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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 106 127
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 +29
Contract jobs citing Release Management 17 23 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.96% 1.11% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.20% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 17
10th Percentile £491 £425 £405
25th Percentile £513 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £643 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.84% +16.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £705
90th Percentile £700 £745 £780
Central London median daily rate £560 £621 £611
% change year-on-year -9.86% +1.64% +1.88%

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 1,661 1,913 2,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.27% 92.02% 90.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,212 1,878
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

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

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 September 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 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) IIS
2 1 (5.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Workday HCM
2 1 (5.88%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (5.88%) Collibra
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.88%) Nutanix
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) SSH
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Lake
1 1 (5.88%) Metadata
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
2 1 (5.88%) TestNG
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Change Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Data Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Release Management
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) IT Change Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Monitoring Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Tester
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
1 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 3 (17.65%) Information Security
2 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
2 3 (17.65%) Remediation Plan
2 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.76%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (11.76%) DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
1 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.88%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Salesforce
2 2 (11.76%) Tenable
2 2 (11.76%) Workday
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Citrix
3 1 (5.88%) Databricks
3 1 (5.88%) IBM
3 1 (5.88%) Planon
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Spotify