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The table below looks at the demand for the Release Manager 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Release Manager
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank223269
Rank change on same period last yearUp+46
Matching contract IT job ads919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.093 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted63
Average minimum daily rate£388£400
Average daily rate£398£408
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£417
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£422
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50-
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching contract IT job ads967314397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled15.78 %15.77 %
Daily rates quoted24443551
Average minimum daily rate£329£332
Average daily rate£350£350
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted11901970
Average minimum hourly rate£22.16£23.12
Average hourly rate£23.65£24.67
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.14£26.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Release Manager EnglandRelease Manager
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 Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 5 December 2008.

South East Release Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Release Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 5 December 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
HampshireNew entry-4£381-
BuckinghamshireUp+132£600-
MiddlesexNew entry-2£325-
Home CountiesNew entry-1£375-
Release Manager EnglandRelease Manager
England

Release Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

121 (60.00 %)Release Management
211 (31.43 %)ITIL
37 (20.00 %)ChangeMan
37 (20.00 %)Subversion
46 (17.14 %)AIX
54 (11.43 %)Project Management
54 (11.43 %)Oracle
54 (11.43 %)QA
63 (8.571 %)Configuration Management
63 (8.571 %)UNIX
63 (8.571 %)Finance
63 (8.571 %)Government
63 (8.571 %)Service Management
63 (8.571 %)Microsoft
72 (5.714 %)Active Directory
72 (5.714 %)Solaris
72 (5.714 %)CruiseControl
72 (5.714 %)Oracle EBS
72 (5.714 %)Windows
72 (5.714 %)VSS/SourceSafe
72 (5.714 %)SAP
72 (5.714 %)RUP
72 (5.714 %)IIS
72 (5.714 %)MS Project
72 (5.714 %)MS Office
72 (5.714 %)Security Cleared
72 (5.714 %)Problem Management
72 (5.714 %)Load Balancing
72 (5.714 %)CA Clarity
81 (2.857 %)Insurance

Release Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.857 %)HTML
11 (2.857 %).NET
11 (2.857 %)ASP.NET
11 (2.857 %)CSS
11 (2.857 %)XML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.714 %)IIS
21 (2.857 %)Lotus Notes
21 (2.857 %)Tomcat
21 (2.857 %)SharePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.714 %)MS Project
12 (5.714 %)MS Office
12 (5.714 %)CA Clarity
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (5.714 %)Oracle EBS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (2.857 %)Intranet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.857 %)SQL Server
11 (2.857 %)DB2
11 (2.857 %)SQL Server 7
11 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (2.857 %)DB2 UDB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (20.00 %)ChangeMan
17 (20.00 %)Subversion
22 (5.714 %)CruiseControl
22 (5.714 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (2.857 %)ClearCase
31 (2.857 %)Ant
31 (2.857 %)Visual Studio
31 (2.857 %)Visual Studio Team System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (8.571 %)Finance
13 (8.571 %)Government
21 (2.857 %)Billing
21 (2.857 %)Insurance
21 (2.857 %)Local Government
21 (2.857 %)Marketing
21 (2.857 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (17.14 %)AIX
23 (8.571 %)UNIX
32 (5.714 %)Windows
32 (5.714 %)Solaris
41 (2.857 %)Windows 2000
41 (2.857 %)zOS
41 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (60.00 %)Release Management
211 (31.43 %)ITIL
34 (11.43 %)Project Management
43 (8.571 %)Service Management
43 (8.571 %)Configuration Management
52 (5.714 %)Security Cleared
52 (5.714 %)Load Balancing
52 (5.714 %)Problem Management
52 (5.714 %)RUP
61 (2.857 %)CRM
61 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
61 (2.857 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.857 %)Service Delivery
61 (2.857 %)Change Management
61 (2.857 %)Stakeholder Management
61 (2.857 %)Programme Management
61 (2.857 %)Security Testing
61 (2.857 %)SC Cleared
61 (2.857 %)CTC Cleared
61 (2.857 %)DV Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (2.857 %)C
11 (2.857 %)C#
11 (2.857 %)Java
11 (2.857 %)JavaScript
11 (2.857 %)SQL
11 (2.857 %)Transact-SQL
11 (2.857 %)VB.NET
11 (2.857 %)Korn
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.857 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (2.857 %)ITIL Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (11.43 %)QA
21 (2.857 %)ISO/IEC 20000
21 (2.857 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (5.714 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.857 %)CA SiteMinder
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (11.43 %)Oracle
23 (8.571 %)Microsoft
32 (5.714 %)SAP
41 (2.857 %)Siebel
41 (2.857 %)HP
41 (2.857 %)Lotus
41 (2.857 %)Remedy
41 (2.857 %)Altiris