Release Management Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Release Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Release Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 59 74
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +12
Contract jobs citing Release Management 2 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.66% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.70% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £339 £511
25th Percentile £825 £426 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% -6.98% +22.23%
75th Percentile £875 £544 £550
90th Percentile - £578 £569
Scotland median daily rate £568 £513 £524
% change year-on-year +10.73% -2.15% +23.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £38.00
Scotland median hourly rate - - £38.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 541 570 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.42% 93.90% 90.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 309 487
10th Percentile £193 £193 £225
25th Percentile £406 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £639
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 25
10th Percentile £17.23 £20.30 £13.26
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.02 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.56% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £72.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.22% +20.97% +12.54%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Release Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Release Management
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Release Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Release Management

Release Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Release Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Release Management

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Report Writer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft