Release Train Engineer Contracts

Release Train Engineer
UK

The median Release Train Engineer daily rate in the UK is £635 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 596 693 812
Rank change year-on-year +97 +119 -143
Contract jobs requiring a Release Train Engineer 4 20 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.034% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.035% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 33
10th Percentile £544 £607 £536
25th Percentile £571 £613 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -3.85% +10.64%
75th Percentile £739 £656 £725
90th Percentile £791 £675 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate - £625 £713
% change year-on-year - -12.28% +7.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

Release Train Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Release Train Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Train Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +89 4 £635 +1.60% 2
London +94 2 £688 +10.00% 2
Work from Home +109 1 £635 +1.60% 1

Release Train Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Release Train Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Release Train Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
4 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) PgMP
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) PMP

Release Train Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PgMP
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP