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This section looks at the demand for Release Management skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRelease Management
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank193205
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads6693
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.093 %
As % of the category below0.906 %1.048 %
Daily rates quoted2225
Average minimum daily rate£377£330
Average daily rate£403£346
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£415£373
% change on same period last year+11.05 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£30.70£32.50
Average hourly rate£32.84£36.00
% change on same period last year-8.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.99£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.01£36.00
% change on same period last year-30.53 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads72868872
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.615 %8.836 %
Daily rates quoted20952569
Average minimum daily rate£354£358
Average daily rate£376£379
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted680864
Average minimum hourly rate£28.81£30.34
Average hourly rate£30.52£32.26
% change on same period last year-5.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.22£34.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Release Management EnglandRelease Management
England

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 Management
Demand Trend

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

South East Release Management Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

South East Release Management Daily Rate Histogram

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 August 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.

LocationRank 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
HampshireUp+3317£426+63.75 %
SurreyUp+1214£425+37.09 %
BuckinghamshireUp+168£425-
BerkshireDown-178£337-5.19 %
KentUp+125--
MiddlesexUp+114£265-
West SussexUp+94£393+36.52 %
Home CountiesUp+141--
M4 CorridorNew entry-1--
Release Management EnglandRelease Management
England

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

144 (25.00 %)Windows
239 (22.16 %)UNIX
336 (20.45 %)ITIL
435 (19.89 %)Oracle
534 (19.32 %)Configuration Management
633 (18.75 %)SQL Server
731 (17.61 %)Project Management
830 (17.05 %)SQL
929 (16.48 %)Migration
1028 (15.91 %)Finance
1127 (15.34 %).NET
1223 (13.07 %)Microsoft
1322 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
1420 (11.36 %)Government
1420 (11.36 %)Data Migration
1420 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
1518 (10.23 %)Change Management
1518 (10.23 %)SQL Server 2000
1617 (9.659 %)Java
1716 (9.091 %)ClearCase
1716 (9.091 %)Insurance
1815 (8.523 %)Service Management
1815 (8.523 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1914 (7.955 %)DB2
1914 (7.955 %)QA
2013 (7.386 %)Transact-SQL
2013 (7.386 %)Perl
2112 (6.818 %)Windows Server 2003
2112 (6.818 %)Internet
2112 (6.818 %)OpenView Configuration Management

