The first table below looks at the demand for the Release Manager role 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Manager
Rank 212 227 215
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 11 20 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.197% 0.354%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.152% 0.213% 0.382%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 12
Average daily rate £400 £365 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% -27.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £370 £453
% change year-on-year
+8.10% -18.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Release Manager
England

Release Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Release Manager across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Release Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Release Manager Daily Rate Trend

Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Release Manager across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Release Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Release Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Release Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Release Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hampshire +3 9 £400 -11.11%
Berkshire +8 2 £400 +12.67%
Release Manager
England

Release Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Release Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Release Management
2 8 (29.63%) Test Scripting
3 7 (25.93%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (25.93%) TeamCity
3 7 (25.93%) Git (software)
3 7 (25.93%) Test Automation
3 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
3 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (25.93%) soapUI
3 7 (25.93%) MSBuild
3 7 (25.93%) Java EE
3 7 (25.93%) ESB
3 7 (25.93%) Maven
3 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
3 7 (25.93%) C#
3 7 (25.93%) Oracle
3 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
3 7 (25.93%) IIS
3 7 (25.93%) SOAP
3 7 (25.93%) Windows
3 7 (25.93%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.407%) E-Commerce
5 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.407%) ATG
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Oracle EBS

Release Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Release Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (25.93%) SOAP
1 7 (25.93%) Java EE
1 7 (25.93%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.93%) IIS
1 7 (25.93%) BizTalk Server
1 7 (25.93%) ESB
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Maven
1 7 (25.93%) TeamCity
1 7 (25.93%) Git (software)
1 7 (25.93%) MSBuild
2 1 (3.704%) JIRA
2 1 (3.704%) Subversion
General
1 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.704%) Finance
1 1 (3.704%) Banking
1 1 (3.704%) Retail
1 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
1 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.704%) AIX
2 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Release Management
2 8 (29.63%) Test Scripting
3 7 (25.93%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (25.93%) Test Automation
3 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.407%) E-Commerce
5 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (3.704%) Matrix Management
6 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Test Management
6 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.704%) Functional Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (3.704%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.704%) ERP
6 1 (3.704%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) C#
1 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) ISEB
1 1 (3.704%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
1 1 (3.704%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle
2 2 (7.407%) ATG
3 1 (3.704%) IBM
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) Software AG
3 1 (3.704%) webMethods