.64%) Scrum
5 3 (13.64%) Software Licensing
5 3 (13.64%) Statistics
5 3 (13.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) PHP
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Ruby
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) DV Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (13.64%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (77.27%) SCCM
2 6 (27.27%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Citrix
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) Snow
3 1 (4.55%) VMware