Release Management Contracts in England

Release Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Management 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 282 288 282
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 -42
Contract jobs citing Release Management 294 415 690
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.78% 0.88% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.98% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 302 474
10th Percentile £350 £413 £381
25th Percentile £450 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% +2.86%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £650
90th Percentile £669 £774 £736
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £38.12 £20.31
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.05 £26.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year - +62.96% +60.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £86.56 £47.94
90th Percentile - £93.12 £65.97
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £64.38 £33.75
% change year-on-year -40.97% +90.74% +60.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Release Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
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 Management 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
London -1 141 £563 -6.25% 33
South East +28 83 £575 +4.55% 27
Midlands +17 21 £450 -25.00% 15
South West -14 16 £750 +150.00% 3
West Midlands +14 15 £450 -25.00% 12
East of England +15 14 £356 -28.75% 6
North of England +4 11 £350 -39.13% 9
Yorkshire +15 9 £240 -56.36% 6
East Midlands +11 6 £475 -13.64% 3
North West +6 2 £356 -38.04% 2
Release Management
UK

Release Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.16%) Confluence
3 7 (2.38%) IIS
4 5 (1.70%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.36%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.68%) CMS
6 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.34%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (1.70%) Endur
2 3 (1.02%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.02%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.68%) Relativity
3 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Shopify
3 2 (0.68%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 72 (24.49%) Azure
2 34 (11.56%) AWS
3 33 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.50%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.16%) Azure Monitor
6 21 (7.14%) Azure Storage
7 20 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (5.10%) Power Platform
9 13 (4.42%) Slack
10 9 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (2.72%) SaaS
12 6 (2.04%) PaaS
13 5 (1.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 4 (1.36%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (1.36%) GCP
14 4 (1.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 36 (12.24%) DNS
2 34 (11.56%) DHCP
3 28 (9.52%) Firewall
4 9 (3.06%) SSH
5 5 (1.70%) VPN
6 4 (1.36%) LAN
6 4 (1.36%) VSAN
6 4 (1.36%) WAN
6 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.34%) HTTP
8 1 (0.34%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) MPLS
8 1 (0.34%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.34%) SAN
8 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.78%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.44%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.42%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.40%) Power BI
5 8 (2.72%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.70%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.70%) Tableau
7 4 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (1.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 4 (1.36%) Metadata
7 4 (1.36%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.36%) Redis
7 4 (1.36%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
7 4 (1.36%) Tableau Server
8 3 (1.02%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.68%) Big Data
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (13.27%) JIRA
2 17 (5.78%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.42%) Git
4 11 (3.74%) Cucumber
5 10 (3.40%) JUnit
6 5 (1.70%) Gatling
6 5 (1.70%) GitLab
6 5 (1.70%) Mockito
6 5 (1.70%) Robot Framework
6 5 (1.70%) Selenium
6 5 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.36%) Postman
7 4 (1.36%) ScalaTest
8 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.68%) MSI
8 2 (0.68%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.68%) webpack
9 1 (0.34%) Ant
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
General
1 89 (30.27%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.79%) Finance
3 38 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.54%) Banking
5 24 (8.16%) Front Office
6 15 (5.10%) Investment Banking
7 14 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.08%) Public Sector
9 7 (2.38%) Marketing
10 6 (2.04%) Law
10 6 (2.04%) Retail
10 6 (2.04%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.70%) Legal
11 5 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.02%) Billing
13 3 (1.02%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (17.01%) Developer
2 42 (14.29%) Analyst
3 25 (8.50%) Release Manager
4 21 (7.14%) Active Directory Support
4 21 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 20 (6.80%) Windows Engineer
6 19 (6.46%) Senior
7 17 (5.78%) Applications Support
8 15 (5.10%) Build Engineer
8 15 (5.10%) Support Specialist
