Release Manager
North West > Cheshire
The median Release Manager daily rate in Cheshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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 20 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | - | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +21 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.15% | - | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | - | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.86% |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £618 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.13% | +14.35% | +8.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title | 593 | 490 | 336 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 92.98% | 86.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 450 | 289 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £270 | £310 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £382 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £465 | £489 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.87% | -4.91% | +8.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £575 | £586 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £638 | £613 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.16% | -2.00% | +2.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 23 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £13.49 | £14.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £15.36 | £21.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.75 | £35.00 | £33.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +4.35% | +45.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.86 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.25 | £47.50 | £43.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £37.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.03% | +5.71% | +50.80% |
Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in Cheshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| Release Manager North West |
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