South East Release Management Contracts

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.

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Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Fareham Gatwick Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Huddersfield Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Surrey Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	193	205
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	66	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.087 %	0.093 %
As % of the category below	0.906 %	1.048 %
Daily rates quoted	22	25
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 quoted	3	4
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 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7286	8872
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.615 %	8.836 %
Daily rates quoted	2095	2569
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 quoted	680	864
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 %
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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 Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Management across the South East region.

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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.

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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 Management 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 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.

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
Hampshire	+33	17	£426	+63.75 %
Surrey	+12	14	£425	+37.09 %
Buckinghamshire	+16	8	£425	-
Berkshire	-17	8	£337	-5.19 %
Kent	+12	5	-	-
Middlesex	+11	4	£265	-
West Sussex	+9	4	£393	+36.52 %
Home Counties	+14	1	-	-
M4 Corridor	-	1	-	-

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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.

1 44 (25.00 %) Windows 2 39 (22.16 %) UNIX 3 36 (20.45 %) ITIL 4 35 (19.89 %) Oracle 5 34 (19.32 %) Configuration Management 6 33 (18.75 %) SQL Server 7 31 (17.61 %) Project Management 8 30 (17.05 %) SQL 9 29 (16.48 %) Migration 10 28 (15.91 %) Finance 11 27 (15.34 %) .NET 12 23 (13.07 %) Microsoft 13 22 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 14 20 (11.36 %) Government 14 20 (11.36 %) Data Migration

14 20 (11.36 %) SC Cleared 15 18 (10.23 %) Change Management 15 18 (10.23 %) SQL Server 2000 16 17 (9.659 %) Java 17 16 (9.091 %) ClearCase 17 16 (9.091 %) Insurance 18 15 (8.523 %) Service Management 18 15 (8.523 %) VSS/SourceSafe 19 14 (7.955 %) DB2 19 14 (7.955 %) QA 20 13 (7.386 %) Transact-SQL 20 13 (7.386 %) Perl 21 12 (6.818 %) Windows Server 2003 21 12 (6.818 %) Internet 21 12 (6.818 %) OpenView Configuration Management

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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.

Application Development 1 27 (15.34 %) .NET 2 9 (5.114 %) J2EE 3 8 (4.545 %) ASP.NET 4 7 (3.977 %) HTML 4 7 (3.977 %) CSS 5 6 (3.409 %) ASP 5 6 (3.409 %) JSP 5 6 (3.409 %) WSH 6 3 (1.705 %) Swing 7 2 (1.136 %) XML 7 2 (1.136 %) XSL 7 2 (1.136 %) Java EE 7 2 (1.136 %) WebSphere 8 1 (0.568 %) Application Packaging 8 1 (0.568 %) Hibernate 8 1 (0.568 %) Spring 8 1 (0.568 %) XSLT 8 1 (0.568 %) SOAP 8 1 (0.568 %) COM+ 8 1 (0.568 %) AWT	Application Platforms 1 7 (3.977 %) IIS 2 5 (2.841 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.568 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (0.568 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 3 1 (0.568 %) SAS 3 1 (0.568 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (0.568 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 8 (4.545 %) MS Office 2 6 (3.409 %) Photoshop 3 1 (0.568 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (0.568 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 8 (4.545 %) Oracle EBS 2 3 (1.705 %) ResourceLink 3 2 (1.136 %) MAXIMO 4 1 (0.568 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 12 (6.818 %) Internet 2 7 (3.977 %) TELNET 2 7 (3.977 %) Intranet 3 6 (3.409 %) Extranet 3 6 (3.409 %) SAN 4 2 (1.136 %) 3G 4 2 (1.136 %) 2G 5 1 (0.568 %) Wireless 5 1 (0.568 %) Ethernet 5 1 (0.568 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.568 %) VPN 5 1 (0.568 %) SSL 5 1 (0.568 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 33 (18.75 %) SQL Server 2 18 (10.23 %) SQL Server 2000 3 14 (7.955 %) DB2 4 10 (5.682 %) DTS 4 10 (5.682 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 10 (5.682 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 10 (5.682 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 5 9 (5.114 %) SQL Server 2005 6 6 (3.409 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 6 (3.409 %) DataStage 6 6 (3.409 %) DB2 UDB 7 4 (2.273 %) Datawarehouse 8 3 (1.705 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 3 (1.705 %) Oracle 10g 9 2 (1.136 %) MS Access 9 2 (1.136 %) TOAD 9 2 (1.136 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 1 (0.568 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 16 (9.091 %) ClearCase 2 15 (8.523 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 12 (6.818 %) Subversion 4 11 (6.250 %) ClearQuest 5 7 (3.977 %) ProC 6 6 (3.409 %) Flash 6 6 (3.409 %) Ant 6 6 (3.409 %) Dreamweaver 7 5 (2.841 %) TestDirector 7 5 (2.841 %) RequisitePro 7 5 (2.841 %) Visual Studio 8 4 (2.273 %) InstallShield 9 3 (1.705 %) WinRunner 10 2 (1.136 %) Eclipse 10 2 (1.136 %) PVCS 10 2 (1.136 %) QuickTest Pro 10 2 (1.136 %) CruiseControl 10 2 (1.136 %) ChangeMan 11 1 (0.568 %) StarTeam 11 1 (0.568 %) Atlassian Bamboo	General 1 28 (15.91 %) Finance 2 20 (11.36 %) Government 3 16 (9.091 %) Insurance 4 7 (3.977 %) Retail 5 6 (3.409 %) Multimedia 5 6 (3.409 %) Telecoms 6 5 (2.841 %) Pensions 6 5 (2.841 %) Health 7 2 (1.136 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.568 %) Police 8 1 (0.568 %) Education 8 1 (0.568 %) Home Office 8 1 (0.568 %) Games 8 1 (0.568 %) Investment Banking 8 1 (0.568 %) Billing 8 1 (0.568 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 27 (15.34 %) Release Manager 2 25 (14.20 %) Project Manager 3 21 (11.93 %) Analyst 4 18 (10.23 %) Configuration Manager 5 16 (9.091 %) Developer 6 10 (5.682 %) Applications Support 7 9 (5.114 %) Support Analyst 8 7 (3.977 %) Consultant 8 7 (3.977 %) Transition Manager 8 7 (3.977 %) Environment Manager 8 7 (3.977 %) Service Manager 9 6 (3.409 %) Data Manager 9 6 (3.409 %) Test Analyst 9 6 (3.409 %) Web Developer 9 6 (3.409 %) Server Support 10 5 (2.841 %) Migration Project Manager 10 5 (2.841 %) Technical Architect 10 5 (2.841 %) Architect 10 5 (2.841 %) Delivery Manager 10 5 (2.841 %) Change Manager	Miscellaneous 1 8 (4.545 %) CMDB 2 6 (3.409 %) Management Information System 3 4 (2.273 %) Mainframe 4 3 (1.705 %) PMI 5 2 (1.136 %) AS400 5 2 (1.136 %) IBM Mainframe 6 1 (0.568 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.568 %) Celerra 6 1 (0.568 %) Multithreading 6 1 (0.568 %) VAX 6 1 (0.568 %) NHS 6 1 (0.568 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 44 (25.00 %) Windows 2 39 (22.16 %) UNIX 3 12 (6.818 %) Windows Server 2003 4 9 (5.114 %) Linux 5 7 (3.977 %) Solaris 6 6 (3.409 %) zOS 7 5 (2.841 %) AIX 8 4 (2.273 %) Windows XP 9 3 (1.705 %) Windows Vista 9 3 (1.705 %) Windows 2000 10 2 (1.136 %) OS/390 10 2 (1.136 %) MVS 10 2 (1.136 %) Red Hat Linux 11 1 (0.568 %) NetWare 11 1 (0.568 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 36 (20.45 %) ITIL 2 34 (19.32 %) Configuration Management 3 31 (17.61 %) Project Management 4 29 (16.48 %) Migration 5 22 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 6 20 (11.36 %) Data Migration 6 20 (11.36 %) SC Cleared 7 18 (10.23 %) Change Management 8 15 (8.523 %) Service Management 9 12 (6.818 %) Service Delivery 10 11 (6.250 %) Stakeholder Management 11 9 (5.114 %) PRINCE2 12 6 (3.409 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 5 (2.841 %) Incident Management 13 5 (2.841 %) Programme Management 14 4 (2.273 %) Data Modelling 14 4 (2.273 %) Business Intelligence 14 4 (2.273 %) Document Management 14 4 (2.273 %) Supplier Management 14 4 (2.273 %) Workflow
Programming Languages 1 30 (17.05 %) SQL 2 17 (9.659 %) Java 3 13 (7.386 %) Transact-SQL 3 13 (7.386 %) Perl 4 11 (6.250 %) VB 5 9 (5.114 %) VB6 5 9 (5.114 %) VB.NET 5 9 (5.114 %) PL/SQL 6 8 (4.545 %) RPG 6 8 (4.545 %) C 6 8 (4.545 %) Korn 7 7 (3.977 %) C# 7 7 (3.977 %) JavaScript 7 7 (3.977 %) VBScript 8 6 (3.409 %) ActionScript 8 6 (3.409 %) Shell Script 9 4 (2.273 %) C++ 10 3 (1.705 %) Python 11 2 (1.136 %) VC++ 11 2 (1.136 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 5 (2.841 %) ISEB 2 4 (2.273 %) ITIL Certification 3 3 (1.705 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.568 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (7.955 %) QA 2 4 (2.273 %) SLA 3 2 (1.136 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 9 (5.114 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 12 (6.818 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 3 (1.705 %) OpenView 2 3 (1.705 %) Unicenter 3 2 (1.136 %) CONTROL-M 3 2 (1.136 %) Tivoli 3 2 (1.136 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (1.136 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 35 (19.89 %) Oracle 2 23 (13.07 %) Microsoft 3 10 (5.682 %) HP 4 9 (5.114 %) IBM 5 8 (4.545 %) McAfee Security 6 6 (3.409 %) PeopleSoft 7 5 (2.841 %) Lotus 8 4 (2.273 %) Cognos 9 3 (1.705 %) Northgate 9 3 (1.705 %) CA 9 3 (1.705 %) Remedy 10 2 (1.136 %) Sybase 10 2 (1.136 %) SAP 10 2 (1.136 %) Red Hat 10 2 (1.136 %) Actuate 11 1 (0.568 %) Cisco 11 1 (0.568 %) Novell 11 1 (0.568 %) Cerner 11 1 (0.568 %) Citrix 11 1 (0.568 %) Compaq