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This section looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the London 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
Rank217227
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads197297
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.300 %
As % of the category below1.070 %1.238 %
Daily rates quoted9799
Average minimum daily rate£382£393
Average daily rate£414£416
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£414£383
% change on same period last year+7.98 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£32.00£20.75
Average hourly rate£33.00£22.75
% change on same period last year+45.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.00£24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.76£27.88
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1840724000
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.54 %24.28 %
Daily rates quoted83009424
Average minimum daily rate£412£422
Average daily rate£443£450
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£474£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted597831
Average minimum hourly rate£25.66£29.51
Average hourly rate£27.45£31.57
% change on same period last year-13.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.24£33.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Release Management EnglandRelease Management
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London 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 London region.

London Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 London 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
City of LondonDown-2050£419+4.72 %
CroydonUp+166£450-
Canary WharfUp+103--
UxbridgeNew entry-2£288-
Docklands, LondonUp+111--
WestminsterNew entry-1--
Release Management EnglandRelease Management
England

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1124 (28.90 %)UNIX
2117 (27.27 %)ITIL
390 (20.98 %)Finance
484 (19.58 %)Configuration Management
583 (19.35 %)Windows
681 (18.88 %)Java
775 (17.48 %)SQL
871 (16.55 %)Banking
952 (12.12 %)Project Management
1051 (11.89 %)Oracle
1148 (11.19 %)Investment Banking
1245 (10.49 %)Service Management
1343 (10.02 %)Ant
1442 (9.790 %)Change Management
1541 (9.557 %)Shell Script
1639 (9.091 %)Perl
1738 (8.858 %)Sybase
1836 (8.392 %)User Acceptance Testing
1934 (7.925 %)Solaris
2032 (7.459 %)XML
2032 (7.459 %)Derivative
2032 (7.459 %)Agile Software Development
2131 (7.226 %)Linux
2227 (6.294 %)PRINCE2
2227 (6.294 %)SQL Server
2326 (6.061 %)SAP
2425 (5.828 %)Subversion
2524 (5.594 %)QA
2524 (5.594 %)Apache
2524 (5.594 %)Migration

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (7.459 %)XML
213 (3.030 %)ASP
312 (2.797 %).NET
312 (2.797 %)J2EE
410 (2.331 %)HTML
410 (2.331 %)WebSphere
58 (1.865 %)MFC
67 (1.632 %)WebServices
75 (1.166 %)SOAP
84 (0.932 %)STL
84 (0.932 %)Java SE
84 (0.932 %)FIX Protocol
93 (0.699 %)SAP XI
93 (0.699 %)Servlets
93 (0.699 %)ASP.NET
93 (0.699 %)EJB
102 (0.466 %)JSP
102 (0.466 %)ODBC
102 (0.466 %)XSL
111 (0.233 %)XSLT
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
124 (5.594 %)Apache
213 (3.030 %)Tomcat
311 (2.564 %)SharePoint
47 (1.632 %)WebLogic
47 (1.632 %)WebSphere MQ
47 (1.632 %)Lotus Notes
56 (1.399 %)MQSeries
56 (1.399 %)MS Exchange
65 (1.166 %)ColdFusion
65 (1.166 %)Exchange Server 2003
74 (0.932 %)Oracle Workflow
83 (0.699 %)Exchange Server 2000
92 (0.466 %)Exchange Server 2007
101 (0.233 %)CMS
101 (0.233 %)BizTalk Server
101 (0.233 %)SAS
101 (0.233 %)IIS
101 (0.233 %)JBoss
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (4.662 %)MS Excel
217 (3.963 %)MS Office
311 (2.564 %)MS Project
48 (1.865 %)Spreadsheet
57 (1.632 %)MS Visio
66 (1.399 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.932 %)Oracle Financials
23 (0.699 %)Oracle EBS
23 (0.699 %)Summit
32 (0.466 %)Loan IQ
32 (0.466 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.466 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
41 (0.233 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.233 %)Remedy ITSM
41 (0.233 %)Oracle iRecruitment
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (4.895 %)Firewall
216 (3.730 %)WAN
315 (3.497 %)DNS
410 (2.331 %)FTP
410 (2.331 %)LAN
58 (1.865 %)TCP/IP
58 (1.865 %)VPN
58 (1.865 %)MD110
67 (1.632 %)MPLS
67 (1.632 %)Intranet
76 (1.399 %)SAN
84 (0.932 %)DMZ
84 (0.932 %)LDAP
84 (0.932 %)Reverse Proxy
93 (0.699 %)VoIP
93 (0.699 %)HTTP
93 (0.699 %)SSL
102 (0.466 %)Internet
102 (0.466 %)SMS
111 (0.233 %)SMTP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (6.294 %)SQL Server
214 (3.263 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (2.331 %)RDBMS
49 (2.098 %)Crystal Reports
57 (1.632 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (1.632 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (1.166 %)Datawarehouse
74 (0.932 %)Oracle 10g
74 (0.932 %)Data Mining
83 (0.699 %)BusinessObjects
83 (0.699 %)Oracle 9i
83 (0.699 %)DB2
92 (0.466 %)DTS
92 (0.466 %)ETL
92 (0.466 %)MySQL
92 (0.466 %)Oracle Discoverer
92 (0.466 %)KDB
92 (0.466 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.233 %)BusinessObjects XI
101 (0.233 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (10.02 %)Ant
225 (5.828 %)Subversion
319 (4.429 %)CruiseControl
412 (2.797 %)ClearCase
510 (2.331 %)NUnit
69 (2.098 %)VSS/SourceSafe
75 (1.166 %)Visual Studio
75 (1.166 %)QuickTest Pro
84 (0.932 %)Flash
84 (0.932 %)WinRunner
91 (0.233 %)TestDirector
91 (0.233 %)Eclipse
91 (0.233 %)Oracle Forms
91 (0.233 %)StarTeam
91 (0.233 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.233 %)PowerBuilder
91 (0.233 %)PeopleTools
91 (0.233 %)MSI
91 (0.233 %)Log4Net
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (20.98 %)Finance
271 (16.55 %)Banking
348 (11.19 %)Investment Banking
421 (4.895 %)Government
517 (3.963 %)Front Office
613 (3.030 %)Telecoms
712 (2.797 %)Police
811 (2.564 %)Insurance
811 (2.564 %)Retail
98 (1.865 %)Legal
98 (1.865 %)Back Office
106 (1.399 %)Financial Institution
106 (1.399 %)Law
115 (1.166 %)Health
124 (0.932 %)Marketing
124 (0.932 %)Auditing
133 (0.699 %)Education
133 (0.699 %)Publishing
141 (0.233 %)Billing
141 (0.233 %)Retail Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1121 (28.21 %)Analyst
279 (18.41 %)Release Manager
351 (11.89 %)Support Analyst
434 (7.925 %)Developer
526 (6.061 %)Release Engineer
621 (4.895 %)Configuration Manager
621 (4.895 %)Project Manager
720 (4.662 %)Environment Manager
819 (4.429 %)Business Analyst
819 (4.429 %)Programmer
918 (4.196 %)Release Analyst
1017 (3.963 %)Test Analyst
1116 (3.730 %)Coordinator
1116 (3.730 %)Analyst Programmer
1215 (3.497 %)Test Manager
1314 (3.263 %)Administrator
1314 (3.263 %)Team Leader
1413 (3.030 %)Applications Support
1512 (2.797 %)C++ Developer
1611 (2.564 %)DBA
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (7.459 %)Derivative
214 (3.263 %)Fixed Income
37 (1.632 %)Equities
37 (1.632 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
37 (1.632 %)Credit Risk
37 (1.632 %)Video Conferencing
46 (1.399 %)CMDB
55 (1.166 %)Clustering
64 (0.932 %)Client/Server
64 (0.932 %)EPoS
64 (0.932 %)EMV
64 (0.932 %)EFT
64 (0.932 %)Firmware
64 (0.932 %)Mainframe
64 (0.932 %)Management Information System
64 (0.932 %)Statistics
73 (0.699 %)Market Risk
73 (0.699 %)RMADS
73 (0.699 %)Equity Derivative
73 (0.699 %)Replication
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1124 (28.90 %)UNIX
283 (19.35 %)Windows
334 (7.925 %)Solaris
431 (7.226 %)Linux
511 (2.564 %)Windows XP
610 (2.331 %)AIX
78 (1.865 %)Windows Server 2003
87 (1.632 %)Windows NT
93 (0.699 %)HPUX
102 (0.466 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.233 %)Debian
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1117 (27.27 %)ITIL
284 (19.58 %)Configuration Management
352 (12.12 %)Project Management
445 (10.49 %)Service Management
542 (9.790 %)Change Management
636 (8.392 %)User Acceptance Testing
732 (7.459 %)Agile Software Development
827 (6.294 %)PRINCE2
924 (5.594 %)Migration
1023 (5.361 %)Asset Management
1122 (5.128 %)Risk Management
1220 (4.662 %)Service Delivery
1220 (4.662 %)Integration Testing
1316 (3.730 %)Scrum
1316 (3.730 %)Security Cleared
1415 (3.497 %)Disaster Recovery
1513 (3.030 %)Business Intelligence
1513 (3.030 %)Investment Management
1513 (3.030 %)Business Analysis
1612 (2.797 %)Test Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
181 (18.88 %)Java
275 (17.48 %)SQL
341 (9.557 %)Shell Script
439 (9.091 %)Perl
521 (4.895 %)C#
617 (3.963 %)C++
712 (2.797 %)Python
88 (1.865 %)VC++
88 (1.865 %)Korn
95 (1.166 %)C
95 (1.166 %)VB
95 (1.166 %)VBA
95 (1.166 %)PL/SQL
104 (0.932 %)REXX
104 (0.932 %)Jython
104 (0.932 %)Ruby
113 (0.699 %)JCL
113 (0.699 %)RPG
113 (0.699 %)Transact-SQL
113 (0.699 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
119 (4.429 %)Degree
218 (4.196 %)ITIL Certification
312 (2.797 %)CCNP
312 (2.797 %)CCNA
312 (2.797 %)Cisco Certification
44 (0.932 %)ISEB
53 (0.699 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (0.466 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
71 (0.233 %)PMP
71 (0.233 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.233 %)CCSA
71 (0.233 %)CCSE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (5.594 %)QA
213 (3.030 %)SLA
33 (0.699 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.699 %)ISO9000
41 (0.233 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.699 %)Active Directory
22 (0.466 %)Backup Exec
22 (0.466 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
22 (0.466 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.466 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22 (0.466 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.233 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.233 %)NFS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (3.963 %)AutoSys
24 (0.932 %)BMC PATROL
24 (0.932 %)Nagios
31 (0.233 %)CiscoWorks
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
151 (11.89 %)Oracle
238 (8.858 %)Sybase
326 (6.061 %)SAP
422 (5.128 %)Calypso
516 (3.730 %)Microsoft
615 (3.497 %)Remedy
713 (3.030 %)Siebel
713 (3.030 %)Cisco
713 (3.030 %)IBM
811 (2.564 %)Sun
98 (1.865 %)HP
98 (1.865 %)Ericsson
107 (1.632 %)Lotus
107 (1.632 %)Fujitsu
116 (1.399 %)TIBCO
125 (1.166 %)EMC
125 (1.166 %)VMware
134 (0.932 %)GL TRADE
134 (0.932 %)VERITAS
134 (0.932 %)BMC
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