South East Release Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Release Engineer role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire East of England England Hertfordshire London Maidenhead Reading South East South West Swansea UK Wales West Wales	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	246	284
Rank change on same period last year	+38
Matching contract IT job ads	2	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.017 %	0.067 %
Daily rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£363
Average daily rate	£350	£372
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£288	£372
% change on same period last year	-22.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£33.33
Average hourly rate	-	£36.67
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£36.67
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11958	16482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.94 %	16.68 %
Daily rates quoted	2991	4002
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£334
Average daily rate	£356	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1480	1956
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.78	£26.68
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£28.01
% change on same period last year	-16.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.77	£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Release Engineer across the South East region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+36	2	£350	-12.50 %

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 2 1 (33.33 %) InstallShield 2 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms 2 1 (33.33 %) Subversion 2 1 (33.33 %) Release Management 2 1 (33.33 %) C# 2 1 (33.33 %) C++ 2 1 (33.33 %) Perl 2 1 (33.33 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (33.33 %) Linux 2 1 (33.33 %) VC++ 2 1 (33.33 %) Python 2 1 (33.33 %) ISO9001 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 1 1 (33.33 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 1 (33.33 %) InstallShield 1 1 (33.33 %) Subversion	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Telecoms
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Configuration Management 2 1 (33.33 %) Release Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (33.33 %) C# 1 1 (33.33 %) C++ 1 1 (33.33 %) Perl 1 1 (33.33 %) VC++ 1 1 (33.33 %) Python	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) ISO9001
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft