Release Train Contracts

Release Train
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 653 689
Rank change year-on-year +82 +36 -63
Contract jobs citing Release Train 27 59 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.099% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 43 101
10th Percentile £455 £326 £475
25th Percentile £471 £506 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -17.04% +2.04% +20.99%
75th Percentile £679 £650 £700
90th Percentile £729 £675 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -22.08% +1.63% +25.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £90.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £90.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,562 53,490 80,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.88% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,188 37,115 56,434
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,451 1,742 1,926
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.27
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.31
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.00%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Release Train as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Train.

Hourly rate trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Top 9 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +36 19 £487 -22.08% 1
England +104 15 £635 +1.60% 3
Work from Home +105 11 £487 -22.08% 1
Scotland +41 11 £470 -10.48%
Midlands +32 6 £675 +8.00%
London +78 5 £688 +10.00% 2
West Midlands +31 5 £675 +8.00%
East of England +4 1 - -
South West - 1 £575 -

Release Train
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.70%) Miro
Development Applications
1 15 (55.56%) JIRA
General
1 10 (37.04%) Public Sector
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Advertising
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
4 1 (3.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Lead
2 6 (22.22%) Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Release Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Release Train Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Scrum Master
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Data Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Platform Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Quality Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Release Manager
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Architect
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Systems Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
2 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Agile
2 20 (74.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 18 (66.67%) Scrum
4 17 (62.96%) Roadmaps
5 13 (48.15%) Coaching
6 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (18.52%) DevOps
7 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 3 (11.11%) Product Management
8 3 (11.11%) Project Management
8 3 (11.11%) Release Management
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (7.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 2 (7.41%) Change Management
9 2 (7.41%) Conflict Resolution
9 2 (7.41%) Continuous Delivery
9 2 (7.41%) Product Vision
9 2 (7.41%) Rainbow Teams
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Java
1 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
1 3 (11.11%) PMP
2 1 (3.70%) CISM
2 1 (3.70%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.70%) COBIT
2 1 (3.70%) GxP
2 1 (3.70%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce