Release Train Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Release Train
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Release Train skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 126 141
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 +50
Contract jobs citing Release Train 4 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £582 £372 £443
25th Percentile £593 £398 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% -20.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £634 £710 £638
90th Percentile £636 £840 -
England median daily rate £610 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +8.44% -10.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Release Train 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,380 2,212 2,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.48% 83.00% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,542 1,386 1,736
10th Percentile £248 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £657 £700 £700
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 68 105
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.03 £13.38
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.44 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.30 £23.05 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% -16.18% +56.61%
75th Percentile £26.51 £43.06 £51.50
90th Percentile £41.02 £55.08 £68.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +43.55%

Release Train
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

Release Train
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Release Train.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Release Train

Release Train
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 30 September 2025. 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 -14 4 £620 -7.64% 2
Release Train
England

Release Train
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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum Master
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (75.00%) Matrix Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware