Release Management Contract Job Trends in Central London

Release Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Release Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 110 115
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +33
Contract jobs citing Release Management 20 24 35
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.06% 1.03% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.12% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 18
10th Percentile £443 £501 £410
25th Percentile £485 £525 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £643 £688
Median % change year-on-year -18.29% -6.61% +17.11%
75th Percentile £655 £738 -
90th Percentile £730 £750 £836
London median daily rate £600 £578 £610
% change year-on-year +3.90% -5.33% +8.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Release Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,136 2,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.11% 91.91% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,225 1,343 1,886
10th Percentile £328 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £764 £775 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 17
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.96 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.27% -36.40%
75th Percentile £41.75 £74.38 £46.75
90th Percentile £62.35 £124.75 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.49 £37.50 £39.92
% change year-on-year -16.03% -6.05% +3.18%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Release Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Release Management job vacancy trend in Central London

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Release Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Release Management

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management in Central London over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in Central London

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Release Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Release Management

Release Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 October 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
City of London +2 20 £525 -25.00% 17
Release Management
London

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) SaaS
3 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.00%) Collibra
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
4 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) Network Security
2 1 (5.00%) SSH
2 1 (5.00%) WAN
2 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.00%) Metadata
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) JMeter
2 1 (5.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (5.00%) Selenium
2 1 (5.00%) TestNG
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (10.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (10.00%) Analyst
1 2 (10.00%) Environment Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (5.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (5.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Operations Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 4 (20.00%) Change Control
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (20.00%) DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.00%) Data Management
4 3 (15.00%) Information Security
4 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.00%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (15.00%) Service Management
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.00%) Change Management
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) IIBA
4 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
4 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.00%) Tenable
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Citrix
3 1 (5.00%) Databricks
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Planon
3 1 (5.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) Spotify