Release Manager Contracts in Edinburgh

Release Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Release Manager daily rate in Edinburgh is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.64% - 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £377 - £504
25th Percentile £401 - £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - £543
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.69%
75th Percentile £526 - £557
90th Percentile £556 - £562
Scotland median daily rate £385 - £543
% change year-on-year - - +10.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 581 778 1,245
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.46% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 441 887
10th Percentile £211 £206 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £479 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% +0.84% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £545
90th Percentile £638 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 55 12
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.62
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £50.00 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -55.13% +135.18% -10.48%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 £66.00 £54.43
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in Edinburgh

Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Manager in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Release Manager in Edinburgh

Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Manager in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Manager in Edinburgh

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Release Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Release Train
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Release Train
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management