The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 59 67 68
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Contract jobs citing Release Management 12 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.394% 1.230% 0.873%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.087% 1.942% 1.314%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 7
Average daily rate £406 £341 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -19.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £295 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £370 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £20.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -46.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
575 721 685
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.78% 63.36% 66.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 269 307
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Release Management
Berkshire

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Migration
2 6 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 5 (33.33%) Web Services
4 4 (26.67%) MS Project
4 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
4 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
4 4 (26.67%) Finance
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) CM System
5 3 (20.00%) Business Transformation
5 3 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (20.00%) MS Project Server
5 3 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 3 (20.00%) Data Management
5 3 (20.00%) Meridio
5 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (20.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
5 3 (20.00%) Web Development
5 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (20.00%) IDOL
5 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (20.00%) LDAP
5 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (20.00%) DTS
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 Development
1 5 (33.33%) Web Services
2 3 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (20.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) XML
3 2 (13.33%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) CM System
1 3 (20.00%) MS Project Server
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Project
1 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
1 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
2 3 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LDAP
2 2 (13.33%) CDMA
2 2 (13.33%) GPRS
2 2 (13.33%) GSM
2 2 (13.33%) UMTS
2 2 (13.33%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (20.00%) IDOL
1 3 (20.00%) DTS
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (20.00%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (13.33%) PVCS
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Release Analyst
1 4 (26.67%) Release Management Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Development Team Leader
3 2 (13.33%) OSS Architect
4 1 (6.667%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Incident Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.667%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Migration
1 6 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 3 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (20.00%) Data Management
3 3 (20.00%) Web Development
3 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) UML
4 2 (13.33%) B2B
4 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (13.33%) Stress Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Unified Process
5 1 (6.667%) Master Data Management
5 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
1 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (20.00%) MCSD
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) Degree
3 1 (6.667%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Meridio
3 1 (6.667%) Niku