Applications Packager Contracts in England

Application Packager
UK > England

The median Application Packager daily rate in England is £406 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 617 762
Rank change year-on-year +102 +145 -142
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Packager 28 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.044% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.047% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 8
10th Percentile £341 £332 £287
25th Percentile £380 £384 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £414 £383
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +8.24% -4.38%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £438
90th Percentile £582 £500 £449
UK median daily rate £425 £407 £383
% change year-on-year +4.42% +6.41% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Applications Packager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Applications Packager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in England.

Daily rate trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Packager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Packager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Packager in England

Applications Packager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Packager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +92 11 £390 -17.89% 1
South East +16 9 £550 +37.50% 8
North of England +22 4 £388 -18.42% 2
North West +16 4 £388 -18.42% 2
South West +8 1 £413 +37.50%
West Midlands - 1 £300 -
Midlands - 1 £300 -
Applications Packager
UK

Applications Packager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Applications Packager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Applications Packager in the job title.

1 16 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 14 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 13 (46.43%) SCCM
4 12 (42.86%) Windows
5 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
6 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
7 8 (28.57%) VBScript
7 8 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (25.00%) MSI
8 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (21.43%) Azure
9 6 (21.43%) DevOps
9 6 (21.43%) Agile
10 5 (17.86%) Finance
10 5 (17.86%) Linux
10 5 (17.86%) Python
10 5 (17.86%) Client/Server
10 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (17.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (17.86%) VMware
10 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
10 5 (17.86%) Windows 10
10 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
10 5 (17.86%) Application Virtualisation
11 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
11 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
11 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (14.29%) VB

Applications Packager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (21.43%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) MSI
2 3 (10.71%) InstallShield
3 2 (7.14%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
2 5 (17.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (17.86%) Windows 10
2 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Application Packaging
2 6 (21.43%) Agile
2 6 (21.43%) DevOps
3 5 (17.86%) Application Virtualisation
4 4 (14.29%) Migration
4 4 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Application Discovery
5 3 (10.71%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.71%) Scrum
5 3 (10.71%) Technical Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Batch Scripting
6 2 (7.14%) Compatibility Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 2 (7.14%) Release Management
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.57%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (3.57%) Data Protection
7 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (28.57%) VBScript
3 5 (17.86%) Python
4 4 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (46.43%) SCCM
2 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.14%) WMI
4 1 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) Apple
3 1 (3.57%) ArcSight