Release Management Contracts in the City of London

Release Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 111 130
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 +31
Contract jobs citing Release Management 11 19 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.61% 0.89% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.97% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 24
10th Percentile £410 £425 £425
25th Percentile £563 £475 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £638
90th Percentile - £750 £705
Central London median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -4.35%

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 1,705 1,952 3,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.84% 91.26% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,093 1,349 2,158
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 24
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -23.93% -18.83%
75th Percentile £56.75 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in the City of London

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 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) IIS
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Workday HCM
2 1 (9.09%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (9.09%) Boomi
1 1 (9.09%) Collibra
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (9.09%) Nutanix
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
1 1 (9.09%) Metadata
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Military
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
4 1 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Workday Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Change and Release Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Change Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Network Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Release Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Monitoring Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Operations Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Change Control
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Fault Management
4 1 (9.09%) Microservices
4 1 (9.09%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (9.09%) SDLC
4 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Use Case
4 1 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) WMI
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Workday
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) Citrix
3 1 (9.09%) Databricks
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (9.09%) Spotify