The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 98 79 83
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +4
Contract jobs citing Release Management 14 31 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.753% 1.380% 1.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.089% 1.955% 1.702%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 9
Average daily rate £375 £320 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.18% -20.98%
UK excluding London average daily rate £386 £400 £362
% change year-on-year
-3.56% +10.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £31.25 - £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £18.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -52.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1286 1586 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.14% 70.58% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 877 557
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Release Management
England

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire Release Management Jobs Demand Trend

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Release Management Daily Rate Trend

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Release Management across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Release Management Hourly Rate Trend

Release Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -14 9 £375 +5.63%
North Yorkshire - 3 - -
South Yorkshire - 2 - -
Release Management
England

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Release Management also 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 that cited Release Management.

1 10 (38.46%) ITIL
2 7 (26.92%) COBOL
2 7 (26.92%) SLA
2 7 (26.92%) CICS
2 7 (26.92%) zOS
2 7 (26.92%) Configuration Management
2 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
3 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 6 (23.08%) Windows
4 5 (19.23%) Oracle
4 5 (19.23%) Control-M
4 5 (19.23%) Mainframe
4 5 (19.23%) ChangeMan
4 5 (19.23%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Linux
6 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
6 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
6 3 (11.54%) QA
6 3 (11.54%) UNIX
7 2 (7.692%) Hudson
7 2 (7.692%) ITIL V3
7 2 (7.692%) Change Control
7 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.692%) Software Deployment
7 2 (7.692%) Jenkins
7 2 (7.692%) Waterfall
7 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (7.692%) Matrix Management

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Release Management also 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 that cited Release Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.846%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) HTML
2 1 (3.846%) CSS
2 1 (3.846%) Middleware
2 1 (3.846%) Ajax
2 1 (3.846%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (26.92%) CICS
2 2 (7.692%) WebLogic
2 2 (7.692%) IIS
3 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.846%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) SAN
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
1 1 (3.846%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.846%) MySQL
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) ChangeMan
2 2 (7.692%) Hudson
2 2 (7.692%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.692%) Maven
2 2 (7.692%) CruiseControl
2 2 (7.692%) Subversion
2 2 (7.692%) Ant
3 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (7.692%) Marketing
2 2 (7.692%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (11.54%) Analyst
1 3 (11.54%) Technical Support
2 2 (7.692%) Configuration Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) QA Test Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Release Engineer
2 2 (7.692%) Transition Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Service Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Administrator
2 2 (7.692%) QA Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Test Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) DBA
3 1 (3.846%) Project Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Developer
3 1 (3.846%) IT Manager
3 1 (3.846%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
3 1 (3.846%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (3.846%) Design Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Mainframe
2 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.846%) CMDB
3 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) zOS
2 6 (23.08%) Windows
3 4 (15.38%) Linux
4 3 (11.54%) UNIX
5 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (3.846%) Solaris
6 1 (3.846%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ITIL
2 7 (26.92%) Configuration Management
2 7 (26.92%) Problem Management
3 5 (19.23%) Change Management
4 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (7.692%) ITIL V3
5 2 (7.692%) Change Control
5 2 (7.692%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.692%) Software Deployment
5 2 (7.692%) Waterfall
5 2 (7.692%) Matrix Management
5 2 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (7.692%) Business Continuity
5 2 (7.692%) Process Management
5 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
5 2 (7.692%) Migration
5 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) COBOL
2 2 (7.692%) Java
2 2 (7.692%) SQL
3 1 (3.846%) VB
3 1 (3.846%) C
3 1 (3.846%) C#
3 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.846%) PHP
3 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) MCSE
2 1 (3.846%) ISEB
2 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (3.846%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Control-M
2 1 (3.846%) ZENworks
2 1 (3.846%) Business Desktop Deployment
2 1 (3.846%) SCCM
2 1 (3.846%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Oracle
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.846%) IBM
3 1 (3.846%) HP
3 1 (3.846%) NetApp
3 1 (3.846%) Novell
3 1 (3.846%) Veritas
3 1 (3.846%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.846%) VMware
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