Release Management Contracts in the North West

Release Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 136 152
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -42
Contract jobs citing Release Management 1 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.036% 0.65% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.72% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 15 25
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £356 £200 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -32.87% +2.86% +21.25%
75th Percentile £369 £639 £538
90th Percentile - £648 £588
England median daily rate £568 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -0.87% +4.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £26.25
25th Percentile - - £28.13
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £34.38
90th Percentile - - £34.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £43.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year +27.91% +49.57% +33.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Release Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,398 2,935 3,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.92% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 2,090 2,574
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.28 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £56.80 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Cheshire -2 1 £363 +81.25% 2
Release Management
England

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Release Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management