The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 86 97 71
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -26
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 1 12 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.100% 0.858% 2.414%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.141% 1.271% 3.304%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 25
Average salary £47,500 £63,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.60% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
707 944 908
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 70.63% 67.48% 73.05%
Number of salaries quoted 596 812 759
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Release Management
East of England

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Release Management Salary Trend

Release Management
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (46.15%) Test Management
4 6 (46.15%) System Testing
4 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
4 6 (46.15%) TestDirector
4 6 (46.15%) QuickTest Pro
5 5 (38.46%) MS Office
5 5 (38.46%) SQL
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
6 4 (30.77%) Wealth Management
6 4 (30.77%) Stress Testing
6 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) VBA
7 2 (15.38%) .NET
7 2 (15.38%) MS Access
8 1 (7.692%) ISEB
8 1 (7.692%) Retail
8 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 2 (15.38%) .NET
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
2 5 (38.46%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (15.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) TestDirector
1 6 (46.15%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Senior Test Manager
1 6 (46.15%) Test Manager
1 6 (46.15%) Senior Manager
2 5 (38.46%) DBA
2 5 (38.46%) SQL DBA
3 4 (30.77%) Release Manager
4 3 (23.08%) SQL Server DBA
5 2 (15.38%) Analyst
5 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
6 1 (7.692%) Tester
6 1 (7.692%) Administrator
6 1 (7.692%) Teradata DBA
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Management
1 6 (46.15%) System Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Wealth Management
2 4 (30.77%) Stress Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
3 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) ISEB
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft