Release Train
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Release Train skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Release Train 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 902 916 1142
Rank change year-on-year +14 +226 -250
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 12 36 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.037% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.039% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 69
10th Percentile £54,375 £63,425 £56,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £71,563 £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £82,500 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +33.91%
75th Percentile £86,875 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £109,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £68,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year +0.36% -3.86% +30.73%

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 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 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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train 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 +46 9 £80,000 -3.03% 8
Work from Home +68 7 £57,500 -28.13% 6
UK excluding London -37 6 £68,750 +0.36% 5
London +136 5 £95,000 +9.54% 3
West Midlands -1 2 £82,500 +20.44% 1
Midlands -16 2 £82,500 +20.44% 2
Scotland - 2 - -
South East 0 1 £55,000 -15.38%
South West -26 1 £57,500 - 1

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (8.33%) JMeter
2 1 (8.33%) Postman
2 1 (8.33%) Selenium
2 1 (8.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Banking
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Release Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Release Train Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) Scrum
3 7 (58.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
5 5 (41.67%) Coaching
5 5 (41.67%) Community of Practice
6 4 (33.33%) Agile Coaching
7 3 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (25.00%) DevOps
7 3 (25.00%) Epics
7 3 (25.00%) Kanban
7 3 (25.00%) Product Backlog
7 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
8 2 (16.67%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (16.67%) People Management
8 2 (16.67%) Servant Leadership
8 2 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
8 2 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
8 2 (16.67%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
1 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (8.33%) Cadence
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft