Release Management Contracts

Release Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 282 316 301
Rank change year-on-year +34 -15 -53
Contract jobs citing Release Management 347 491 817
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.83% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.92% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 343 551
10th Percentile £356 £313 £405
25th Percentile £450 £455 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £565 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% +4.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £620 £642 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +17.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile - £38.70 £16.63
25th Percentile - £52.50 £19.48
Median hourly rate £38.00 £64.38 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.97% +123.91% +43.64%
75th Percentile £47.75 £68.75 £34.69
90th Percentile £53.60 £86.00 £43.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £64.38 £25.00
% change year-on-year -40.97% +157.50% +24.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Release Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +14 301 £570 -0.87% 95
UK excluding London +36 158 £550 +10.00% 60
London +22 150 £575 -4.17% 38
Work from Home +42 119 £575 +1.32% 61
South East +40 80 £575 +4.55% 18
South West +3 21 £570 +90.00% 6
Midlands +25 19 £450 -20.00% 14
Scotland +33 15 £400 -5.33% 6
West Midlands +17 14 £450 -20.00% 8
East of England +15 13 £369 -22.37% 5
North of England +3 11 £350 -39.13% 8
Yorkshire +21 9 £240 -56.87% 2
East Midlands +27 5 £425 - 6
North West +1 2 £356 -36.10% 6

Release Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (7.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.49%) Confluence
3 5 (1.44%) IIS
4 4 (1.15%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.86%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.29%) JBoss
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.31%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.31%) Endur
2 7 (2.02%) Oracle 11i
2 7 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (2.02%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.44%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.86%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.58%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.58%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.29%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (25.07%) Azure
2 50 (14.41%) AWS
3 33 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.05%) Entra ID
6 18 (5.19%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (4.90%) Azure Storage
8 16 (4.61%) GitHub
9 15 (4.32%) PaaS
9 15 (4.32%) SaaS
10 14 (4.03%) Slack
11 13 (3.75%) Power Platform
12 11 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (3.17%) IaaS
13 9 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.31%) GCP
15 7 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (1.73%) OCI
16 6 (1.73%) OpenShift
17 5 (1.44%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.93%) DNS
2 29 (8.36%) DHCP
3 24 (6.92%) Firewall
4 5 (1.44%) SSH
4 5 (1.44%) VPN
5 4 (1.15%) LAN
5 4 (1.15%) VSAN
5 4 (1.15%) WAN
5 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.86%) SAN
6 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) HTTP
7 1 (0.29%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.61%) NoSQL
2 14 (4.03%) Relational Database
2 14 (4.03%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.59%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.31%) Power BI
5 5 (1.44%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (1.44%) Metadata
5 5 (1.44%) MySQL
6 4 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.15%) Redis
6 4 (1.15%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) MS Access
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 43 (12.39%) JIRA
2 21 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.32%) Git
4 10 (2.88%) SonarQube
5 7 (2.02%) Cucumber
6 6 (1.73%) JUnit
7 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.44%) Gatling
7 5 (1.44%) Mockito
7 5 (1.44%) Robot Framework
7 5 (1.44%) Selenium
7 5 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.15%) GitLab
8 4 (1.15%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.58%) webpack
10 1 (0.29%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 92 (26.51%) Social Skills
2 80 (23.05%) Finance
3 37 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.93%) Banking
5 29 (8.36%) Front Office
6 18 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 16 (4.61%) Marketing
7 16 (4.61%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.46%) Investment Banking
10 11 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.59%) Electronics
12 6 (1.73%) Law
13 5 (1.44%) Retail
14 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Legal
15 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.86%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.58%) Back Office
16 2 (0.58%) French Language
Job Titles
1 45 (12.97%) Developer
2 40 (11.53%) Analyst
3 38 (10.95%) Release Manager
4 26 (7.49%) Windows Engineer
5 21 (6.05%) Build Engineer
5 21 (6.05%) Windows Build Engineer
6 17 (4.90%) Applications Support
7 16 (4.61%) Active Directory Support
7 16 (4.61%) Support Engineer
8 15 (4.32%) Azure Specialist
8 15 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (4.32%) Senior
8 15 (4.32%) Support Specialist
9 14 (4.03%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (4.03%) Architect
9 14 (4.03%) Change Manager
9 14 (4.03%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.46%) IT Manager
10 12 (3.46%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.46%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.07%) ARM Templates
2 19 (5.48%) Spring
3 16 (4.61%) RESTful
4 15 (4.32%) .NET
4 15 (4.32%) Web Services
5 14 (4.03%) React
6 13 (3.75%) REST
7 12 (3.46%) XML
8 11 (3.17%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.17%) JPA
8 11 (3.17%) Spring MVC
9 10 (2.88%) Azure Blueprints
9 10 (2.88%) HTML
10 9 (2.59%) CSS
10 9 (2.59%) Hibernate
10 9 (2.59%) Middleware
11 8 (2.31%) HTML5
11 8 (2.31%) Spring Boot
12 7 (2.02%) Angular 2
12 7 (2.02%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.63%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.34%) PKI
3 20 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (5.19%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.46%) Client/Server
6 11 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.88%) Clustering
7 10 (2.88%) Derivative
8 9 (2.59%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.59%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.44%) OTC Derivatives
11 5 (1.44%) SCADA
12 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 111 (31.99%) Windows
2 66 (19.02%) Linux
3 58 (16.71%) Windows Server
4 41 (11.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 41 (11.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (9.51%) Unix
6 26 (7.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 25 (7.20%) Windows 10
8 21 (6.05%) Windows NT
9 12 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.44%) VMS
11 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.29%) CentOS
12 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.97%) ITIL
2 97 (27.95%) Agile
3 94 (27.09%) DevOps
4 64 (18.44%) Service Management
5 62 (17.87%) Change Management
6 45 (12.97%) User Acceptance Testing
7 44 (12.68%) CI/CD
7 44 (12.68%) SDLC
8 42 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (10.95%) Configuration Management
9 38 (10.95%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (10.66%) Deployment Automation
11 36 (10.37%) Analytics
12 34 (9.80%) Proactive Monitoring
12 34 (9.80%) Scrum
12 34 (9.80%) Test Automation
13 33 (9.51%) Risk Management
14 30 (8.65%) Project Management
15 28 (8.07%) Software Engineering
16 26 (7.49%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (22.19%) SQL
2 67 (19.31%) PowerShell
3 57 (16.43%) Python
4 29 (8.36%) C#
5 26 (7.49%) VBScript
6 23 (6.63%) Java
7 20 (5.76%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.19%) VB
9 17 (4.90%) Bicep
10 10 (2.88%) Scala
10 10 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 9 (2.59%) PL/SQL
11 9 (2.59%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.02%) Go
13 6 (1.73%) Perl
13 6 (1.73%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.44%) Apex Code
14 5 (1.44%) Bash
15 4 (1.15%) C
15 4 (1.15%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 107 (30.84%) Security Cleared
2 73 (21.04%) SC Cleared
3 53 (15.27%) DV Cleared
4 45 (12.97%) Degree
5 17 (4.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.31%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.15%) VCAP
9 4 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.29%) MCSA
11 1 (0.29%) MCSE
11 1 (0.29%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.10%) QA
2 10 (2.88%) NCSC
3 7 (2.02%) SLA
4 5 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.86%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.58%) MiFID
7 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.29%) EMIR
7 1 (0.29%) GxP
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
7 1 (0.29%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (18.16%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.93%) Docker
3 30 (8.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (6.92%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (6.05%) Firmware
6 19 (5.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (2.02%) vSphere
8 5 (1.44%) Hyper-V
8 5 (1.44%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.44%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (0.58%) XenApp
9 2 (0.58%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.29%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 63 (18.16%) Kubernetes
2 47 (13.54%) SCCM
3 44 (12.68%) WSUS
4 22 (6.34%) SCOM
5 21 (6.05%) Sysprep
6 19 (5.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (5.48%) Terraform
7 18 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (4.61%) Ansible
9 15 (4.32%) Grafana
10 9 (2.59%) ITRS Geneos
11 7 (2.02%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.86%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.86%) Rancher
13 2 (0.58%) CEMLI
13 2 (0.58%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.58%) Puppet
13 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
14 1 (0.29%) Podman
Vendors
1 89 (25.65%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.80%) VMware
3 31 (8.93%) Oracle
4 23 (6.63%) SAP
5 12 (3.46%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.17%) IBM
7 10 (2.88%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.31%) BMC
8 8 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 7 (2.02%) Databricks
10 5 (1.44%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.44%) Google
10 5 (1.44%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.15%) HP
11 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.86%) 3PAR
12 3 (0.86%) NetApp
12 3 (0.86%) Pardot
12 3 (0.86%) Remedy
12 3 (0.86%) Veritas