The first table below looks at the demand for Release Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Release Management
Rank 85 93 55
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -38
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 10 8 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.803% 0.703% 2.978%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.166% 1.009% 4.095%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 30
Average salary £36,500 £45,500 £44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.78% +2.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £45,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,050 £50,750 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
858 793 757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 68.86% 69.68% 72.72%
Number of salaries quoted 762 710 706
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,200 £52,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Release Management Salary Trend

Release Management
Salary Histogram

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

Wales Release Management Salary Histogram

Release Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Wales 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
South Wales +4 8 £38,000 -15.55%
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 (64.00%) .NET
2 15 (60.00%) XML
2 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (48.00%) SQL
4 11 (44.00%) Change Management
5 9 (36.00%) VB.NET
5 9 (36.00%) CSS
5 9 (36.00%) Windows
6 8 (32.00%) XHTML
6 8 (32.00%) CRM
6 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
6 8 (32.00%) Billing
6 8 (32.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (32.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 8 (32.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (28.00%) Code Coverage
7 7 (28.00%) ITIL
8 6 (24.00%) MSBuild
8 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio Team System
8 6 (24.00%) CMDB
9 5 (20.00%) Degree
10 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (16.00%) SLA
10 4 (16.00%) RPG
11 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
11 3 (12.00%) AS400
11 3 (12.00%) Workflow
11 3 (12.00%) Workflow Management
11 3 (12.00%) QA

Release Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 16 (64.00%) .NET
2 15 (60.00%) XML
3 9 (36.00%) CSS
4 8 (32.00%) ASP.NET
4 8 (32.00%) XHTML
5 1 (4.000%) HTML
5 1 (4.000%) JSP
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (24.00%) MSBuild
2 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 8 (32.00%) Billing
2 2 (8.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Analyst
2 11 (44.00%) Release Analyst
3 8 (32.00%) .NET Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Configuration Analyst
3 8 (32.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Software Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Release Manager
5 3 (12.00%) Change Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) CMDB
2 3 (12.00%) AS400
3 1 (4.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Change Management
2 8 (32.00%) CRM
2 8 (32.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 7 (28.00%) ITIL
3 7 (28.00%) Code Coverage
4 4 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (12.00%) Workflow Management
5 3 (12.00%) Change Control
5 3 (12.00%) Workflow
6 2 (8.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (4.000%) Service Management
7 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
7 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.000%) ITSM
7 1 (4.000%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.000%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) SQL
2 9 (36.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (16.00%) RPG
4 1 (4.000%) Java
4 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
2 3 (12.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft