The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 97 85 88
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 19 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.134% 0.482% 0.451%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.521% 0.697% 0.705%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 6
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -21.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,451 £36,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £56,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1249 1005 851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.52% 69.17% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 876 728
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Release Management
West Midlands

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Release Management Jobs Demand Trend

Release Management
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Release Management across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Release Management Salary Trend

Release Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Release Management across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Release Management Salary Histogram

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Release Management.

1 16 (48.48%) Oracle
2 13 (39.39%) ITIL
3 12 (36.36%) Finance
4 11 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 9 (27.27%) HP
5 9 (27.27%) Subversion
5 9 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
6 8 (24.24%) Java
7 7 (21.21%) UNIX
7 7 (21.21%) SAS
7 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (18.18%) Jenkins
8 6 (18.18%) Hudson
8 6 (18.18%) Confluence
8 6 (18.18%) JIRA
8 6 (18.18%) Velocity
8 6 (18.18%) Problem Management
8 6 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
8 6 (18.18%) Bugzilla
8 6 (18.18%) Scrum
8 6 (18.18%) Maven
8 6 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
8 6 (18.18%) ClearCase
9 5 (15.15%) Cognos
9 5 (15.15%) Windows
9 5 (15.15%) SQL
9 5 (15.15%) IBM
9 5 (15.15%) TIBCO

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Release Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (18.18%) Velocity
2 5 (15.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (15.15%) Middleware
2 5 (15.15%) WebSphere
3 4 (12.12%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (12.12%) JMS
4 2 (6.061%) .NET
5 1 (3.030%) JSP
5 1 (3.030%) XML
5 1 (3.030%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 7 (21.21%) SAS
2 6 (18.18%) Confluence
3 4 (12.12%) WebLogic
3 4 (12.12%) WebLogic Integration
4 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Process Server
4 3 (9.091%) AquaLogic
4 3 (9.091%) ESB
4 3 (9.091%) Apache
4 3 (9.091%) Tomcat
4 3 (9.091%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 3 (9.091%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (3.030%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.091%) Oracle BPM
1 3 (9.091%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) LDAP
1 4 (12.12%) Firewall
2 1 (3.030%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.030%) MS Access
2 1 (3.030%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Subversion
2 6 (18.18%) Maven
2 6 (18.18%) JIRA
2 6 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (18.18%) Hudson
2 6 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 6 (18.18%) ClearCase
2 6 (18.18%) Bugzilla
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Advertising
3 2 (6.061%) Banking
4 1 (3.030%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Release Manager
2 6 (18.18%) ScrumMaster
3 5 (15.15%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.091%) Test Leader
6 1 (3.030%) Middleware Administrator
6 1 (3.030%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.030%) Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Administrator
6 1 (3.030%) Quality Manager
6 1 (3.030%) QA Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Services Delivery Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Deployment Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.030%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (12.12%) Fixed Income
2 3 (9.091%) Open Source
2 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.030%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) UNIX
2 5 (15.15%) Windows
3 4 (12.12%) Linux
4 2 (6.061%) Solaris
5 1 (3.030%) SUSE
5 1 (3.030%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) ITIL
2 11 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (18.18%) Scrum
4 6 (18.18%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 6 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 5 (15.15%) Business Continuity
6 4 (12.12%) E-Commerce
6 4 (12.12%) Workflow
7 3 (9.091%) RUP
7 3 (9.091%) Change Management
7 3 (9.091%) ERP
7 3 (9.091%) Unified Process
7 3 (9.091%) Incident Management
7 3 (9.091%) Security Testing
8 2 (6.061%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.061%) Test Scripting
8 2 (6.061%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) Java
2 5 (15.15%) SQL
3 2 (6.061%) VB
4 1 (3.030%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 1 (3.030%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (6.061%) ISTQB
1 2 (6.061%) Degree
1 2 (6.061%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.061%) Security Cleared
1 2 (6.061%) ISEB
2 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) Solvency II
2 1 (3.030%) ISO 9000
2 1 (3.030%) SLA
2 1 (3.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.030%) QA
2 1 (3.030%) BS25999
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) ClearTrust
Systems Management
1 9 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (48.48%) Oracle
2 9 (27.27%) HP
3 5 (15.15%) TIBCO
3 5 (15.15%) Cognos
3 5 (15.15%) IBM
4 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
Birmingham
The project is only 2 years old, has so far rolled out 250 applications, with a view to roll over another 7-800 applications over the next two...
Scope AT
Salary: £0 - £120,000+ per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will also be responsible for producing and reviewing the Impact Analysis Report, and driving continuous improvement of deployment management and implementation processes.In order to be considered...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 14 May 2013