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The table below looks at the demand for the Release Engineer role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Release Engineer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank129156
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.061 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£135-
Average daily rate£150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£165-
UK excluding London average daily rate£341-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£34.80
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads32824562
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.585 %4.583 %
Daily rates quoted9751406
Average minimum daily rate£319£318
Average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted510702
Average minimum hourly rate£21.33£26.25
Average hourly rate£22.73£27.64
% change on same period last year-17.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.13£29.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Release Engineer EnglandRelease Engineer
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Release Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Release Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Release Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Release Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Release Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1£150-
Release Engineer EnglandRelease Engineer
England

Release Engineer
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

14 (80.00 %)HTML
14 (80.00 %)CSS
14 (80.00 %)XML
14 (80.00 %)XSL
14 (80.00 %)Windows
14 (80.00 %)Interwoven
14 (80.00 %)TeamSite
14 (80.00 %)Configuration Management
14 (80.00 %)Retail
14 (80.00 %)Release Management
23 (60.00 %)Service Delivery
23 (60.00 %)Change Management
23 (60.00 %)CMS
23 (60.00 %)SQL Server
32 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (20.00 %)Serena
41 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %)ITIL

Release Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)HTML
14 (80.00 %)CSS
14 (80.00 %)XML
14 (80.00 %)XSL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (80.00 %)TeamSite
23 (60.00 %)CMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Retail
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Configuration Management
14 (80.00 %)Release Management
23 (60.00 %)Service Delivery
23 (60.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Interwoven
21 (20.00 %)Serena