Release Manager Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Release Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Release Manager daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 46 71
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.74% 0.22% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.24% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -14.71% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £369 £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £544 £607 £573
% change year-on-year -10.38% +6.03% +15.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 252 416 829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 93.48% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 278 658
10th Percentile £209 £225 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% -3.55% +2.60%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £580
90th Percentile £635 £638 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 39 10
10th Percentile - £15.15 £13.17
25th Percentile £14.20 £16.32 £13.57
Median hourly rate £15.25 £22.50 £16.40
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% +37.20% +28.63%
75th Percentile £24.50 £28.75 £19.31
90th Percentile £64.00 £39.15 £25.75
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% -2.00% +138.10%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings that featured Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in Buckinghamshire

Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Manager in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Release Manager in Buckinghamshire

Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Milton Keynes +13 2 £400 +10.34% 3
Release Manager
South East

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Release Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy