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This section looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelease Management
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank248264
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads394521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.525 %0.527 %
As % of the category below1.035 %1.127 %
Daily rates quoted173163
Average minimum daily rate£386£386
Average daily rate£414£404
% change on same period last year+2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£443£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£414£383
% change on same period last year+7.98 %
Hourly rates quoted712
Average minimum hourly rate£30.01£23.83
Average hourly rate£31.08£26.17
% change on same period last year+18.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.14£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.76£27.88
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3805046228
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.72 %46.77 %
Daily rates quoted1413915557
Average minimum daily rate£390£394
Average daily rate£417£419
% change on same period last year-0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted22402855
Average minimum hourly rate£27.15£28.88
Average hourly rate£28.92£30.71
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.69£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Release Management UKRelease Management
UK

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 Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Release Management Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Release Management across the England region.

England Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Release Management Daily Rate Histogram

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England Release Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Release Management
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LondonUp+10197£414-0.60 %
South EastUp+4575£408+15.23 %
East of EnglandDown-1328£420-9.03 %
North EastUp+3123£457+82.80 %
YorkshireUp+1321£512+41.61 %
North WestDown-221£309-13.66 %
South WestUp+2015£493+20.67 %
West MidlandsDown-66£263-32.88 %
MidlandsUp+125£325+8.33 %
East MidlandsNo change02£388+127.94 %
Release Management UKRelease Management
UK

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1201 (25.16 %)ITIL
2191 (23.90 %)UNIX
3152 (19.02 %)Configuration Management
4151 (18.90 %)Finance
5130 (16.27 %)Windows
6127 (15.89 %)Oracle
7117 (14.64 %)SQL
8107 (13.39 %)Java
8107 (13.39 %)Project Management
986 (10.76 %)Service Management
1081 (10.14 %)Change Management
1178 (9.762 %)Banking
1265 (8.135 %)Migration
1364 (8.010 %)Ant
1462 (7.760 %)SQL Server
1557 (7.134 %)Perl
1656 (7.009 %)PRINCE2
1755 (6.884 %)Government
1854 (6.758 %)Security Cleared
1951 (6.383 %)Service Delivery
2050 (6.258 %)Shell Script
2149 (6.133 %)Investment Banking
2247 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
2346 (5.757 %)Microsoft
2444 (5.507 %)Solaris
2444 (5.507 %)Linux
2444 (5.507 %).NET
2540 (5.006 %)ClearCase
2639 (4.881 %)XML
2738 (4.756 %)Sybase

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (5.507 %).NET
239 (4.881 %)XML
328 (3.504 %)J2EE
424 (3.004 %)HTML
521 (2.628 %)ASP
616 (2.003 %)WebSphere
713 (1.627 %)ASP.NET
713 (1.627 %)CSS
811 (1.377 %)JSP
98 (1.001 %)MFC
98 (1.001 %)WebServices
107 (0.876 %)XSL
116 (0.751 %)WSH
125 (0.626 %)Servlets
125 (0.626 %)SOAP
134 (0.501 %)STL
134 (0.501 %)Java SE
134 (0.501 %)FIX Protocol
143 (0.375 %)SAP XI
143 (0.375 %)XSLT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (3.504 %)Apache
128 (3.504 %)WebLogic
220 (2.503 %)SharePoint
319 (2.378 %)Tomcat
414 (1.752 %)CMS
512 (1.502 %)Lotus Notes
611 (1.377 %)WebLogic Portal
611 (1.377 %)MQSeries
710 (1.252 %)IIS
89 (1.126 %)MS Exchange
98 (1.001 %)Exchange Server 2003
107 (0.876 %)WebSphere MQ
116 (0.751 %)SharePoint Portal Server
125 (0.626 %)Exchange Server 2000
125 (0.626 %)ColdFusion
134 (0.501 %)JBoss
134 (0.501 %)Oracle Workflow
134 (0.501 %)TPMS
143 (0.375 %)Exchange Server 2007
143 (0.375 %)TeamSite
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (3.630 %)MS Office
225 (3.129 %)MS Excel
313 (1.627 %)MS Project
48 (1.001 %)Photoshop
48 (1.001 %)Spreadsheet
48 (1.001 %)MS Visio
57 (0.876 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (1.377 %)Oracle EBS
29 (1.126 %)Staffware
34 (0.501 %)Oracle Financials
34 (0.501 %)ResourceLink
43 (0.375 %)Summit
52 (0.250 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.250 %)MAXIMO
52 (0.250 %)SAP ERP
52 (0.250 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
52 (0.250 %)Loan IQ
61 (0.125 %)Remedy ITSM
61 (0.125 %)Oracle iRecruitment
61 (0.125 %)assyst
61 (0.125 %)Oracle 11i
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
123 (2.879 %)Firewall
220 (2.503 %)Internet
318 (2.253 %)WAN
318 (2.253 %)Intranet
417 (2.128 %)DNS
514 (1.752 %)LDAP
613 (1.627 %)TCP/IP
613 (1.627 %)SAN
711 (1.377 %)FTP
711 (1.377 %)Extranet
810 (1.252 %)LAN
810 (1.252 %)VPN
98 (1.001 %)MPLS
98 (1.001 %)MD110
107 (0.876 %)TELNET
114 (0.501 %)Reverse Proxy
114 (0.501 %)SSL
114 (0.501 %)DMZ
114 (0.501 %)HTTP
123 (0.375 %)SMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
162 (7.760 %)SQL Server
228 (3.504 %)SQL Server 2000
323 (2.879 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (2.378 %)DB2
518 (2.253 %)RDBMS
616 (2.003 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
714 (1.752 %)Oracle 10g
812 (1.502 %)DTS
910 (1.252 %)Datawarehouse
109 (1.126 %)Oracle 8/8i
109 (1.126 %)Crystal Reports
109 (1.126 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
109 (1.126 %)DB2 UDB
109 (1.126 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
117 (0.876 %)DataStage
117 (0.876 %)Oracle 9i
126 (0.751 %)TOAD
126 (0.751 %)Reference Data
134 (0.501 %)Oracle Discoverer
134 (0.501 %)Data Mining
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
164 (8.010 %)Ant
240 (5.006 %)ClearCase
334 (4.255 %)Subversion
427 (3.379 %)VSS/SourceSafe
521 (2.628 %)CruiseControl
617 (2.128 %)PVCS
713 (1.627 %)ClearQuest
812 (1.502 %)Flash
910 (1.252 %)Visual Studio
910 (1.252 %)NUnit
109 (1.126 %)JUnit
118 (1.001 %)Dreamweaver
118 (1.001 %)LoadRunner
127 (0.876 %)WinRunner
127 (0.876 %)QuickTest Pro
127 (0.876 %)ProC
136 (0.751 %)TestDirector
145 (0.626 %)RequisitePro
154 (0.501 %)InstallShield
163 (0.375 %)StarTeam
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1151 (18.90 %)Finance
278 (9.762 %)Banking
355 (6.884 %)Government
449 (6.133 %)Investment Banking
533 (4.130 %)Insurance
628 (3.504 %)Retail
726 (3.254 %)Telecoms
817 (2.128 %)Front Office
915 (1.877 %)Health
1013 (1.627 %)Police
1112 (1.502 %)Legal
1210 (1.252 %)Back Office
1210 (1.252 %)Pensions
139 (1.126 %)Financial Institution
148 (1.001 %)Multimedia
156 (0.751 %)Law
165 (0.626 %)Marketing
174 (0.501 %)Auditing
174 (0.501 %)Games
183 (0.375 %)Publishing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1174 (21.78 %)Analyst
2143 (17.90 %)Release Manager
376 (9.512 %)Project Manager
466 (8.260 %)Support Analyst
552 (6.508 %)Configuration Manager
651 (6.383 %)Developer
739 (4.881 %)Applications Support
830 (3.755 %)Release Engineer
926 (3.254 %)Environment Manager
926 (3.254 %)Service Manager
926 (3.254 %)Business Analyst
1024 (3.004 %)Coordinator
1123 (2.879 %)Test Analyst
1123 (2.879 %)Release Analyst
1222 (2.753 %)Build Manager
1321 (2.628 %)Change Manager
1420 (2.503 %)Test Manager
1519 (2.378 %)DBA
1519 (2.378 %)Programmer
1519 (2.378 %)Administrator
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (4.005 %)Derivative
215 (1.877 %)Client/Server
314 (1.752 %)CMDB
314 (1.752 %)Fixed Income
411 (1.377 %)Mainframe
510 (1.252 %)Management Information System
510 (1.252 %)NHS
68 (1.001 %)Clustering
77 (0.876 %)Equities
77 (0.876 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
77 (0.876 %)Credit Risk
77 (0.876 %)Video Conferencing
85 (0.626 %)Replication
85 (0.626 %)PMI
94 (0.501 %)Statistics
94 (0.501 %)EPoS
94 (0.501 %)EMV
94 (0.501 %)EFT
94 (0.501 %)Firmware
94 (0.501 %)Multithreading
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1191 (23.90 %)UNIX
2130 (16.27 %)Windows
344 (5.507 %)Solaris
344 (5.507 %)Linux
421 (2.628 %)Windows Server 2003
517 (2.128 %)Windows NT
517 (2.128 %)AIX
613 (1.627 %)Windows XP
79 (1.126 %)VME
86 (0.751 %)zOS
86 (0.751 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.375 %)HPUX
102 (0.250 %)MVS
102 (0.250 %)OS/390
111 (0.125 %)Debian
111 (0.125 %)NetWare
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1201 (25.16 %)ITIL
2152 (19.02 %)Configuration Management
3107 (13.39 %)Project Management
486 (10.76 %)Service Management
581 (10.14 %)Change Management
665 (8.135 %)Migration
756 (7.009 %)PRINCE2
854 (6.758 %)Security Cleared
951 (6.383 %)Service Delivery
1047 (5.882 %)User Acceptance Testing
1137 (4.631 %)SC Cleared
1235 (4.380 %)Data Migration
1235 (4.380 %)Agile Software Development
1333 (4.130 %)Asset Management
1429 (3.630 %)Risk Management
1521 (2.628 %)Integration Testing
1620 (2.503 %)Stakeholder Management
1620 (2.503 %)Scrum
1719 (2.378 %)Business Intelligence
1818 (2.253 %)Disaster Recovery
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1117 (14.64 %)SQL
2107 (13.39 %)Java
357 (7.134 %)Perl
450 (6.258 %)Shell Script
530 (3.755 %)C#
621 (2.628 %)C++
720 (2.503 %)VB
819 (2.378 %)PL/SQL
917 (2.128 %)Korn
1015 (1.877 %)Transact-SQL
1015 (1.877 %)Python
1113 (1.627 %)C
1113 (1.627 %)JavaScript
1212 (1.502 %)RPG
1311 (1.377 %)VB6
1410 (1.252 %)VBScript
1410 (1.252 %)VC++
159 (1.126 %)VB.NET
168 (1.001 %)ActionScript
177 (0.876 %)VBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (3.755 %)ITIL Certification
223 (2.879 %)Degree
312 (1.502 %)CCNP
312 (1.502 %)CCNA
312 (1.502 %)ISEB
312 (1.502 %)Cisco Certification
48 (1.001 %)PRINCE2 Certification
56 (0.751 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
62 (0.250 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.125 %)PMP
71 (0.125 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.125 %)CCSA
71 (0.125 %)CCSE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (4.756 %)QA
219 (2.378 %)SLA
34 (0.501 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.375 %)ISO9000
43 (0.375 %)ISO9001
51 (0.125 %)ISO/IEC 20000
51 (0.125 %)Basel II
51 (0.125 %)EFQM
51 (0.125 %)COBIT
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (1.502 %)Active Directory
24 (0.501 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.375 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.250 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
42 (0.250 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.250 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.125 %)NFS
51 (0.125 %)AquaLogic
51 (0.125 %)Terminal Server
51 (0.125 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (2.753 %)OpenView Configuration Management
217 (2.128 %)AutoSys
39 (1.126 %)OpenView
46 (0.751 %)OVSD
55 (0.626 %)Unicenter
64 (0.501 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.501 %)Nagios
73 (0.375 %)AllFusion Endevor
82 (0.250 %)CONTROL-M
82 (0.250 %)Tivoli
82 (0.250 %)Netcool
91 (0.125 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.125 %)Norton AntiVirus
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1127 (15.89 %)Oracle
246 (5.757 %)Microsoft
338 (4.756 %)Sybase
434 (4.255 %)HP
532 (4.005 %)SAP
627 (3.379 %)IBM
722 (2.753 %)Calypso
821 (2.628 %)Sun
918 (2.253 %)McAfee Security
1017 (2.128 %)Remedy
1115 (1.877 %)Siebel
1115 (1.877 %)Cisco
1212 (1.502 %)Lotus
1212 (1.502 %)BEA
1310 (1.252 %)Vignette
1310 (1.252 %)Applix
148 (1.001 %)Ericsson
157 (0.876 %)Cognos
157 (0.876 %)Fujitsu
157 (0.876 %)TIBCO
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