Release Management Contract Job Trends in Chester

Release Management
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Release Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Release Management 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.05% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £512 £466 £350
% change year-on-year +9.93% +33.07% -45.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 64 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 73.30% 82.05% 83.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 28 18
10th Percentile £293 £190 £483
25th Percentile £413 £325 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £618
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.88% +12.27%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £738
90th Percentile £690 £778 £741
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £430 £478
% change year-on-year +10.35% -10.04% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 11
10th Percentile - £12.56 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.01 £12.63 £25.50
Median hourly rate £32.23 £14.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.18% -60.00% +10.17%
75th Percentile £37.50 £20.20 £41.25
90th Percentile £74.13 £23.17 £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £17.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +101.80% -49.29% +14.60%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Release Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Release Management job vacancy trend in Chester

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Release Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Release Management

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Release Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Release Management

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SMS
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Automated Trading
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco