Release Analyst Contracts in England

Release Analyst
UK > England

The median Release Analyst daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 650 765
Rank change year-on-year +110 +115 -160
Contract jobs requiring a Release Analyst 3 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.016% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.017% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 12
10th Percentile - £316 -
25th Percentile - £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.91% +11.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile - £494 £450
90th Percentile - £559 £473
UK median daily rate £402 £448 £400
% change year-on-year -10.17% +11.88% -5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Release Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Release Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Analyst in England

Release Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Release Analyst in England

Release Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Release Analyst in England

Release Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
South East +12 2 - -
London +106 1 £550 +5.26% 2
Release Analyst
UK

Release Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Release Analyst contract job roles required 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 England region featuring Release Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management

Release Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (33.33%) IIS
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware