Software Packaging Contracts with Work from Home Options

Software Packaging
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Software Packaging skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Packaging over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 455 601
Rank change year-on-year +121 +146 -106
Contract jobs citing Software Packaging 7 2 22
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.008% 0.050%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 0.033% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 17
10th Percentile £371 £418 £350
25th Percentile £450 £476 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £578 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +37.50%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £639
90th Percentile - £747 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £330 £456
% change year-on-year +66.67% -27.67% +14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £60.00 £39.25
% change year-on-year -60.33% +52.87% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Software Packaging falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,723 5,975 13,044
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 25.23% 25.03% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 4,481 9,688
10th Percentile £350 £388 £400
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £825 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 79 111
10th Percentile £23.88 £25.10 £22.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +21.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £79.05 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

Software Packaging
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Software Packaging trend for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging.

Software Packaging daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Software Packaging over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Software Packaging daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Software Packaging.

Software Packaging hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Software Packaging
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) GitHub
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Maven
General
1 1 (14.29%) Local Government
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) REST
1 5 (71.43%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SDET
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
4 1 (14.29%) Software Distribution
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft