Release Train Contracts in England

Release Train
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Release Train skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Train over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 601 699
Rank change year-on-year +62 +98 -88
Contract jobs citing Release Train 11 35 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.074% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.083% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 53
10th Percentile £407 £493 £456
25th Percentile £516 £605 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% -3.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £688 £644 £738
90th Percentile £851 £650 £773
UK median daily rate £487 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -22.08% +4.17% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £82.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £82.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Train in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Release Train in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Train in England

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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 Train within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Midlands +20 6 £625 -
London +65 4 £825 +32.00% 4
West Midlands +19 4 £675 +8.00%
East Midlands - 1 £360 -
Release Train
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Release Train
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 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Release Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Release Train Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Release Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Release Train Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Agile Coach
4 1 (9.09%) Delivery Director
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Release Management
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Product Vision
5 2 (18.18%) Rainbow Teams
6 1 (9.09%) Agile Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Burndown Charts
6 1 (9.09%) Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Product Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) SDLC
6 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
1 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) PgMP
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
1 1 (9.09%) SAP