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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 99 107
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 +28
Contract jobs citing Release Management 27 26 29
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.50% 1.25% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.36% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 12
10th Percentile £470 £548 £429
25th Percentile £513 £563 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £700 £665
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +18.22%
75th Percentile £767 £750 £778
90th Percentile £942 £963 £934
Central London median daily rate £656 £700 £688
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.74% +22.31%

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 1,639 1,916 2,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.90% 91.98% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,167 1,626
10th Percentile £339 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £690
90th Percentile £762 £788 £805
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £16.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +62.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £43.33 £97.38 £42.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £124.75 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +37.25% -37.04%

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 17 December 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 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.70%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) SaaS
4 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 2 (7.41%) Collibra
4 2 (7.41%) PaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Nutanix
5 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (7.41%) LAN
2 2 (7.41%) WAN
2 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.70%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Metadata
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
2 3 (11.11%) Git
2 3 (11.11%) JIRA
3 2 (7.41%) Selenium
4 1 (3.70%) GitLab
4 1 (3.70%) JMeter
4 1 (3.70%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.70%) REST Assured
4 1 (3.70%) TestNG
4 1 (3.70%) TestRail
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (18.52%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.41%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Analyst
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Environment Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Governance Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Head of Release Management
3 2 (7.41%) Lead
3 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Change Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) IT Change Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Monitoring Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Product Owner
4 1 (3.70%) QA Tester
4 1 (3.70%) Release Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Tester
4 1 (3.70%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.41%) Derivative
2 2 (7.41%) Fixed Income
2 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
1 3 (11.11%) Unix
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (33.33%) DevOps
2 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 6 (22.22%) Change Control
4 6 (22.22%) ITIL
5 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
5 5 (18.52%) Process Improvement
5 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (14.81%) Change Management
6 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.81%) Data Management
6 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.81%) Regression Testing
6 4 (14.81%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (11.11%) Test Management
7 3 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.41%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.70%) IIBA
5 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.70%) PMP
5 1 (3.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) QA
2 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (11.11%) GDPR
3 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.70%) PMO
4 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Ansible
2 2 (7.41%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (3.70%) HP ALM
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.70%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) WMI
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.11%) Splunk
3 2 (7.41%) AppDynamics
3 2 (7.41%) Bloomberg
3 2 (7.41%) MarketAxess
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Tenable
3 2 (7.41%) Tradeweb
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.70%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (3.70%) Planon
4 1 (3.70%) Spotify
4 1 (3.70%) Workday