Release Manager Contracts in the North of England

Release Manager
England > North of England

The median Release Manager daily rate in the North of England is £363 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 208 238
Rank change year-on-year +24 +30 -60
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 5 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.11% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile - £363 £455
25th Percentile £356 £428 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.96% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £369 £594 £550
90th Percentile - £605 £649
England median daily rate £570 £508 £516
% change year-on-year +12.32% -1.69% +3.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,385 5,534 6,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.30% 96.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,750 3,909 5,115
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £385 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £552
90th Percentile £675 £684 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 160 281
10th Percentile £11.02 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.76 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £31.63 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% +70.96% +3.73%
75th Percentile £45.97 £50.72 £28.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.07 £51.45
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in the North of England

Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Release Manager in the North of England

Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +27 4 £363 -36.96%
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 1
Release Manager
England

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Release Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Retail

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Retail
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP