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The table below looks at the demand for the Release Manager role in IT contracts within the South West 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Release Manager
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank139162
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.164 %0.086 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£407
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads42725821
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.041 %5.893 %
Daily rates quoted12131482
Average minimum daily rate£346£337
Average daily rate£366£356
% change on same period last year+2.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted599689
Average minimum hourly rate£25.43£25.09
Average hourly rate£27.18£26.76
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.94£28.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Release Manager Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
WiltshireUp+56--
DorsetNew entry-1--
Release Manager EnglandRelease Manager
England

Release Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

115 (78.95 %)Configuration Management
29 (47.37 %)Finance
29 (47.37 %)Release Management
38 (42.11 %)Change Management
47 (36.84 %)Service Delivery
47 (36.84 %)PVCS
47 (36.84 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (36.84 %)MKS
56 (31.58 %)Ant
65 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
65 (26.32 %)CMDB
74 (21.05 %)PRINCE2
83 (15.79 %)ITIL
83 (15.79 %)Service Management
83 (15.79 %)ISEB
83 (15.79 %)ISEB Practitioner
83 (15.79 %)Government
83 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
92 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
92 (10.53 %)Electric
92 (10.53 %)Project Management
101 (5.263 %)ITIL Certification
101 (5.263 %).NET
101 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
101 (5.263 %)UNIX
101 (5.263 %)Windows
101 (5.263 %)Apache
101 (5.263 %)Python
101 (5.263 %)B2B
101 (5.263 %)ITSM

Release Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.263 %).NET
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)Apache
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (36.84 %)PVCS
17 (36.84 %)VSS/SourceSafe
26 (31.58 %)Ant
31 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
31 (5.263 %)NUnit
31 (5.263 %)CruiseControl
31 (5.263 %)Subversion
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (47.37 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Government
32 (10.53 %)Electric
41 (5.263 %)Criminal Justice
41 (5.263 %)Insurance
41 (5.263 %)Pensions
41 (5.263 %)Auditing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (26.32 %)CMDB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)UNIX
11 (5.263 %)Windows
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (78.95 %)Configuration Management
29 (47.37 %)Release Management
38 (42.11 %)Change Management
47 (36.84 %)Service Delivery
55 (26.32 %)Agile Software Development
64 (21.05 %)PRINCE2
73 (15.79 %)ITIL
73 (15.79 %)Service Management
73 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
82 (10.53 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (10.53 %)Project Management
91 (5.263 %)B2B
91 (5.263 %)ITSM
91 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
91 (5.263 %)SC Cleared
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)Python
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.79 %)ISEB
13 (15.79 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (5.263 %)ITIL Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.263 %)VMware Infrastructure
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (36.84 %)MKS
21 (5.263 %)VMware