The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 40 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Release Management 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.292% 0.718% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.526% 1.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £388 £375
% change year-on-year
- +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £22.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+28.88% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
190 225 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.56% 53.83% 57.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 113 86
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £564 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 20
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £37.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Release Management
Cambridgeshire

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridge Release Management Jobs Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Release Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft