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This section looks at the demand for the Release Engineer role in IT contracts within the Reading region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Release Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Release Engineer
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank72-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.211 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£296£372
% change on same period last year-20.50 %
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-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Job Titles ReadingJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads948915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.250 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted279254
Average minimum daily rate£322£324
Average daily rate£340£344
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted9284
Average minimum hourly rate£21.28£29.02
Average hourly rate£22.98£30.67
% change on same period last year-25.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.69£32.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Release Engineer BerkshireRelease Engineer
Berkshire

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Release Engineer across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading Release Engineer Demand Trend

Release Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Release Engineer across the Reading region.

Reading Release Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Release Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Engineer across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading Release Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Release Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Release Engineer in their job title 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 with Release Engineer in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (50.00 %)InstallShield
21 (50.00 %)Subversion
21 (50.00 %)Release Management
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)C++
21 (50.00 %)Perl
21 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (50.00 %)VC++
21 (50.00 %)Python
21 (50.00 %)ISO9001
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft

Release Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Release Engineer in their job title 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 with Release Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
11 (50.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (50.00 %)InstallShield
11 (50.00 %)Subversion
Processes & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (50.00 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)VC++
11 (50.00 %)Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (50.00 %)ISO9001
Vendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
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