Release Engineer Contracts in England

Release Engineer
UK > England

The median Release Engineer daily rate in England is £635 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 632 739
Rank change year-on-year +88 +107 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Release Engineer 4 36 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.071% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.075% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 30 32
10th Percentile £544 £550 £455
25th Percentile £571 £598 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £625 £663
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -5.66% +12.77%
75th Percentile £739 £675 £738
90th Percentile £791 £798 £774
UK median daily rate £635 £625 £606
% change year-on-year +1.60% +3.09% +3.85%

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 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £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 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Release Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Engineer in England

Release Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Release Engineer in England

Release Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Engineer in England

Release Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Engineer in England

Release Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +76 2 £688 +10.00% 2
Release Engineer
UK

Release Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Release Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
4 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) PgMP
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) PMP

Release Engineer 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Product Management
3 2 (50.00%) Rainbow Teams
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PgMP
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP