The first table below looks at the demand for the Release Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Release Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Engineer
Rank 243 244 237
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Release Engineer 5 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.070% 0.099% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.103% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
Average salary £32,500 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -7.89%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Release Engineer
England

Release Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Release Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Release Engineer
Salary Trend

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

North West Release Engineer Salary Trend

Release Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +2 5 £32,500 -
Release Engineer
England

Release Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Release Engineer 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 IT job ads sampled with Release Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (87.50%) T-SQL
1 7 (87.50%) Change Control
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (62.50%) Mercurial
2 5 (62.50%) Subversion
3 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 2 (25.00%) AccuRev
4 2 (25.00%) Ruby
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) JIRA
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Remedy
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle
5 1 (12.50%) Release Management
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation

Release Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Release Engineer 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 IT job ads sampled with Release Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Subversion
1 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
1 5 (62.50%) Mercurial
2 3 (37.50%) Git (software)
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) T-SQL
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Ruby
3 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Remedy
1 2 (25.00%) AccuRev
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle