The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank - 33 41
Contract jobs citing Release Management 0 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset - 0.357% 1.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.495% 1.504%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £388 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.22% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
174 202 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 76.65% 72.14% 72.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 125 144
Average daily rate £360 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £487
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 12
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £40.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.53 £25.00 £35.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £48.00 £54.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Release Management
South West

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Release Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth - - - - 1
Release Management
South West

Release Management
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) TOAD
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 4 (80.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
3 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) UNIX
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) Star Schema
3 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (80.00%) TOAD
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (60.00%) Star Schema
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Services Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) Data Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
3 3 (60.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle