Release Train Contracts in the UK excluding London

Release Train
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Release Train skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Release Train over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 404 428
Rank change year-on-year +26 +24 -25
Contract jobs citing Release Train 17 33 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.16% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 53
10th Percentile £451 £463 £465
25th Percentile £467 £535 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% - +28.21%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £700
90th Percentile £688 £646 £760
UK median daily rate £487 £625 £606
% change year-on-year -22.08% +3.09% +16.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £90.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Release Train is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,041 20,494 27,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.15% 89.42% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,189 14,100 19,120
10th Percentile £250 £259 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,063 1,256 1,368
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.29
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.73 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Release Train as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train in the UK excluding London

Release Train
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Train in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Release Train in the UK excluding London

Release Train
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in the UK excluding London

Release Train
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Train in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Release Train in the UK excluding London

Release Train
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +43 11 £470 -10.48% 1
Midlands +25 6 £675 +8.00% 2
West Midlands +17 5 £675 +8.00% 1
Release Train
UK

Release Train
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) AWS
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Miro
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) JIRA
General
1 10 (58.82%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Lead
2 6 (35.29%) Architect
3 4 (23.53%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Data Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Platform Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Release Manager
5 1 (5.88%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 14 (82.35%) Roadmaps
3 13 (76.47%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 11 (64.71%) Coaching
4 11 (64.71%) Scrum
5 1 (5.88%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (5.88%) Business Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (5.88%) Design Patterns
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (5.88%) IT Strategy
5 1 (5.88%) Iteration Planning
5 1 (5.88%) Logistics
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) Product Backlog
5 1 (5.88%) Product Management
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.88%) System Testing
5 1 (5.88%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce