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

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 936 1132
Rank change year-on-year +54 +196 -261
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 12 45 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.045% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.047% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 64
10th Percentile £70,000 £63,425 £52,500
25th Percentile £76,875 £71,563 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +7.14% +33.91%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £68,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year +20.44% -0.36% +26.15%

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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
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% +10.53%

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 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Release Train in the UK

Release Train
Top 7 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 11 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 +44 10 £85,000 +3.03% 6
London +119 6 £105,000 +21.07% 3
UK excluding London -20 6 £82,500 +20.44% 3
Work from Home +80 4 - - 4
West Midlands +2 4 £82,500 +20.44% 1
Midlands -15 4 £82,500 +20.44% 2
Scotland - 2 - -

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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
1 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Release Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Release Train Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
1 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Coaching
2 7 (58.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 6 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (41.67%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) Community of Practice
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (16.67%) Agile Coaching
6 2 (16.67%) Burndown Charts
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) DevOps
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (8.33%) Android Development
7 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) iOS Development
7 1 (8.33%) Kanban
7 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO 20022
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cadence
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft