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This section looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelease Management
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank121107
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads1062
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.062 %
As % of the category below0.483 %2.364 %
Daily rates quoted322
Average minimum daily rate£292£333
Average daily rate£337£351
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£419£368
% change on same period last year+14.03 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£35.00
% change on same period last year-14.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.19£36.00
% change on same period last year-35.57 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads20712623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.760 %2.617 %
Daily rates quoted547929
Average minimum daily rate£367£362
Average daily rate£389£385
% change on same period last year+1.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£411£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted102193
Average minimum hourly rate£28.52£31.41
Average hourly rate£30.57£33.05
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.62£34.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Release Management South EastRelease Management
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Release Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Release Management Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Release Management across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Berkshire Release Management Daily Rate Histogram

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-88£344+1.26 %
MaidenheadUp+21£325-21.21 %
NewburyUp+201--
Release Management South EastRelease Management
South East

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Release Management also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Release Management.

111 (32.35 %)Security Cleared
210 (29.41 %)SC Cleared
39 (26.47 %)HP
39 (26.47 %)OpenView Configuration Management
48 (23.53 %)McAfee Security
48 (23.53 %)Government
57 (20.59 %).NET
66 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
66 (17.65 %)Java
66 (17.65 %)Windows
75 (14.71 %)ASP.NET
75 (14.71 %)IBM
75 (14.71 %)Telecoms
75 (14.71 %)Finance
84 (11.76 %)DB2 UDB
84 (11.76 %)Change Management
84 (11.76 %)Multimedia
84 (11.76 %)Project Management
84 (11.76 %)Configuration Management
84 (11.76 %)ASP
84 (11.76 %)Dreamweaver
84 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (11.76 %)Internet
84 (11.76 %)Extranet
84 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
84 (11.76 %)CSS
84 (11.76 %)JSP
84 (11.76 %)ITIL
84 (11.76 %)Flash
84 (11.76 %)JavaScript

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Release Management also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Release Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (20.59 %).NET
25 (14.71 %)ASP.NET
34 (11.76 %)CSS
34 (11.76 %)JSP
34 (11.76 %)HTML
34 (11.76 %)ASP
41 (2.941 %)J2EE
41 (2.941 %)SOAP
41 (2.941 %)Swing
41 (2.941 %)AWT
41 (2.941 %)Hibernate
41 (2.941 %)Spring
41 (2.941 %)WebSphere
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (11.76 %)IIS
21 (2.941 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (11.76 %)Photoshop
21 (2.941 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.941 %)SAP ERP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (11.76 %)Internet
14 (11.76 %)Extranet
23 (8.824 %)SAN
31 (2.941 %)WAN
31 (2.941 %)TCP/IP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.76 %)SQL Server
14 (11.76 %)DB2
14 (11.76 %)SQL Server 2000
14 (11.76 %)DB2 UDB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (17.65 %)VSS/SourceSafe
24 (11.76 %)Flash
24 (11.76 %)Dreamweaver
33 (8.824 %)Subversion
42 (5.882 %)InstallShield
51 (2.941 %)StarTeam
51 (2.941 %)ClearCase
51 (2.941 %)Ant
51 (2.941 %)PVCS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (23.53 %)Government
25 (14.71 %)Telecoms
25 (14.71 %)Finance
34 (11.76 %)Multimedia
41 (2.941 %)Health
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (14.71 %)Developer
24 (11.76 %)Analyst
24 (11.76 %)Web Developer
24 (11.76 %)Consultant
24 (11.76 %)Project Manager
33 (8.824 %)Technical Project Manager
33 (8.824 %)Technical Manager
42 (5.882 %)Tivoli Consultant
42 (5.882 %)Financial Business Analyst
42 (5.882 %)Release Engineer
42 (5.882 %)Business Analyst
42 (5.882 %)Service Manager
51 (2.941 %)SAP Project Manager
51 (2.941 %)Team Leader
51 (2.941 %)Technical Specialist
51 (2.941 %)Change Analyst
51 (2.941 %)Management Consultant
51 (2.941 %)Software Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Systems Engineer
51 (2.941 %)Applications Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (8.824 %)Management Information System
21 (2.941 %)VAX
21 (2.941 %)CMDB
21 (2.941 %)Multithreading
21 (2.941 %)NHS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (17.65 %)Windows
24 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (5.882 %)UNIX
41 (2.941 %)Linux
41 (2.941 %)Windows XP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (32.35 %)Security Cleared
210 (29.41 %)SC Cleared
34 (11.76 %)ITIL
34 (11.76 %)Configuration Management
34 (11.76 %)Project Management
34 (11.76 %)Change Management
43 (8.824 %)Workflow
43 (8.824 %)Service Management
43 (8.824 %)PRINCE2
52 (5.882 %)BPR
52 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
52 (5.882 %)Programme Management
52 (5.882 %)Project Planning
52 (5.882 %)SAP Implementation
61 (2.941 %)Continuous Integration
61 (2.941 %)Use Case
61 (2.941 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (2.941 %)E-Commerce
61 (2.941 %)ERP
61 (2.941 %)Process Management
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (17.65 %)Java
24 (11.76 %)JavaScript
24 (11.76 %)ActionScript
24 (11.76 %)C#
33 (8.824 %)Perl
42 (5.882 %)VC++
42 (5.882 %)Python
42 (5.882 %)C++
51 (2.941 %)Korn
51 (2.941 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.824 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (2.941 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)ISO9001
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.941 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (26.47 %)OpenView Configuration Management
23 (8.824 %)Unicenter
32 (5.882 %)Tivoli
32 (5.882 %)Netcool
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (26.47 %)HP
28 (23.53 %)McAfee Security
35 (14.71 %)IBM
43 (8.824 %)Microsoft
43 (8.824 %)SAP
43 (8.824 %)CA
51 (2.941 %)Borland
51 (2.941 %)TIBCO
51 (2.941 %)Remedy
51 (2.941 %)Siebel
51 (2.941 %)Oracle
51 (2.941 %)Dell
51 (2.941 %)Cerner