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (15.34 %).NET
29 (5.114 %)J2EE
38 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
47 (3.977 %)HTML
47 (3.977 %)CSS
56 (3.409 %)ASP
56 (3.409 %)JSP
56 (3.409 %)WSH
63 (1.705 %)Swing
72 (1.136 %)XML
72 (1.136 %)XSL
72 (1.136 %)Java EE
72 (1.136 %)WebSphere
81 (0.568 %)Application Packaging
81 (0.568 %)Hibernate
81 (0.568 %)Spring
81 (0.568 %)XSLT
81 (0.568 %)SOAP
81 (0.568 %)COM+
81 (0.568 %)AWT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (3.977 %)IIS
25 (2.841 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.568 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (0.568 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (0.568 %)SAS
31 (0.568 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.568 %)SharePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (4.545 %)MS Office
26 (3.409 %)Photoshop
31 (0.568 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.568 %)MS Visio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (4.545 %)Oracle EBS
23 (1.705 %)ResourceLink
32 (1.136 %)MAXIMO
41 (0.568 %)SAP ERP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (6.818 %)Internet
27 (3.977 %)TELNET
27 (3.977 %)Intranet
36 (3.409 %)Extranet
36 (3.409 %)SAN
42 (1.136 %)3G
42 (1.136 %)2G
51 (0.568 %)Wireless
51 (0.568 %)Ethernet
51 (0.568 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.568 %)VPN
51 (0.568 %)SSL
51 (0.568 %)WAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (18.75 %)SQL Server
218 (10.23 %)SQL Server 2000
314 (7.955 %)DB2
410 (5.682 %)DTS
410 (5.682 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
410 (5.682 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
410 (5.682 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
59 (5.114 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (3.409 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (3.409 %)DataStage
66 (3.409 %)DB2 UDB
74 (2.273 %)Datawarehouse
83 (1.705 %)Oracle Discoverer
83 (1.705 %)Oracle 10g
92 (1.136 %)MS Access
92 (1.136 %)TOAD
92 (1.136 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.568 %)Oracle Reports
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (9.091 %)ClearCase
215 (8.523 %)VSS/SourceSafe
312 (6.818 %)Subversion
411 (6.250 %)ClearQuest
57 (3.977 %)ProC
66 (3.409 %)Flash
66 (3.409 %)Ant
66 (3.409 %)Dreamweaver
75 (2.841 %)TestDirector
75 (2.841 %)RequisitePro
75 (2.841 %)Visual Studio
84 (2.273 %)InstallShield
93 (1.705 %)WinRunner
102 (1.136 %)Eclipse
102 (1.136 %)PVCS
102 (1.136 %)QuickTest Pro
102 (1.136 %)CruiseControl
102 (1.136 %)ChangeMan
111 (0.568 %)StarTeam
111 (0.568 %)Atlassian Bamboo
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (15.91 %)Finance
220 (11.36 %)Government
316 (9.091 %)Insurance
47 (3.977 %)Retail
56 (3.409 %)Multimedia
56 (3.409 %)Telecoms
65 (2.841 %)Pensions
65 (2.841 %)Health
72 (1.136 %)Marketing
81 (0.568 %)Police
81 (0.568 %)Education
81 (0.568 %)Home Office
81 (0.568 %)Games
81 (0.568 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.568 %)Billing
81 (0.568 %)Banking
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (15.34 %)Release Manager
225 (14.20 %)Project Manager
321 (11.93 %)Analyst
418 (10.23 %)Configuration Manager
516 (9.091 %)Developer
610 (5.682 %)Applications Support
79 (5.114 %)Support Analyst
87 (3.977 %)Consultant
87 (3.977 %)Transition Manager
87 (3.977 %)Environment Manager
87 (3.977 %)Service Manager
96 (3.409 %)Data Manager
96 (3.409 %)Test Analyst
96 (3.409 %)Web Developer
96 (3.409 %)Server Support
105 (2.841 %)Migration Project Manager
105 (2.841 %)Technical Architect
105 (2.841 %)Architect
105 (2.841 %)Delivery Manager
105 (2.841 %)Change Manager
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (4.545 %)CMDB
26 (3.409 %)Management Information System
34 (2.273 %)Mainframe
43 (1.705 %)PMI
52 (1.136 %)AS400
52 (1.136 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.568 %)Spanish Language
61 (0.568 %)Celerra
61 (0.568 %)Multithreading
61 (0.568 %)VAX
61 (0.568 %)NHS
61 (0.568 %)Blackberry
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (25.00 %)Windows
239 (22.16 %)UNIX
312 (6.818 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (5.114 %)Linux
57 (3.977 %)Solaris
66 (3.409 %)zOS
75 (2.841 %)AIX
84 (2.273 %)Windows XP
93 (1.705 %)Windows Vista
93 (1.705 %)Windows 2000
102 (1.136 %)OS/390
102 (1.136 %)MVS
102 (1.136 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.568 %)NetWare
111 (0.568 %)Windows NT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (20.45 %)ITIL
234 (19.32 %)Configuration Management
331 (17.61 %)Project Management
429 (16.48 %)Migration
522 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
620 (11.36 %)Data Migration
620 (11.36 %)SC Cleared
718 (10.23 %)Change Management
815 (8.523 %)Service Management
912 (6.818 %)Service Delivery
1011 (6.250 %)Stakeholder Management
119 (5.114 %)PRINCE2
126 (3.409 %)User Acceptance Testing
135 (2.841 %)Incident Management
135 (2.841 %)Programme Management
144 (2.273 %)Data Modelling
144 (2.273 %)Business Intelligence
144 (2.273 %)Document Management
144 (2.273 %)Supplier Management
144 (2.273 %)Workflow
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (17.05 %)SQL
217 (9.659 %)Java
313 (7.386 %)Transact-SQL
313 (7.386 %)Perl
411 (6.250 %)VB
59 (5.114 %)VB6
59 (5.114 %)VB.NET
59 (5.114 %)PL/SQL
68 (4.545 %)RPG
68 (4.545 %)C
68 (4.545 %)Korn
77 (3.977 %)C#
77 (3.977 %)JavaScript
77 (3.977 %)VBScript
86 (3.409 %)ActionScript
86 (3.409 %)Shell Script
94 (2.273 %)C++
103 (1.705 %)Python
112 (1.136 %)VC++
112 (1.136 %)VBA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (2.841 %)ISEB
24 (2.273 %)ITIL Certification
33 (1.705 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.568 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (7.955 %)QA
24 (2.273 %)SLA
32 (1.136 %)ISO9001
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (5.114 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (6.818 %)OpenView Configuration Management
23 (1.705 %)OpenView
23 (1.705 %)Unicenter
32 (1.136 %)CONTROL-M
32 (1.136 %)Tivoli
32 (1.136 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (1.136 %)Netcool
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (19.89 %)Oracle
223 (13.07 %)Microsoft
310 (5.682 %)HP
49 (5.114 %)IBM
58 (4.545 %)McAfee Security
66 (3.409 %)PeopleSoft
75 (2.841 %)Lotus
84 (2.273 %)Cognos
93 (1.705 %)Northgate
93 (1.705 %)CA
93 (1.705 %)Remedy
102 (1.136 %)Sybase
102 (1.136 %)SAP
102 (1.136 %)Red Hat
102 (1.136 %)Actuate
111 (0.568 %)Cisco
111 (0.568 %)Novell
111 (0.568 %)Cerner
111 (0.568 %)Citrix
111 (0.568 %)Compaq