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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 307 306
Rank change year-on-year +36 -1 -75
Contract jobs citing Release Management 354 478 804
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.84% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.93% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 333 541
10th Percentile £356 £365 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £618 £644 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £523 £510
% change year-on-year +2.87% +2.45% +13.33%
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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +21 303 £570 -0.87% 101
UK excluding London +33 166 £538 +2.87% 56
London +28 148 £575 -4.17% 47
Work from Home +40 121 £575 +1.32% 50
South East +37 78 £575 +4.55% 18
South West +9 25 £570 +90.00% 6
Scotland +44 19 £475 +12.43% 5
Midlands +27 18 £450 -20.00% 17
East of England +16 13 £369 -22.37% 7
West Midlands +10 13 £450 -20.00% 11
North of England +1 13 £350 -39.13% 4
Yorkshire +21 11 £240 -56.36% 1
East Midlands +19 5 £425 - 6
North West +4 2 £356 -38.04% 3

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 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.34%) Confluence
3 5 (1.41%) IIS
4 4 (1.13%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.85%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (2.26%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.26%) Endur
2 5 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.41%) Oracle 11i
2 5 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (1.41%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.56%) Relativity
5 2 (0.56%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (0.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
6 1 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (24.86%) Azure
2 53 (14.97%) AWS
3 31 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.65%) SaaS
6 18 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (4.80%) Azure Storage
8 16 (4.52%) GitHub
9 15 (4.24%) PaaS
9 15 (4.24%) Power Platform
10 14 (3.95%) Slack
11 11 (3.11%) GCP
11 11 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (3.11%) IaaS
12 9 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.69%) OpenShift
15 5 (1.41%) Collibra
15 5 (1.41%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.76%) DNS
2 29 (8.19%) DHCP
3 24 (6.78%) Firewall
4 7 (1.98%) SSH
5 5 (1.41%) VPN
6 4 (1.13%) LAN
6 4 (1.13%) VSAN
6 4 (1.13%) WAN
6 4 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.85%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.28%) HTTP
8 1 (0.28%) MPLS
8 1 (0.28%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.28%) SAN
8 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.52%) NoSQL
3 14 (3.95%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.82%) Power BI
5 9 (2.54%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.41%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (1.41%) Metadata
6 5 (1.41%) MySQL
7 4 (1.13%) Apache Cassandra
7 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.13%) Redis
7 4 (1.13%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.28%) Big Data
10 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 50 (14.12%) JIRA
2 21 (5.93%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.95%) Git
4 10 (2.82%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.54%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.26%) JUnit
7 5 (1.41%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.41%) Gatling
7 5 (1.41%) Mockito
7 5 (1.41%) Robot Framework
7 5 (1.41%) Selenium
7 5 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (1.13%) GitLab
8 4 (1.13%) ScalaTest
9 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.56%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.56%) webpack
11 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 94 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 80 (22.60%) Finance
3 39 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.60%) Banking
5 27 (7.63%) Front Office
6 18 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.24%) Marketing
7 15 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (3.95%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.26%) Electronics
10 8 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.26%) Legal
11 6 (1.69%) Law
12 5 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.41%) Retail
13 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.56%) French Language
Job Titles
1 51 (14.41%) Developer
2 43 (12.15%) Analyst
3 36 (10.17%) Release Manager
4 24 (6.78%) Windows Engineer
5 19 (5.37%) Build Engineer
5 19 (5.37%) Windows Build Engineer
6 18 (5.08%) Java Developer
7 17 (4.80%) Active Directory Support
8 16 (4.52%) Applications Support
8 16 (4.52%) Project Manager
8 16 (4.52%) Senior
8 16 (4.52%) Support Engineer
9 15 (4.24%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.24%) Support Specialist
10 14 (3.95%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (3.95%) Architect
10 14 (3.95%) Azure Specialist
10 14 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.67%) Change Manager
12 12 (3.39%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.91%) ARM Templates
2 24 (6.78%) Spring
3 17 (4.80%) Web Services
4 16 (4.52%) RESTful
5 15 (4.24%) React
5 15 (4.24%) REST
6 14 (3.95%) .NET
7 13 (3.67%) JPA
8 12 (3.39%) XML
9 11 (3.11%) AngularJS
9 11 (3.11%) Hibernate
9 11 (3.11%) Spring Boot
9 11 (3.11%) Spring MVC
10 10 (2.82%) Azure Blueprints
10 10 (2.82%) HTML
11 9 (2.54%) CSS
11 9 (2.54%) JSON
11 9 (2.54%) Kafka
12 8 (2.26%) HTML5
12 8 (2.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.78%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.93%) PKI
3 20 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.39%) Client/Server
6 12 (3.39%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.11%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.82%) Clustering
8 10 (2.82%) Derivative
9 9 (2.54%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 5 (1.41%) OTC Derivatives
12 5 (1.41%) SCADA
13 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.85%) CMDB
14 3 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 105 (29.66%) Windows
2 66 (18.64%) Linux
3 56 (15.82%) Windows Server
4 38 (10.73%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (10.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 35 (9.89%) Unix
6 23 (6.50%) Windows 10
7 22 (6.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (5.37%) Windows NT
9 10 (2.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.41%) VMS
11 3 (0.85%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
12 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.94%) Agile
1 106 (29.94%) ITIL
2 94 (26.55%) DevOps
3 71 (20.06%) Service Management
4 61 (17.23%) Change Management
5 49 (13.84%) SDLC
6 45 (12.71%) CI/CD
7 44 (12.43%) User Acceptance Testing
8 43 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 42 (11.86%) Scrum
10 41 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
11 39 (11.02%) Analytics
11 39 (11.02%) Configuration Management
12 36 (10.17%) Project Management
13 35 (9.89%) Deployment Automation
14 34 (9.60%) Risk Management
14 34 (9.60%) Test Automation
15 31 (8.76%) Proactive Monitoring
16 28 (7.91%) Software Engineering
17 26 (7.34%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 80 (22.60%) SQL
2 64 (18.08%) PowerShell
3 53 (14.97%) Python
4 29 (8.19%) Java
5 28 (7.91%) C#
6 26 (7.34%) VBScript
7 21 (5.93%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.08%) Bicep
8 18 (5.08%) VB
9 10 (2.82%) Scala
9 10 (2.82%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.26%) PL/SQL
10 8 (2.26%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.98%) Go
12 6 (1.69%) Apex Code
12 6 (1.69%) Perl
12 6 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.41%) SOQL
14 4 (1.13%) C
14 4 (1.13%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 104 (29.38%) Security Cleared
2 72 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 51 (14.41%) DV Cleared
4 45 (12.71%) Degree
5 17 (4.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.13%) VCAP
9 4 (1.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.28%) MCSA
11 1 (0.28%) MCSE
11 1 (0.28%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (11.58%) QA
2 10 (2.82%) NCSC
3 7 (1.98%) SLA
4 5 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.56%) GDPR
6 2 (0.56%) GxP
6 2 (0.56%) MiFID
6 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (16.95%) Active Directory
2 33 (9.32%) Docker
3 30 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (5.37%) Firmware
5 19 (5.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (1.98%) vSphere
7 5 (1.41%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.41%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.41%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.56%) XenApp
8 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.28%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 66 (18.64%) Kubernetes
2 44 (12.43%) SCCM
3 42 (11.86%) WSUS
4 22 (6.21%) SCOM
5 19 (5.37%) Sysprep
6 18 (5.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (5.08%) Terraform
7 17 (4.80%) Grafana
7 17 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (4.52%) Ansible
9 8 (2.26%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (1.98%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.85%) Rancher
12 2 (0.56%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.56%) CEMLI
12 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.56%) Puppet
12 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.28%) Nessus
13 1 (0.28%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 95 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.60%) VMware
3 33 (9.32%) Oracle
4 22 (6.21%) SAP
5 16 (4.52%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.82%) IBM
6 10 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.54%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.26%) BMC
9 7 (1.98%) Databricks
10 5 (1.41%) Google
10 5 (1.41%) OpenLink
11 4 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.85%) Citrix
12 3 (0.85%) Pardot
12 3 (0.85%) Remedy
12 3 (0.85%) Splunk
13 2 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
13 2 (0.56%) HP
13 2 (0.56%) Red Hat