Release Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Release Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Release Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 102 116
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 +26
Contract jobs citing Release Management 20 21 29
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.16% 1.01% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.10% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 12
10th Percentile £446 £530 £380
25th Percentile £489 £553 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £563
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +24.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £620 £738 £778
90th Percentile £729 £750 £934
Central London median daily rate £525 £611 £688
% change year-on-year -14.11% -11.16% +15.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,619 1,904 2,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.91% 91.54% 89.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,128 1,165 1,756
10th Percentile £327 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £768 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.70 £15.63
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +29.77% -35.15%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -36.40%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Release Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Release Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Release Management

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in the City of London

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Release Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Release Management

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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
1 1 (5.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) 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%) Collibra
4 1 (5.00%) Nutanix
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%) Metadata
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Selenium
3 1 (5.00%) Git
3 1 (5.00%) JMeter
3 1 (5.00%) LoadRunner
3 1 (5.00%) TestNG
3 1 (5.00%) TestRail
General
1 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 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
1 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Monitoring Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (5.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (5.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Technical Operations Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
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 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (20.00%) Change Control
4 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (20.00%) DevOps
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 3 (15.00%) Data Management
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (15.00%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (15.00%) Service Management
5 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (15.00%) Test Management
5 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Change Management
6 2 (10.00%) ERP
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) 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 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (5.00%) IIBA
5 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (5.00%) PMP
5 1 (5.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) QA
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%) HP ALM
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%) HP
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
3 1 (5.00%) Workday