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This section looks at the demand for the Release Engineer role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Release Engineer
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3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£372
% change on same period last year-22.59 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£36.67
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads79536709
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.60 %6.788 %
Daily rates quoted42812795
Average minimum daily rate£424£449
Average daily rate£461£482
% change on same period last year-4.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£499£515
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted323234
Average minimum hourly rate£24.30£21.75
Average hourly rate£26.00£23.02
% change on same period last year+12.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.69£24.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Release Engineer LondonRelease Engineer
London

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Release Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Release Engineer Demand Trend

Release Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Release Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Release Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Release Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Release Engineer in their job title 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 with Release Engineer in their job title.

111 (78.57 %)Java
111 (78.57 %)UNIX
210 (71.43 %)Ant
210 (71.43 %)Release Management
39 (64.29 %)CruiseControl
39 (64.29 %)Shell Script
48 (57.14 %)Calypso
48 (57.14 %)Windows
57 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
65 (35.71 %)Subversion
65 (35.71 %)Perl
74 (28.57 %)Finance
83 (21.43 %)Banking
83 (21.43 %)Investment Banking
83 (21.43 %)Python
92 (14.29 %)Financial Institution
92 (14.29 %)Asset Management
101 (7.143 %)Service Management

Release Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Release Engineer in their job title 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 with Release Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (71.43 %)Ant
29 (64.29 %)CruiseControl
35 (35.71 %)Subversion
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Finance
23 (21.43 %)Banking
23 (21.43 %)Investment Banking
32 (14.29 %)Financial Institution
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (78.57 %)UNIX
28 (57.14 %)Windows
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (71.43 %)Release Management
27 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
32 (14.29 %)Asset Management
41 (7.143 %)Service Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (78.57 %)Java
29 (64.29 %)Shell Script
35 (35.71 %)Perl
43 (21.43 %)Python
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (57.14 %)Calypso
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