The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 160 182 139
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -43
Contract jobs citing Release Management 65 57 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.834% 0.562% 1.118%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.229% 0.863% 1.736%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 55
Average daily rate £394 £375 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +27.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £330 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.12% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -52.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Release Management
England

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Contract Locations

The table below 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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +26 27 £388 +13.55%
Hampshire -8 13 £400 -11.11%
Surrey +6 10 - -
Oxfordshire +12 7 £325 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £325 -
Kent +1 2 £463 +48.00%
East Sussex - 2 £408 -
Thames Valley - 1 - -
Release Management
England

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 39 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 38 (29.23%) Windows
3 28 (21.54%) C#
4 27 (20.77%) Project Management
5 24 (18.46%) MS Excel
6 23 (17.69%) SharePoint
7 22 (16.92%) .NET
7 22 (16.92%) Security Cleared
8 20 (15.38%) SCOM
8 20 (15.38%) Migration
9 19 (14.62%) MS Office
9 19 (14.62%) Linux
10 18 (13.85%) VMware
10 18 (13.85%) SC Cleared
11 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2008
11 17 (13.08%) Scrum
11 17 (13.08%) SQL Server
11 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
12 16 (12.31%) SAN
12 16 (12.31%) Finance
12 16 (12.31%) Degree
13 15 (11.54%) VPN
13 15 (11.54%) Oracle
13 15 (11.54%) ITIL
14 14 (10.77%) SQL
14 14 (10.77%) Configuration Management
15 13 (10.00%) Telecoms
15 13 (10.00%) Data Migration
16 12 (9.231%) Continuous Integration
16 12 (9.231%) VMware Infrastructure

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 22 (16.92%) .NET
2 9 (6.923%) XML
3 7 (5.385%) soapUI
3 7 (5.385%) ASP.NET
3 7 (5.385%) SOAP
3 7 (5.385%) Web Services
3 7 (5.385%) Java EE
4 6 (4.615%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.846%) WCF
5 5 (3.846%) XSLT
6 4 (3.077%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 3 (2.308%) WF
8 2 (1.538%) J2EE
8 2 (1.538%) EDI
8 2 (1.538%) Middleware
8 2 (1.538%) XML Schema
8 2 (1.538%) WSDL
8 2 (1.538%) Silverlight
8 2 (1.538%) WPF
9 1 (0.769%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 23 (17.69%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.462%) Windows Azure
3 10 (7.692%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (6.154%) IIS
5 7 (5.385%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (5.385%) ESB
6 4 (3.077%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (3.077%) CM System
6 4 (3.077%) MS Project Server
7 2 (1.538%) Apache
7 2 (1.538%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.769%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.769%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.769%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (18.46%) MS Excel
2 19 (14.62%) MS Office
3 12 (9.231%) MS Project
4 9 (6.923%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (3.846%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.769%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.308%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.769%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.31%) SAN
2 15 (11.54%) VPN
3 8 (6.154%) NAS
4 7 (5.385%) LAN
4 7 (5.385%) Firewall
5 6 (4.615%) IPsec
5 6 (4.615%) DHCP
5 6 (4.615%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.615%) DNS
6 5 (3.846%) WLAN
6 5 (3.846%) WAN
6 5 (3.846%) LDAP
7 3 (2.308%) DSL
7 3 (2.308%) BSS
8 2 (1.538%) CDMA
8 2 (1.538%) GPRS
8 2 (1.538%) GSM
8 2 (1.538%) Internet
8 2 (1.538%) IPv6
8 2 (1.538%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.08%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.385%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (3.077%) IDOL
3 4 (3.077%) OLAP
3 4 (3.077%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.077%) DTS
4 3 (2.308%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.538%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.538%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (1.538%) PowerCenter
5 2 (1.538%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.538%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.769%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.769%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.769%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (8.462%) Visual Studio
1 11 (8.462%) MSBuild
2 8 (6.154%) TeamCity
2 8 (6.154%) Git (software)
3 7 (5.385%) Maven
4 4 (3.077%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (3.077%) JIRA
5 3 (2.308%) PVCS
6 2 (1.538%) Subversion
6 2 (1.538%) NUnit
6 2 (1.538%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (1.538%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (1.538%) Moq
7 1 (0.769%) dbdeploy
7 1 (0.769%) Hudson
7 1 (0.769%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.769%) Ant
7 1 (0.769%) JUnit
General
1 16 (12.31%) Finance
2 13 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 10 (7.692%) Games
4 5 (3.846%) Automotive
4 5 (3.846%) Publishing
5 2 (1.538%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.538%) Banking
6 1 (0.769%) Electronics
6 1 (0.769%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.769%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 14 (10.77%) Developer
3 12 (9.231%) Analyst
4 9 (6.923%) Desktop Support
4 9 (6.923%) Release Manager
5 8 (6.154%) Delivery Manager
5 8 (6.154%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.385%) Desktop Engineer
6 7 (5.385%) Build Manager
7 6 (4.615%) Technical Manager
7 6 (4.615%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (3.846%) Salesforce.com Project Manager
8 5 (3.846%) Technical Delivery Manager
8 5 (3.846%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Delivery Project Manager
8 5 (3.846%) Team Leader
8 5 (3.846%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Release Analyst
8 5 (3.846%) Server Engineer
9 4 (3.077%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.692%) Online Games
2 9 (6.923%) Clustering
3 3 (2.308%) NHS
4 2 (1.538%) PKI
4 2 (1.538%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.538%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.538%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.538%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.538%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.769%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.769%) Physics
5 1 (0.769%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.769%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.769%) SaaS
5 1 (0.769%) PaaS
5 1 (0.769%) Social Media
5 1 (0.769%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.769%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.769%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 38 (29.23%) Windows
2 19 (14.62%) Linux
3 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (6.923%) UNIX
5 5 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.769%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.769%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.769%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.769%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.769%) Solaris
6 1 (0.769%) Windows NT
6 1 (0.769%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.77%) Project Management
2 20 (15.38%) Migration
3 17 (13.08%) Scrum
4 15 (11.54%) ITIL
5 14 (10.77%) Configuration Management
6 13 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 12 (9.231%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (8.462%) Workflow
8 11 (8.462%) Change Management
9 10 (7.692%) Test Automation
9 10 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (6.923%) PRINCE2
11 8 (6.154%) Regression Testing
11 8 (6.154%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (5.385%) Test Scripting
12 7 (5.385%) UML
12 7 (5.385%) Service Delivery
12 7 (5.385%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (5.385%) Software Engineering
13 5 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.54%) C#
2 14 (10.77%) SQL
3 11 (8.462%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.923%) Python
5 8 (6.154%) Ruby
5 8 (6.154%) JavaScript
6 5 (3.846%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.308%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.308%) VB.NET
7 3 (2.308%) Java
8 2 (1.538%) XPath
8 2 (1.538%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.538%) VBScript
9 1 (0.769%) sed
9 1 (0.769%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.769%) Perl
9 1 (0.769%) PHP
9 1 (0.769%) AWK
9 1 (0.769%) Korn
Qualifications
1 22 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.85%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.31%) Degree
4 8 (6.154%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.615%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.077%) MCSD
7 3 (2.308%) MCSA
8 1 (0.769%) CCEE
8 1 (0.769%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.769%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.769%) MCSE
8 1 (0.769%) HND
8 1 (0.769%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.615%) QA
2 3 (2.308%) SLA
3 2 (1.538%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (9.231%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.692%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.154%) VMware Workstation
4 7 (5.385%) Xen
5 3 (2.308%) Terminal Server
6 2 (1.538%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.769%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.769%) XenApp
7 1 (0.769%) XenServer
7 1 (0.769%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.769%) vSphere
7 1 (0.769%) IAG
Systems Management
1 20 (15.38%) SCOM
2 8 (6.154%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.769%) WSUS
3 1 (0.769%) SCCM
3 1 (0.769%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.769%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 39 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.85%) VMware
3 15 (11.54%) Oracle
4 9 (6.923%) NetApp
5 8 (6.154%) Symantec
5 8 (6.154%) HP
5 8 (6.154%) Citrix
6 7 (5.385%) Juniper
7 5 (3.846%) Verint
7 5 (3.846%) Dell
7 5 (3.846%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (3.077%) Meridio
8 4 (3.077%) SAP
8 4 (3.077%) Cisco
9 2 (1.538%) Civica
9 2 (1.538%) Teradata
9 2 (1.538%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.538%) webMethods
9 2 (1.538%) Niku
9 2 (1.538%) EMC
Hampshire, South East
You will meet the following requirements: Strong Change Management background Experience in multi-location, multi product, multi vendor integrated customer networks Come from a strong telecommunication background Operational...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
You will meet the following requirements: Strong Change Management background Experience in multi-location, multi product, multi vendor integrated customer networks Come from a strong telecommunication background Operational...
Orgtel
Posted: 21 May 2013