Release Management Contracts in England

Release Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 303 280
Rank change year-on-year +26 -23 -49
Contract jobs citing Release Management 298 411 708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.82% 0.86% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.95% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 295 489
10th Percentile £350 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £488 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £650
90th Percentile £680 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £35.97 £16.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.66 £19.48
Median hourly rate £55.00 £53.55 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% +86.26% +43.64%
75th Percentile £57.50 £67.50 £34.69
90th Percentile - £85.50 £43.63
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £59.69 £28.75
% change year-on-year -36.34% +107.61% +43.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Release Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,336 43,140 63,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.24% 90.03% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,550 30,257 45,511
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,528 1,750
10th Percentile £12.88 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +12 148 £563 -6.25% 44
South East +30 77 £575 +4.55% 26
South West -2 19 £625 +108.33% 7
Midlands +21 18 £450 -25.00% 16
East of England +17 15 £356 -25.00% 6
North of England +19 13 £350 -39.13% 5
West Midlands +15 13 £450 -25.00% 14
Yorkshire +15 11 £240 -56.36% 1
East Midlands +12 5 £425 - 2
North West +11 2 £356 -38.04% 3
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (9.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.05%) Confluence
3 7 (2.35%) IIS
4 5 (1.68%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.34%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.67%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (2.01%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (2.01%) Endur
2 5 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.67%) Relativity
4 2 (0.67%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.67%) Veritas eDiscovery
5 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.48%) Azure
2 34 (11.41%) AWS
3 30 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (7.05%) Entra ID
5 20 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (6.04%) Azure Storage
8 14 (4.70%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.36%) Slack
10 9 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.35%) SaaS
12 5 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.68%) Collibra
12 5 (1.68%) GCP
12 5 (1.68%) PaaS
12 5 (1.68%) Serverless
13 4 (1.34%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.34%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (1.01%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.74%) DNS
2 30 (10.07%) DHCP
3 25 (8.39%) Firewall
4 9 (3.02%) SSH
5 5 (1.68%) VPN
6 4 (1.34%) LAN
6 4 (1.34%) VSAN
6 4 (1.34%) WAN
6 4 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
8 1 (0.34%) MPLS
8 1 (0.34%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.34%) SAN
8 1 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.03%) NoSQL
2 12 (4.03%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.02%) Data Lake
3 9 (3.02%) Power BI
4 5 (1.68%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (1.68%) Metadata
5 4 (1.34%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.34%) Redis
5 4 (1.34%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.01%) MySQL
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.01%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.67%) Big Data
7 2 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (13.42%) JIRA
2 16 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.69%) Cucumber
4 10 (3.36%) Git
4 10 (3.36%) JUnit
5 5 (1.68%) Gatling
5 5 (1.68%) Mockito
5 5 (1.68%) Robot Framework
5 5 (1.68%) Selenium
5 5 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.34%) Postman
6 4 (1.34%) ScalaTest
7 3 (1.01%) GitLab
7 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.67%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.67%) webpack
9 1 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 72 (24.16%) Finance
3 40 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (10.07%) Banking
5 27 (9.06%) Front Office
6 15 (5.03%) Investment Banking
6 15 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.69%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.35%) Marketing
8 7 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.01%) Law
10 5 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.68%) Legal
10 5 (1.68%) Retail
11 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.01%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.67%) Electronics
13 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 48 (16.11%) Developer
2 43 (14.43%) Analyst
3 24 (8.05%) Release Manager
4 23 (7.72%) Windows Engineer
5 19 (6.38%) Support Engineer
6 18 (6.04%) Active Directory Support
6 18 (6.04%) Applications Support
6 18 (6.04%) Build Engineer
6 18 (6.04%) Senior
6 18 (6.04%) Windows Build Engineer
7 15 (5.03%) Support Specialist
8 14 (4.70%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (4.70%) Azure Specialist
9 13 (4.36%) Architect
9 13 (4.36%) IT Manager
10 12 (4.03%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (3.69%) Java Developer
12 10 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.36%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.36%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.05%) Spring
2 20 (6.71%) Web Services
3 19 (6.38%) ARM Templates
4 17 (5.70%) REST
5 15 (5.03%) JPA
6 14 (4.70%) .NET
6 14 (4.70%) React
7 13 (4.36%) Hibernate
7 13 (4.36%) XML
8 11 (3.69%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.69%) Spring MVC
9 10 (3.36%) HTML
9 10 (3.36%) JSON
10 9 (3.02%) CSS
10 9 (3.02%) J2EE
10 9 (3.02%) RESTful
10 9 (3.02%) SOAP
11 8 (2.68%) HTML5
11 8 (2.68%) Middleware
12 7 (2.35%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.38%) PKI
1 22 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (5.37%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.03%) Client/Server
3 12 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.36%) Clustering
5 9 (3.02%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.02%) Derivative
5 9 (3.02%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (2.35%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.35%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.68%) OTC Derivatives
7 5 (1.68%) SCADA
8 3 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.67%) CMDB
9 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.67%) Replication
9 2 (0.67%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 104 (34.90%) Windows
2 67 (22.48%) Linux
3 58 (19.46%) Windows Server
4 38 (12.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (12.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (11.07%) Unix
6 23 (7.72%) Windows 10
7 21 (7.05%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (6.04%) Windows NT
9 10 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.34%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.21%) Agile
1 96 (32.21%) ITIL
2 79 (26.51%) DevOps
3 65 (21.81%) Service Management
4 47 (15.77%) SDLC
5 46 (15.44%) Change Management
6 42 (14.09%) CI/CD
7 40 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (12.42%) Configuration Management
8 37 (12.42%) User Acceptance Testing
9 36 (12.08%) Scrum
10 35 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (10.07%) Proactive Monitoring
11 30 (10.07%) Risk Management
12 28 (9.40%) Analytics
13 25 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (7.72%) Continuous Integration
14 23 (7.72%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (7.72%) ITSM
15 22 (7.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.50%) SQL
2 64 (21.48%) PowerShell
3 55 (18.46%) Python
4 29 (9.73%) C#
5 27 (9.06%) VBScript
6 25 (8.39%) Java
7 20 (6.71%) JavaScript
8 19 (6.38%) Bicep
8 19 (6.38%) VB
9 10 (3.36%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.68%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.68%) Scala
10 8 (2.68%) VB.NET
11 7 (2.35%) Go
11 7 (2.35%) Perl
12 6 (2.01%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.68%) Apex Code
14 4 (1.34%) C
14 4 (1.34%) SOQL
15 3 (1.01%) Bash
Qualifications
1 92 (30.87%) Security Cleared
2 60 (20.13%) SC Cleared
3 53 (17.79%) DV Cleared
4 47 (15.77%) Degree
5 18 (6.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.34%) VCAP
8 4 (1.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) MCSA
10 1 (0.34%) MCSE
10 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.09%) QA
2 9 (3.02%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.02%) SLA
3 3 (1.01%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.67%) GDPR
4 2 (0.67%) GxP
4 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.34%) MiFID
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (20.81%) Active Directory
2 30 (10.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (8.72%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (6.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 18 (6.04%) Docker
5 18 (6.04%) Firmware
6 7 (2.35%) vSphere
7 5 (1.68%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.68%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.68%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.67%) XenApp
8 2 (0.67%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.34%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 50 (16.78%) Kubernetes
2 44 (14.77%) SCCM
3 42 (14.09%) WSUS
4 23 (7.72%) SCOM
5 19 (6.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (6.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (6.04%) Sysprep
7 14 (4.70%) Grafana
8 12 (4.03%) Terraform
9 8 (2.68%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (2.01%) Ansible
10 6 (2.01%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.68%) Podman
12 3 (1.01%) Rancher
13 2 (0.67%) AirWatch
13 2 (0.67%) CEMLI
13 2 (0.67%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.67%) Puppet
13 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 91 (30.54%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.74%) VMware
3 22 (7.38%) Oracle
4 15 (5.03%) SAP
5 13 (4.36%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.36%) IBM
7 9 (3.02%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.68%) BMC
9 6 (2.01%) Databricks
10 5 (1.68%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.34%) Google
12 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.01%) Citrix
12 3 (1.01%) Remedy
13 2 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
13 2 (0.67%) HP
13 2 (0.67%) Pardot
13 2 (0.67%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.67%) SolarWinds