8 15 (5.10%) Windows Build Engineer
9 14 (4.76%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (4.76%) Azure Specialist
10 13 (4.42%) Architect
11 12 (4.08%) IT Manager
12 11 (3.74%) Applications Engineer
12 11 (3.74%) Java Developer
12 11 (3.74%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.74%) Service Manager
13 10 (3.40%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.48%) ARM Templates
2 21 (7.14%) Spring
2 21 (7.14%) Web Services
3 18 (6.12%) REST
4 15 (5.10%) JPA
5 14 (4.76%) React
5 14 (4.76%) XML
6 13 (4.42%) .NET
6 13 (4.42%) Hibernate
7 12 (4.08%) AngularJS
8 11 (3.74%) Spring MVC
9 10 (3.40%) HTML
9 10 (3.40%) J2EE
9 10 (3.40%) JSON
10 9 (3.06%) CSS
10 9 (3.06%) RESTful
10 9 (3.06%) SOAP
11 8 (2.72%) HTML5
11 8 (2.72%) Middleware
12 7 (2.38%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.50%) PKI
1 25 (8.50%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.76%) Client/Server
2 14 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.40%) Clustering
6 9 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.06%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.72%) Derivative
8 7 (2.38%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.38%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.70%) OTC Derivatives
9 5 (1.70%) SCADA
10 4 (1.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.68%) Reference Data
12 2 (0.68%) Replication
12 2 (0.68%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 100 (34.01%) Windows
2 71 (24.15%) Linux
3 58 (19.73%) Windows Server
4 38 (12.93%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (12.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 33 (11.22%) Unix
6 19 (6.46%) Windows 10
7 16 (5.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (5.10%) Windows NT
9 12 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.34%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
11 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (35.71%) Agile
2 100 (34.01%) ITIL
3 82 (27.89%) DevOps
4 65 (22.11%) Service Management
5 51 (17.35%) SDLC
6 50 (17.01%) CI/CD
7 44 (14.97%) Change Management
8 40 (13.61%) Scrum
9 38 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (12.93%) User Acceptance Testing
10 35 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (11.22%) Configuration Management
12 32 (10.88%) Analytics
13 30 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (8.84%) Proactive Monitoring
14 26 (8.84%) Risk Management
15 24 (8.16%) RBAC
16 23 (7.82%) Continuous Integration
17 22 (7.48%) Identity Management
17 22 (7.48%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.13%) SQL
2 66 (22.45%) PowerShell
3 52 (17.69%) Python
4 32 (10.88%) C#
4 32 (10.88%) VBScript
5 26 (8.84%) Java
6 24 (8.16%) Bicep
7 22 (7.48%) VB
8 21 (7.14%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.40%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.06%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.72%) Go
11 8 (2.72%) Scala
11 8 (2.72%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.38%) Apex Code
12 7 (2.38%) Perl
13 6 (2.04%) SOQL
13 6 (2.04%) T-SQL
14 4 (1.36%) C
15 3 (1.02%) Bash
Qualifications
1 95 (32.31%) Security Cleared
2 63 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 55 (18.71%) DV Cleared
4 49 (16.67%) Degree
5 21 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.36%) VCAP
8 4 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.34%) MCSA
10 1 (0.34%) MCSE
10 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.59%) QA
2 12 (4.08%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.38%) SLA
4 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) GxP
5 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) MiFID
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 64 (21.77%) Active Directory
2 33 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (10.20%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (7.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (6.46%) Docker
6 15 (5.10%) Firmware
7 8 (2.72%) vSphere
8 5 (1.70%) VMware Workstation
9 4 (1.36%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.02%) XenApp
10 3 (1.02%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.34%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 54 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 42 (14.29%) SCCM
2 42 (14.29%) WSUS
3 26 (8.84%) SCOM
4 22 (7.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (5.10%) Sysprep
7 14 (4.76%) Terraform
8 13 (4.42%) Grafana
9 7 (2.38%) Ansible
9 7 (2.38%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (2.04%) Prometheus
11 5 (1.70%) Podman
12 4 (1.36%) Rancher
13 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.68%) AirWatch
14 2 (0.68%) CEMLI
15 1 (0.34%) Control-M
15 1 (0.34%) PowerCLI
15 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.59%) VMware
3 20 (6.80%) Oracle
4 17 (5.78%) SAP
5 15 (5.10%) ServiceNow
6 12 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.06%) IBM
8 8 (2.72%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.04%) BMC
10 5 (1.70%) Databricks
10 5 (1.70%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.36%) Citrix
11 4 (1.36%) Google
11 4 (1.36%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.68%) Adobe
12 2 (0.68%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.68%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.68%) Pardot
12 2 (0.68%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.68%) Sitecore