Release Train Contracts

Release Train
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 638 693
Rank change year-on-year +84 +55 -36
Contract jobs citing Release Train 25 46 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.082% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.091% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 90
10th Percentile £439 £470 £465
25th Percentile £470 £519 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £625 £606
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +3.09% +17.43%
75th Percentile £679 £638 £700
90th Percentile £729 £650 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -22.08% - +29.20%
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 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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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 2 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 2 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 +37 18 £487 -22.08% 5
England +73 12 £635 +1.60% 11
Scotland +45 12 £470 -10.48%
Work from Home +95 11 £487 -22.08% 5
Midlands +28 6 £625 - 2
London +83 5 £688 +10.00% 6
West Midlands +16 4 £675 +8.00% 2
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 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 13 (52.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Advertising
6 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Lead
2 6 (24.00%) Architect
3 5 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Release Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Release Train Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Release Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Release Train Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Agile Coach
6 1 (4.00%) Delivery Director
6 1 (4.00%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.00%) SAP Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Scrum Master
6 1 (4.00%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Technology Director
6 1 (4.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Agile
2 18 (72.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 16 (64.00%) Roadmaps
4 15 (60.00%) Scrum
5 14 (56.00%) Coaching
6 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.00%) DevOps
8 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.00%) Release Management
10 2 (8.00%) Architecture Governance
10 2 (8.00%) Business Strategy
10 2 (8.00%) Continuous Delivery
10 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
10 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
10 2 (8.00%) Kanban
10 2 (8.00%) Project Management
10 2 (8.00%) Rainbow Teams
10 2 (8.00%) SDLC
10 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (8.00%) PMP
2 1 (4.00%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.00%) SAP