The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Milton Keynes region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 53 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Release Management 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.377% - 0.327%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.522% - 0.583%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £338 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £386 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.56% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -52.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
383 465 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.26% 65.77% 56.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 212 153
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £405 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 31
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.86% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Release Management
Buckinghamshire

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Milton Keynes Release Management Jobs Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Release Management Daily Rate Histogram

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Budget Control
2 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Change Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Budget Control
2 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle