The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Release Management 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Release Management
South West

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (85.71%) Automated Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
4 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
4 3 (42.86%) QA
4 3 (42.86%) LAMP
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Military
4 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 3 (42.86%) ISEB
4 3 (42.86%) C
5 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (14.29%) C#
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) Oracle
6 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (42.86%) LAMP
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) Test Analyst
2 5 (71.43%) Tester
3 4 (57.14%) Software Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (85.71%) Automated Testing
1 6 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle