Release Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 381 438
Rank change year-on-year -60 +57 -40
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 552 829 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.85% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.89% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 342 480 748
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,950 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £61,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +1.30% +2.83%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,852 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £56,832 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.82% +3.33% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -59 456 £61,500 -1.60% 104
UK excluding London -45 421 £59,000 +3.82% 61
Work from Home -6 268 £60,000 -6.29% 44
London +15 119 £65,000 -7.14% 44
South East -22 116 £59,000 -8.53% 22
Midlands +9 90 £62,500 +26.26% 13
North of England -42 76 £55,000 -8.33% 10
West Midlands +12 67 £75,000 +50.00% 11
North West -15 62 £55,000 -8.33% 5
South West -15 43 £67,500 +3.85% 5
Wales +13 37 £55,000 +22.22% 1
Scotland -32 35 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands -2 23 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Yorkshire +5 14 £32,500 -45.83% 4
East of England -34 12 £68,500 +24.55% 6
Northern Ireland +24 9 £70,000 - 1
Isle of Man - 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 64 (11.59%) Apache
2 45 (8.15%) WebLogic
3 43 (7.79%) Oracle Service Bus
4 22 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.99%) Confluence
6 10 (1.81%) IIS
7 9 (1.63%) CMS
8 6 (1.09%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.91%) nginx
9 5 (0.91%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.72%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.72%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.54%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.36%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.36%) JCAPS
12 2 (0.36%) Liferay
12 2 (0.36%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.36%) SAS
12 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 69 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (7.97%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 46 (8.33%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (3.08%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 17 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (2.54%) PlanetPress Connect
5 13 (2.36%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (2.36%) iTrent
6 3 (0.54%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (0.54%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.36%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 171 (30.98%) Azure
2 58 (10.51%) AWS
3 57 (10.33%) Amazon S3
4 54 (9.78%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (7.43%) SaaS
7 39 (7.07%) Power Platform
8 32 (5.80%) Entra ID
9 27 (4.89%) Azure Monitor
10 24 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (3.80%) PaaS
13 18 (3.26%) Power Automate
13 18 (3.26%) PowerApps
14 17 (3.08%) Azure Storage
15 16 (2.90%) IaaS
16 15 (2.72%) GitHub
17 12 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
18 11 (1.99%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 87 (15.76%) Firewall
2 60 (10.87%) VPN
3 59 (10.69%) Internet
4 54 (9.78%) IPsec
4 54 (9.78%) SNMP
5 32 (5.80%) DNS
6 30 (5.43%) DHCP
7 15 (2.72%) WAN
8 14 (2.54%) LAN
9 13 (2.36%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.27%) BGP
10 7 (1.27%) EIGRP
10 7 (1.27%) HSRP
10 7 (1.27%) MPLS
10 7 (1.27%) OSPF
10 7 (1.27%) Spanning Tree
10 7 (1.27%) VoIP
10 7 (1.27%) VRRP
10 7 (1.27%) Wireless
10 7 (1.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (11.23%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.33%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (9.78%) MongoDB
4 50 (9.06%) Oracle Database
5 43 (7.79%) Oracle Database 10g
5 43 (7.79%) Oracle Database 11g
5 43 (7.79%) VLDB
6 35 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (6.34%) Power BI
7 27 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 16 (2.90%) Data Lake
10 13 (2.36%) BusinessObjects
10 13 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (2.17%) NoSQL
11 12 (2.17%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.91%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.72%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 48 (8.70%) JIRA
2 22 (3.99%) Git
3 15 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 14 (2.54%) TeamCity
5 12 (2.17%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.63%) JUnit
7 7 (1.27%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.27%) GitLab
7 7 (1.27%) Selenium
7 7 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 6 (1.09%) AdminStudio
8 6 (1.09%) InstallShield
8 6 (1.09%) Maven
8 6 (1.09%) MSI
8 6 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (1.09%) RStudio
9 5 (0.91%) Subversion
10 4 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 170 (30.80%) Finance
2 135 (24.46%) Social Skills
3 80 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.52%) Retail
5 32 (5.80%) Marketing
6 28 (5.07%) Legal
7 18 (3.26%) Aerospace
7 18 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.26%) Law
8 17 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.36%) Back Office
11 9 (1.63%) Banking
12 8 (1.45%) Electronics
12 8 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.09%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.91%) Local Government
14 5 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 93 (16.85%) Analyst
2 74 (13.41%) Applications Support
3 72 (13.04%) Senior
4 65 (11.78%) Consultant
4 65 (11.78%) Support Analyst
5 64 (11.59%) Applications Support Analyst
6 55 (9.96%) Lead
7 54 (9.78%) NetApp Consultant
8 43 (7.79%) Oracle Analyst
8 43 (7.79%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 43 (7.79%) SQL Analyst
8 43 (7.79%) SQL Support Analyst
9 42 (7.61%) Developer
10 32 (5.80%) Release Manager
11 28 (5.07%) Senior Developer
12 24 (4.35%) Architect
13 23 (4.17%) Active Directory Specialist
13 23 (4.17%) Azure Specialist
14 22 (3.99%) Applications Engineer
14 22 (3.99%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.78%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (9.78%) YAML
2 34 (6.16%) .NET
3 27 (4.89%) ARM Templates
4 21 (3.80%) React
5 18 (3.26%) REST
5 18 (3.26%) Web Services
6 17 (3.08%) JSON
7 16 (2.90%) GraphQL
8 15 (2.72%) XML
9 11 (1.99%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.99%) HTML
10 10 (1.81%) CSS
11 9 (1.63%) .NET Framework
11 9 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.63%) Azure Blueprints
11 9 (1.63%) PySpark
12 8 (1.45%) Apache NiFi
12 8 (1.45%) Node.js
12 8 (1.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.68%) Data Centre
2 36 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.35%) PKI
4 23 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (3.26%) Client/Server
5 18 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.81%) Replication
9 9 (1.63%) IoT
9 9 (1.63%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.45%) Analogue Electronics
10 8 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.45%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.27%) Clustering
11 7 (1.27%) FMCG
12 6 (1.09%) Shadow IT
12 6 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.91%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 166 (30.07%) Linux
2 128 (23.19%) Windows
3 57 (10.33%) Unix
4 54 (9.78%) Data ONTAP
5 47 (8.51%) Windows Server
6 43 (7.79%) Solaris
7 22 (3.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (3.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (1.81%) Windows 10
9 7 (1.27%) Debian
9 7 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.09%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.72%) VMS
11 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.54%) Windows NT
13 1 (0.18%) AIX
13 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (30.43%) Agile
2 144 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (24.46%) ITIL
4 119 (21.56%) Project Management
5 116 (21.01%) DevOps
6 107 (19.38%) Actionable Insight
7 79 (14.31%) CI/CD
8 72 (13.04%) ITSM
9 69 (12.50%) Service Management
10 61 (11.05%) Incident Management
11 60 (10.87%) Project Planning
12 58 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 58 (10.51%) Performance Tuning
13 57 (10.33%) Change Management
14 56 (10.14%) Infrastructure Management
15 54 (9.78%) Analytics
15 54 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
15 54 (9.78%) Storage Management
16 52 (9.42%) Customer Service
16 52 (9.42%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 139 (25.18%) SQL
2 78 (14.13%) Python
3 63 (11.41%) C#
4 50 (9.06%) PowerShell
5 44 (7.97%) PL/SQL
6 34 (6.16%) VB
7 31 (5.62%) T-SQL
8 28 (5.07%) JavaScript
9 26 (4.71%) Java
10 23 (4.17%) VBScript
11 21 (3.80%) TypeScript
12 17 (3.08%) Bicep
13 16 (2.90%) Bash
14 10 (1.81%) C
14 10 (1.81%) Go
15 8 (1.45%) C++
16 6 (1.09%) R
17 5 (0.91%) PHP
17 5 (0.91%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.91%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 124 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 122 (22.10%) Degree
3 92 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 51 (9.24%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.63%) CISSP
10 7 (1.27%) CCDP
10 7 (1.27%) CCIE
10 7 (1.27%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.27%) CCNP
10 7 (1.27%) CISA
10 7 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.09%) APMP
11 6 (1.09%) ISEB
11 6 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.72%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (15.40%) SLA
2 45 (8.15%) QA
3 18 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.17%) PMO
5 11 (1.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.63%) NCSC
7 8 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.09%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.91%) GDPR
10 4 (0.72%) NIST
11 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.18%) FISMA
13 1 (0.18%) HITRUST
13 1 (0.18%) IFRS
13 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 88 (15.94%) Docker
2 72 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (9.78%) Active Directory
4 43 (7.79%) Oracle RAC
5 31 (5.62%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (4.71%) Firmware
7 21 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.99%) Hyper-V
9 6 (1.09%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.54%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.54%) vSphere
11 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 124 (22.46%) Kubernetes
2 77 (13.95%) Ansible
3 55 (9.96%) vCenter Server
4 54 (9.78%) Prometheus
5 44 (7.97%) Terraform
6 43 (7.79%) Data Guard
6 43 (7.79%) Oracle RMAN
7 33 (5.98%) SCCM
8 26 (4.71%) WSUS
9 25 (4.53%) SCOM
10 23 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (1.45%) NetBackup
12 8 (1.45%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.45%) Puppet
13 7 (1.27%) Kibana
14 6 (1.09%) Nessus
15 4 (0.72%) Rancher
16 3 (0.54%) Argo
16 3 (0.54%) logstash
Vendors
1 148 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 94 (17.03%) VMware
3 57 (10.33%) Oracle
4 56 (10.14%) Red Hat
5 54 (9.78%) NetApp
5 54 (9.78%) Palo Alto
5 54 (9.78%) SolidFire
6 46 (8.33%) Remedy
7 44 (7.97%) Sun
8 33 (5.98%) SAP
9 15 (2.72%) Databricks
9 15 (2.72%) ServiceNow
10 14 (2.54%) FNZ
11 13 (2.36%) Infor
12 11 (1.99%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.81%) Cisco
14 8 (1.45%) Atlassian
14 8 (1.45%) Google
15 7 (1.27%) Ekahau
15 7 (1.27%) McAfee