The first table below looks at the demand for the Release Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Manager
Rank 83 84 74
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 5 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.398% 0.447% 0.444%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.422% 0.473% 0.472%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £618
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £358 £453
% change year-on-year
+11.88% -20.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Release Manager
Yorkshire

Release Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Release Manager across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Release Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Release Manager across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Release Manager Daily 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -3 5 - -
Release Manager
Yorkshire

Release Manager
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
1 6 (66.67%) Service Management
1 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
4 1 (11.11%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Quality Management

Release Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
1 6 (66.67%) Service Management
1 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
3 1 (11.11%) Release Management
3 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification