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This section looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the Leeds 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelease Management
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5958
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.014 %
As % of the category below2.335 %2.226 %
Daily rates quoted91
Average minimum daily rate£392£450
Average daily rate£414£450
% change on same period last year-7.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£437£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£415£373
% change on same period last year+11.05 %
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£25.01£36.00
% change on same period last year-30.53 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads771629
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.017 %0.626 %
Daily rates quoted237118
Average minimum daily rate£334£355
Average daily rate£358£382
% change on same period last year-6.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted1542
Average minimum hourly rate£23.24£26.49
Average hourly rate£25.76£27.76
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.28£29.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Release Management West YorkshireRelease Management
West Yorkshire

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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

18 (38.10 %)PRINCE2
18 (38.10 %)NHS
26 (28.57 %)ITIL
26 (28.57 %)Project Management
26 (28.57 %)SharePoint
35 (23.81 %)Oracle
35 (23.81 %)Client/Server
35 (23.81 %)Configuration Management
35 (23.81 %)OpenView
35 (23.81 %)HP
35 (23.81 %)Finance
35 (23.81 %)Health
35 (23.81 %)OVSD
35 (23.81 %)Asset Management
35 (23.81 %)SharePoint Portal Server
44 (19.05 %)Knowledge Management
44 (19.05 %)Legal
44 (19.05 %)Service Delivery
53 (14.29 %)Service Management
53 (14.29 %)Supplier Management
62 (9.524 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (9.524 %)ITIL Certification
62 (9.524 %)E-Commerce
62 (9.524 %)UNIX
62 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
71 (4.762 %)Windows SharePoint Services
71 (4.762 %)WebSphere
71 (4.762 %)Web Development
71 (4.762 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (4.762 %)JRun

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.762 %)Windows SharePoint Services
11 (4.762 %)WebSphere
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (28.57 %)SharePoint
25 (23.81 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (4.762 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.762 %)JRun
31 (4.762 %)JBoss
31 (4.762 %)Tomcat
31 (4.762 %)ATG Dynamo
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.762 %)PBX
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
21 (4.762 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (23.81 %)Finance
15 (23.81 %)Health
24 (19.05 %)Legal
31 (4.762 %)Government
31 (4.762 %)Back Office
31 (4.762 %)Telecoms
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (28.57 %)Project Manager
25 (23.81 %)Release Manager
33 (14.29 %)Configuration Manager
42 (9.524 %)Delivery Manager
42 (9.524 %)Service Manager
42 (9.524 %)Services Delivery Manager
42 (9.524 %)Delivery Project Manager
42 (9.524 %)Systems Support
42 (9.524 %)NHS Project Manager
51 (4.762 %)Support Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Applications Support
51 (4.762 %)3rd Line Support
51 (4.762 %)Systems Administrator
51 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
51 (4.762 %)Technical Project Manager
51 (4.762 %)Administrator
51 (4.762 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (4.762 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (4.762 %)Applications Support Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Manager
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (38.10 %)NHS
25 (23.81 %)Client/Server
31 (4.762 %)IVR
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (9.524 %)UNIX
21 (4.762 %)Solaris
21 (4.762 %)Linux
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (38.10 %)PRINCE2
26 (28.57 %)ITIL
26 (28.57 %)Project Management
35 (23.81 %)Configuration Management
35 (23.81 %)Asset Management
44 (19.05 %)Knowledge Management
44 (19.05 %)Service Delivery
53 (14.29 %)Service Management
53 (14.29 %)Supplier Management
62 (9.524 %)E-Commerce
71 (4.762 %)Web Development
71 (4.762 %)CRM
71 (4.762 %)OOD
71 (4.762 %)Workflow
71 (4.762 %)Programme Management
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.762 %)Perl
11 (4.762 %)Shell Script
11 (4.762 %)AWK
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (9.524 %)PRINCE2 Certification
12 (9.524 %)ITIL Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)SLA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (23.81 %)OpenView
15 (23.81 %)OVSD
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (23.81 %)Oracle
15 (23.81 %)HP
21 (4.762 %)Siebel
21 (4.762 %)webMethods
21 (4.762 %)ATG