Release Train Engineer Contracts

Release Train Engineer
UK

The median Release Train Engineer daily rate in the UK is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 702 821
Rank change year-on-year +119 +119 -145
Contract jobs requiring a Release Train Engineer 6 18 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.029% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.031% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 34
10th Percentile £580 £605 £504
25th Percentile £625 £613 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £628
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -0.40% +7.49%
75th Percentile £825 £661 £723
90th Percentile £908 £675 £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £625 £719
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +23.92%

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 40,676 58,105 85,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.57% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,585 40,497 60,269
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,604 1,648 2,131
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%

Release Train Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train Engineer over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train Engineer in the UK

Release Train Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +111 6 £700 +12.00% 1
London +103 2 £875 +38.61% 1
UK excluding London +50 2 £625 -
Work from Home +117 1 £650 +4.00%
East of England +10 1 £550 -10.20%
South West - 1 £700 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Release Train 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 featuring Release Train Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act

Release Train Engineer 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Release Train
2 3 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 2 (33.33%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PgMP
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP