The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 56 61 57
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing Release Management 6 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.821% 0.627% 1.515%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.087% 1.025% 2.206%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 9
Average daily rate £350 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.60% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £375 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £395 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £386 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.56% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -52.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 488 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.51% 61.15% 68.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 249 375
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% +7.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.57 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.03% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.28 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Release Management
North West

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Release Management Daily Rate Histogram

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford -4 2 - -
Macclesfield - 2 £338 -
Release Management
North West

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Service Management
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
3 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (14.29%) NetWeaver
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) ABAP
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) MS Project
4 1 (14.29%) SAP

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (14.29%) NetWeaver
1 1 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Project
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Release Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) NetWeaver Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Change Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Service Management
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
3 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft