Release Train Contracts

Release Train
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 560 652 704
Rank change year-on-year +92 +52 -48
Contract jobs citing Release Train 24 45 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.081% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.090% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 32 89
10th Percentile £435 £469 £465
25th Percentile £470 £517 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +4.17% +18.52%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £700
90th Percentile £743 £650 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -22.08% - +30.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £82.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £82.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Top 8 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 within the UK 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
UK excluding London +17 18 £487 -22.08% 4
Scotland +53 12 £470 -10.48%
England +62 11 £655 +4.80% 8
Work from Home +102 10 £561 -10.24% 5
Midlands +20 6 £625 -
London +65 4 £825 +32.00% 4
West Midlands +19 4 £675 +8.00%
East Midlands - 1 £360 -

Release Train
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 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 13 (54.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Finance
4 5 (20.83%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Advertising
6 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Lead
2 6 (25.00%) Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Release Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Release Train Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Release Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Release Train Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Agile Coach
6 1 (4.17%) Automation Test Lead
6 1 (4.17%) Delivery Director
6 1 (4.17%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Technical Programme Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Technology Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) Agile
2 17 (70.83%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 15 (62.50%) Roadmaps
4 14 (58.33%) Scrum
5 13 (54.17%) Coaching
6 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.67%) DevOps
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.50%) Release Management
9 2 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
9 2 (8.33%) Architecture Governance
9 2 (8.33%) Business Strategy
9 2 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
9 2 (8.33%) Design Patterns
9 2 (8.33%) IT Strategy
9 2 (8.33%) Product Vision
9 2 (8.33%) Rainbow Teams
9 2 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
10 1 (4.17%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Java
1 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (4.17%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.17%) SAP