Release Analyst Contracts

Release Analyst
UK

The median Release Analyst daily rate in the UK is £254 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 704 838
Rank change year-on-year +125 +134 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Release Analyst 3 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.013% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.014% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 14
10th Percentile - £316 £363
25th Percentile - £397 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £254 £448 £419
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% +6.87% -1.47%
75th Percentile - £494 £455
90th Percentile - £559 £536
UK excluding London median daily rate - £445 £386
% change year-on-year - +15.21% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Release Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Analyst in the UK

Release Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Release Analyst in the UK

Release Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Analyst in the UK

Release Analyst
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +118 2 - - 4
UK excluding London +54 2 - - 2
South East +11 2 - -
Work from Home +122 1 - - 3

Release Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 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 featuring Release Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SFIA
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) VMware

Release Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Advisory Board
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware