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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 96 108
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 +29
Contract jobs citing Release Management 25 26 28
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.36% 1.26% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.36% 1.26%
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% +20.91%
75th Percentile £767 £750 £775
90th Percentile £942 £963 £786
Central London median daily rate £656 £700 £688
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.74% +25.09%

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 1,658 1,907 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 92.21% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,165 1,592
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £761 £789 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%

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 24 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 1 (4.00%) Confluence
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (4.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (4.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (12.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) SaaS
4 2 (8.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) PaaS
5 1 (4.00%) Collibra
5 1 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
2 2 (8.00%) LAN
2 2 (8.00%) WAN
2 2 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.00%) Git
2 3 (12.00%) JIRA
3 2 (8.00%) Selenium
4 1 (4.00%) GitLab
4 1 (4.00%) JMeter
4 1 (4.00%) LoadRunner
4 1 (4.00%) REST Assured
4 1 (4.00%) TestNG
4 1 (4.00%) TestRail
General
1 13 (52.00%) Finance
2 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Banking
4 5 (20.00%) Financial Institution
5 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Law
7 1 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Environment Manager
3 2 (8.00%) Head of Release Management
3 2 (8.00%) Lead
3 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) IT Change Manager
4 1 (4.00%) PMO Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Tester
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (4.00%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Derivative
2 2 (8.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Unix
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (36.00%) DevOps
3 7 (28.00%) Agile
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (24.00%) Change Control
4 6 (24.00%) ITIL
5 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (20.00%) Process Improvement
6 4 (16.00%) Change Management
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (16.00%) Regression Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
7 3 (12.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (12.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (12.00%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) Perl
2 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (4.00%) IIBA
5 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (4.00%) PMP
5 1 (4.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) QA
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
3 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.00%) PMO
4 1 (4.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (4.00%) HP ALM
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) SCCM
3 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) Splunk
3 2 (8.00%) AppDynamics
3 2 (8.00%) Bloomberg
3 2 (8.00%) MarketAxess
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (8.00%) SAP
3 2 (8.00%) Tenable
3 2 (8.00%) Tradeweb
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.00%) HP
4 1 (4.00%) IBM
4 1 (4.00%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (4.00%) Planon
4 1 (4.00%) Workday