The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 24 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 103 119 111
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Contract jobs citing Release Management 11 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.514% 0.440% 0.605%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.771% 0.683% 0.931%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
Average daily rate £375 £294 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.65% -26.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.13 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -52.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Release Management
England

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex +2 6 - -
Cambridgeshire +11 3 £375 +25.00%
Hertfordshire +6 1 - -
Norfolk -1 1 - -
Release Management
England

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (36.00%) Configuration Management
2 9 (36.00%) Build Automation
3 8 (32.00%) Migration
4 7 (28.00%) Thin Client
4 7 (28.00%) Windows
4 7 (28.00%) Change Control
4 7 (28.00%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (28.00%) Fat Client
4 7 (28.00%) Load Balancing
5 6 (24.00%) XenApp
5 6 (24.00%) XML
5 6 (24.00%) SLA
5 6 (24.00%) Citrix
6 5 (20.00%) Project Management
6 5 (20.00%) Finance
6 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 5 (20.00%) ITIL
6 5 (20.00%) .NET
6 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
6 5 (20.00%) AppSense
7 4 (16.00%) VMware
7 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (16.00%) SCOM
7 4 (16.00%) XenServer
7 4 (16.00%) XenDesktop
7 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 6 (24.00%) XML
2 5 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.000%) CSS
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.00%) MS Office
3 2 (8.000%) MS Project
4 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.000%) Network Security
3 1 (4.000%) Firewall
3 1 (4.000%) IPsec
3 1 (4.000%) MPLS
3 1 (4.000%) VPN
3 1 (4.000%) SAN
3 1 (4.000%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (4.000%) NAS
3 1 (4.000%) WAAS
3 1 (4.000%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) MS Access
3 1 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.000%) OLAP
3 1 (4.000%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Subversion
1 2 (8.000%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (4.000%) ERwin
2 1 (4.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Automotive
3 1 (4.000%) Legal
3 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Environment Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Release Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Project Coordinator
4 2 (8.000%) Designer
4 2 (8.000%) Coordinator
4 2 (8.000%) Business Systems Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.000%) Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Database Designer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Solutions Designer
5 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Build Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Thin Client
1 7 (28.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (8.000%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.000%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.000%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (4.000%) SaaS
3 1 (4.000%) STB
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.000%) UNIX
2 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Configuration Management
1 9 (36.00%) Build Automation
2 8 (32.00%) Migration
3 7 (28.00%) Change Control
3 7 (28.00%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (28.00%) Load Balancing
4 5 (20.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (12.00%) Programme Office Management
7 2 (8.000%) Data Analysis
7 2 (8.000%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
7 2 (8.000%) DFSS
7 2 (8.000%) Data Modelling
7 2 (8.000%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) MCSE
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (12.00%) CCEE
3 2 (8.000%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.000%) CCSP
4 1 (4.000%) CCNP
4 1 (4.000%) CCNA
4 1 (4.000%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.000%) CCSE
4 1 (4.000%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) XenApp
2 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (16.00%) XenServer
3 4 (16.00%) XenDesktop
3 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (16.00%) vSphere
4 3 (12.00%) IAG
5 1 (4.000%) NFS
5 1 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.000%) ProxySG
5 1 (4.000%) Snort
5 1 (4.000%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) SCOM
2 1 (4.000%) SCVMM
2 1 (4.000%) SCCM
2 1 (4.000%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (4.000%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Citrix
3 5 (20.00%) AppSense
4 4 (16.00%) VMware
4 4 (16.00%) Wyse
5 2 (8.000%) CA
6 1 (4.000%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.000%) NetApp
6 1 (4.000%) Veritas
6 1 (4.000%) Juniper
6 1 (4.000%) EMC
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco
6 1 (4.000%) Oracle
6 1 (4.000%) SAP
6 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
6 1 (4.000%) F5
6 1 (4.000%) Brocade
6 1 (4.000%) Crossbeam
6 1 (4.000%) Blue Coat
6 1 (4.000%) Sourcefire