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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 380 441
Rank change year-on-year -44 +61 -60
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 562 903 1,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.86% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.90% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 354 537 756
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,400 £40,801
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,483 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £90,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.65% +2.73%

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -52 461 £62,500 - 92
UK excluding London -39 425 £59,500 +8.18% 54
Work from Home 0 280 £62,500 -2.39% 45
London -17 126 £65,000 -10.34% 41
South East -4 107 £59,000 -1.67% 18
Midlands +14 92 £62,500 +25.00% 13
North of England -47 76 £55,000 -8.33% 8
West Midlands +18 69 £75,000 +50.00% 7
North West -8 62 £55,000 +10.00% 4
South West 0 45 £67,500 +12.50% 3
Scotland -30 42 £62,500 +5.93% 5
Wales +28 37 £55,000 +22.22% 2
East Midlands -1 23 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire +12 14 £32,500 -45.83% 4
East of England -15 14 £68,500 +24.55% 3
Northern Ireland +37 9 £70,000 - 2
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 63 (11.21%) Apache
2 46 (8.19%) WebLogic
3 44 (7.83%) Oracle Service Bus
4 20 (3.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.78%) Confluence
6 9 (1.60%) IIS
6 9 (1.60%) SharePoint
7 8 (1.42%) CMS
7 8 (1.42%) nginx
8 5 (0.89%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.53%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.36%) GlassFish
11 2 (0.36%) JCAPS
11 2 (0.36%) Liferay
11 2 (0.36%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.36%) SAS
11 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 67 (11.92%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (7.83%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 47 (8.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 34 (6.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (4.27%) PlanetPress Connect
4 17 (3.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 17 (3.02%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (2.31%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (2.31%) iTrent
6 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.36%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 175 (31.14%) Azure
2 61 (10.85%) Azure DevOps
3 57 (10.14%) Amazon S3
3 57 (10.14%) AWS
4 55 (9.79%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (7.65%) SaaS
6 39 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.34%) Entra ID
8 24 (4.27%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
9 21 (3.74%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (3.74%) PaaS
10 20 (3.56%) Power Automate
11 19 (3.38%) PowerApps
12 18 (3.20%) GitHub
13 16 (2.85%) Azure Storage
13 16 (2.85%) IaaS
14 13 (2.31%) GCP
14 13 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 89 (15.84%) Firewall
2 62 (11.03%) VPN
3 59 (10.50%) Internet
4 54 (9.61%) IPsec
4 54 (9.61%) SNMP
5 28 (4.98%) DNS
6 25 (4.45%) DHCP
7 15 (2.67%) WAN
8 14 (2.49%) LAN
9 13 (2.31%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.25%) BGP
10 7 (1.25%) EIGRP
10 7 (1.25%) HSRP
10 7 (1.25%) MPLS
10 7 (1.25%) OSPF
10 7 (1.25%) Spanning Tree
10 7 (1.25%) VoIP
10 7 (1.25%) VRRP
10 7 (1.25%) Wireless
10 7 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (12.81%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.14%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (9.61%) MongoDB
4 50 (8.90%) Oracle Database
5 44 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (7.83%) Oracle Database 10g
5 44 (7.83%) Oracle Database 11g
5 44 (7.83%) VLDB
6 34 (6.05%) Power BI
7 26 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (3.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 15 (2.67%) Data Lake
10 13 (2.31%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (2.14%) Relational Database
12 11 (1.96%) NoSQL
13 9 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.71%) MS Access
14 4 (0.71%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 62 (11.03%) JIRA
2 25 (4.45%) Git
3 24 (4.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 21 (3.74%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.67%) SonarQube
6 14 (2.49%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.31%) Selenium
8 11 (1.96%) GitLab
9 9 (1.60%) JUnit
9 9 (1.60%) Maven
10 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.25%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (1.07%) RStudio
11 6 (1.07%) Subversion
12 5 (0.89%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.89%) TestNG
13 4 (0.71%) AdminStudio
13 4 (0.71%) InstallShield
13 4 (0.71%) MSI
General
1 183 (32.56%) Finance
2 130 (23.13%) Social Skills
3 87 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.41%) Retail
5 35 (6.23%) Marketing
6 27 (4.80%) Legal
7 24 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.02%) Law
9 16 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.96%) Back Office
11 11 (1.96%) Banking
12 10 (1.78%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.42%) Electronics
14 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Local Government
17 3 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 106 (18.86%) Analyst
2 88 (15.66%) Applications Support
3 77 (13.70%) Applications Support Analyst
3 77 (13.70%) Support Analyst
4 67 (11.92%) Consultant
5 65 (11.57%) Senior
6 63 (11.21%) Lead
7 54 (9.61%) NetApp Consultant
8 44 (7.83%) Oracle Analyst
8 44 (7.83%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 44 (7.83%) SQL Analyst
8 44 (7.83%) SQL Support Analyst
9 38 (6.76%) Developer
10 31 (5.52%) Release Manager
11 26 (4.63%) Architect
12 24 (4.27%) Senior Developer
13 23 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
14 20 (3.56%) Active Directory Specialist
14 20 (3.56%) Azure Specialist
14 20 (3.56%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.61%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (9.61%) YAML
2 36 (6.41%) .NET
3 23 (4.09%) ARM Templates
4 20 (3.56%) React
5 17 (3.02%) Web Services
6 15 (2.67%) ASP.NET
6 15 (2.67%) REST
7 14 (2.49%) GraphQL
8 13 (2.31%) XML
9 12 (2.14%) CSS
9 12 (2.14%) HTML
10 11 (1.96%) JSON
11 10 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (1.60%) .NET Core
12 9 (1.60%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (1.42%) .NET Framework
13 8 (1.42%) RESTful
13 8 (1.42%) SOAP
13 8 (1.42%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.63%) Data Centre
2 39 (6.94%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.56%) PKI
4 18 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.49%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.31%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.14%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.96%) Replication
9 9 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.42%) Analogue Electronics
10 8 (1.42%) CMDB
10 8 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.42%) IoT
10 8 (1.42%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.25%) FMCG
11 7 (1.25%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.07%) Clustering
13 5 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 162 (28.83%) Linux
2 116 (20.64%) Windows
3 56 (9.96%) Unix
4 54 (9.61%) Data ONTAP
5 44 (7.83%) Solaris
6 36 (6.41%) Windows Server
7 15 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.25%) Debian
8 7 (1.25%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.71%) VMS
9 4 (0.71%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.71%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) AIX
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (29.18%) Agile
2 147 (26.16%) ITIL
3 146 (25.98%) Problem-Solving
4 129 (22.95%) DevOps
5 120 (21.35%) Project Management
6 109 (19.40%) Actionable Insight
7 86 (15.30%) ITSM
8 82 (14.59%) CI/CD
9 73 (12.99%) Service Management
10 63 (11.21%) Incident Management
11 62 (11.03%) Change Management
12 60 (10.68%) Project Planning
13 58 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (10.32%) Performance Tuning
14 55 (9.79%) Infrastructure Management
15 54 (9.61%) Storage Management
16 53 (9.43%) Analytics
17 52 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
18 51 (9.07%) Customer Service
19 50 (8.90%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 135 (24.02%) SQL
2 82 (14.59%) Python
3 63 (11.21%) C#
4 50 (8.90%) PowerShell
5 46 (8.19%) PL/SQL
6 31 (5.52%) T-SQL
7 29 (5.16%) VB
8 28 (4.98%) JavaScript
9 27 (4.80%) Java
10 22 (3.91%) VBScript
11 19 (3.38%) Bash
11 19 (3.38%) TypeScript
12 14 (2.49%) Bicep
13 13 (2.31%) Go
14 10 (1.78%) C
15 8 (1.42%) C++
15 8 (1.42%) PHP
16 7 (1.25%) Shell Script
17 6 (1.07%) R
18 4 (0.71%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 123 (21.89%) Degree
2 117 (20.82%) Security Cleared
3 83 (14.77%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.23%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.02%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.60%) CISSP
10 8 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.25%) CCDP
11 7 (1.25%) CCIE
11 7 (1.25%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (1.25%) CCNP
11 7 (1.25%) CISA
11 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.07%) APMP
12 6 (1.07%) ISEB
12 6 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (15.30%) SLA
2 41 (7.30%) QA
3 16 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.49%) PMO
5 11 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (1.60%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.42%) NCSC
8 6 (1.07%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.89%) GDPR
10 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.53%) NIST
11 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
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%) Solvency II
System Software
1 88 (15.66%) Docker
2 73 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (8.36%) Active Directory
4 44 (7.83%) Oracle RAC
5 28 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (4.27%) Firmware
7 20 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.78%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.71%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.71%) vSphere
10 3 (0.53%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 127 (22.60%) Kubernetes
2 83 (14.77%) Ansible
3 55 (9.79%) Prometheus
4 54 (9.61%) vCenter Server
5 49 (8.72%) Terraform
6 44 (7.83%) Data Guard
6 44 (7.83%) Oracle RMAN
7 25 (4.45%) SCCM
8 21 (3.74%) SCOM
9 20 (3.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (3.20%) WSUS
11 17 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (2.14%) Puppet
13 11 (1.96%) Kibana
14 10 (1.78%) Progress Chef
15 8 (1.42%) Nessus
15 8 (1.42%) NetBackup
15 8 (1.42%) Rancher
16 5 (0.89%) Argo
17 4 (0.71%) Nagios
Vendors
1 152 (27.05%) Microsoft
2 91 (16.19%) VMware
3 57 (10.14%) Oracle
4 56 (9.96%) Red Hat
5 54 (9.61%) NetApp
5 54 (9.61%) Palo Alto
5 54 (9.61%) SolidFire
6 47 (8.36%) Remedy
7 45 (8.01%) Sun
8 34 (6.05%) SAP
9 24 (4.27%) FNZ
10 19 (3.38%) ServiceNow
11 14 (2.49%) Databricks
12 13 (2.31%) Infor
13 12 (2.14%) Cisco
13 12 (2.14%) Salesforce
14 8 (1.42%) Citrix
14 8 (1.42%) Google
15 7 (1.25%) Atlassian
15 7 (1.25%) McAfee