Release Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Release Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Release Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £548, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 100 115
Rank change year-on-year -11 +15 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 4 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.27% 0.20% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.22% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £503 - £359
25th Percentile £519 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.50% -13.04% -17.86%
75th Percentile £574 - £606
90th Percentile £590 - £620
South East median daily rate £548 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +9.50% -13.04% +27.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,350 1,371 1,634
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 90.26% 94.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 913 779 997
10th Percentile £305 £294 £213
25th Percentile £413 £408 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 33 72
10th Percentile £14.75 £20.70 £24.26
25th Percentile £18.94 £42.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £47.48 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -3.98% +96.63%
75th Percentile £84.00 £63.43 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £65.62 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Release Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Release Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Manager in Berkshire

Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Reading +12 2 £495 -1.00%
Windsor - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £600 - 2
Release Manager
South East

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Release Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle CX
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (25.00%) PMP
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Process Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Release Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle CX
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Release Management
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Process Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Release Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle