The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 4 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
53
61
86
Rank change year-on-year
+8
+25
-4
Contract jobs citing Release Management
1
5
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands
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 the East Midlands.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
467
608
914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands
86.32%
78.35%
88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted
304
410
690
10th Percentile
£201
£200
£213
25th Percentile
£322
£270
£330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£445
£410
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+8.48%
-8.89%
+2.56%
75th Percentile
£525
£550
£575
90th Percentile
£596
£625
£700
England median daily rate
£525
£525
£550
% change year-on-year
-
-4.55%
+2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted
36
56
73
10th Percentile
-
£11.33
£11.98
25th Percentile
£13.81
£12.75
£16.25
Median hourly rate
£18.64
£17.00
£18.37
Median % change year-on-year
+9.63%
-7.43%
-0.73%
75th Percentile
£24.30
£26.15
£30.00
90th Percentile
£32.76
£38.75
£54.30
England median hourly rate
£29.07
£36.33
£36.77
% change year-on-year
-19.99%
-1.19%
+51.01%
Release Management Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
Release Management Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the East Midlands.
Release Management Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the East Midlands.
Release Management Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Release Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for Release Management.
Release Management Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:
