Release Train Contracts in the Midlands

Release Train
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Release Train skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Release Train over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 163 182
Rank change year-on-year +38 +19 -
Contract jobs citing Release Train 6 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.089% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.10% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile £453 £443 £613
25th Percentile £513 £506 £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £700
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £688 £638 £756
90th Percentile - - £775
England median daily rate £655 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.80% -3.85% +28.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Release Train is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,231 2,964 4,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.02% 88.40% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 2,073 3,221
10th Percentile £237 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £365 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +15.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £567
90th Percentile £700 £687 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 113 142
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.84 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £22.63
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.75 £34.95
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Release Train as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Train in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Release Train in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
West Midlands +24 5 £675 +8.00% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Release Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Iteration Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce