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The table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelease Management
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6986
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.322 %1.025 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£327
% change on same period last year+27.46 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.43£33.03
% change on same period last year-41.16 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads622878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted209370
Average minimum daily rate£338£346
Average daily rate£364£369
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7291
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£32.37
Average hourly rate£32.56£33.73
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.53£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Release Management East of EnglandRelease Management
East of 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 Management
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Release Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

16 (75.00 %)Migration
16 (75.00 %)Data Migration
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Change Management
22 (25.00 %)ITIL
22 (25.00 %)Windows
22 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
22 (25.00 %)SMS
22 (25.00 %)Citrix
22 (25.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
31 (12.50 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (12.50 %)Games

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)SMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Games
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Project Manager
23 (37.50 %)Implementation Manager
23 (37.50 %)Implementation Project Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Project Manager
32 (25.00 %)Release Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Manager
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (25.00 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (75.00 %)Migration
16 (75.00 %)Data Migration
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Change Management
22 (25.00 %)ITIL
31 (12.50 %)PRINCE2
31 (12.50 %)Stakeholder Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (25.00 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Citrix