Release Management Contracts in Berkshire

Release Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 67 97
Rank change year-on-year -14 +30 +12
Contract jobs citing Release Management 13 55 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.11% 2.78% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 3.14% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 50 10
10th Percentile £604 £501 £504
25th Percentile £613 - £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -5.74% +7.96%
75th Percentile £675 £608 £619
90th Percentile £686 - £619
South East median daily rate £625 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -3.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Release Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,090 1,753 1,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.32% 88.76% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 917 1,045
10th Percentile £313 £213 £347
25th Percentile £414 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -3.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £620 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £704
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £510
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £19.00 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.00 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +5.50% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in Berkshire

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in Berkshire

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in Berkshire

Release Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading 0 12 £625 +8.70% 2
Thatcham - 1 £600 -
Release Management
South East

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
1 8 (61.54%) Azure Monitor
2 6 (46.15%) Entra ID
3 5 (38.46%) Azure API Management
3 5 (38.46%) OCI
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Functions
4 2 (15.38%) Serverless
5 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Storage
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) SSDT
3 2 (15.38%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Lead
2 5 (38.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Lead DevOps Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Python Developer
3 2 (15.38%) React Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) OAuth
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (23.08%) YAML
3 2 (15.38%) React
4 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
1 8 (61.54%) DevOps
2 6 (46.15%) Identity Management
2 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (46.15%) RBAC
3 5 (38.46%) B2B
3 5 (38.46%) B2C
3 5 (38.46%) Containerisation
3 5 (38.46%) ERP
3 5 (38.46%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Secure Coding
5 2 (15.38%) API Development
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Product Backlog
5 2 (15.38%) SDLC
5 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) Bicep
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) VB
3 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Terraform
2 3 (23.08%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (7.69%) SCOM
3 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) UiPath
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft