Release Management Contracts in England

Release Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 270 285
Rank change year-on-year -37 +15 +5
Contract jobs citing Release Management 207 303 417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.83% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.97% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 220 292
10th Percentile £313 £356 £426
25th Percentile £425 £450 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £533 £593
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -10.04% +10.23%
75th Percentile £675 £608 £682
90th Percentile £728 £685 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £584
% change year-on-year - -10.06% +8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £38.12
25th Percentile £84.83 £52.50 £51.05
Median hourly rate £91.69 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.71% - +27.17%
75th Percentile £98.56 £57.50 £86.56
90th Percentile - - £93.12
UK median hourly rate £91.69 £38.00 £64.38
% change year-on-year +141.29% -40.97% +48.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 24,651 31,309 42,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 85.64% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,798 20,359 30,046
10th Percentile £300 £308 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £669
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,312 2,212 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%
75th Percentile £54.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.70 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +50.94%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in England

Release Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +4 101 £626 +13.82% 72
North of England +35 42 £469 +12.00% 22
North West +43 36 £466 +30.74% 16
South East -4 35 £615 +6.96% 48
Midlands -14 12 £450 -5.26% 20
West Midlands -10 10 £450 -5.26% 10
East of England +10 8 £600 +68.42% 6
Yorkshire -2 6 £600 +26.32% 4
South West +23 4 £575 -24.59% 12
East Midlands -6 1 - - 9
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (5.80%) Confluence
2 5 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.93%) CICS
3 4 (1.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.45%) Apache
4 3 (1.45%) JBoss
4 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.97%) IIS
5 2 (0.97%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.97%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) Notion
6 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.42%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (2.42%) SAP SD
3 4 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (1.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.97%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.97%) Shopify
6 1 (0.48%) BambooHR
6 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 58 (28.02%) Azure
2 32 (15.46%) AWS
3 22 (10.63%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (5.80%) GitHub
5 10 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (4.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 10 (4.83%) GCP
6 8 (3.86%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.38%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.38%) SaaS
7 7 (3.38%) Serverless
8 6 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.90%) Nutanix
8 6 (2.90%) OCI
9 5 (2.42%) Azure AKS
9 5 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.93%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.80%) Firewall
2 6 (2.90%) SSL
3 5 (2.42%) DNS
4 4 (1.93%) Network Security
5 3 (1.45%) Broadband
5 3 (1.45%) DHCP
5 3 (1.45%) HTTPS
5 3 (1.45%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.45%) VPN
6 1 (0.48%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.48%) HTTP
6 1 (0.48%) Internet
6 1 (0.48%) LAN
6 1 (0.48%) MPLS
6 1 (0.48%) SDH
6 1 (0.48%) SSH
6 1 (0.48%) WAN
6 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.48%) Wireless
6 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.86%) Data Lake
2 7 (3.38%) MySQL
3 6 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.90%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.42%) Power BI
4 5 (2.42%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.45%) Metadata
5 3 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.48%) SSDT
7 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (13.53%) Jenkins
2 25 (12.08%) JIRA
3 19 (9.18%) Git
4 12 (5.80%) GitLab
5 8 (3.86%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.90%) JUnit
6 6 (2.90%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.42%) LSMW
8 3 (1.45%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.45%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.45%) Maven
8 3 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.45%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.97%) Ant
9 2 (0.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.97%) Postman
9 2 (0.97%) Selenium
10 1 (0.48%) JMeter
10 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 75 (36.23%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.15%) Finance
3 39 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.21%) Banking
5 13 (6.28%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.80%) Retail
7 7 (3.38%) Front Office
8 6 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.42%) Marketing
9 5 (2.42%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.93%) Legal
10 4 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.93%) Publishing
11 3 (1.45%) Automotive
11 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.45%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.45%) Military
12 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (14.98%) Release Manager
2 27 (13.04%) Developer
3 22 (10.63%) Architect
4 19 (9.18%) Senior
5 18 (8.70%) Lead
6 16 (7.73%) Analyst
6 16 (7.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (7.25%) Change Manager
8 14 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (6.28%) Change and Release Manager
10 12 (5.80%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (5.80%) Consultant
11 11 (5.31%) Service Manager
12 10 (4.83%) Java Developer
13 8 (3.86%) Project Manager
13 8 (3.86%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.38%) Service Transition Manager
14 7 (3.38%) Transition Manager
15 6 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
15 6 (2.90%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.76%) REST
2 11 (5.31%) RESTful
3 10 (4.83%) Kafka
4 9 (4.35%) React
5 8 (3.86%) .NET
5 8 (3.86%) AngularJS
5 8 (3.86%) EDI
6 7 (3.38%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.90%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (2.90%) Spring
8 5 (2.42%) BAPI
8 5 (2.42%) IDoc
8 5 (2.42%) Middleware
8 5 (2.42%) SAP ALE
8 5 (2.42%) SAP Fiori
9 4 (1.93%) CSS
9 4 (1.93%) HTML
9 4 (1.93%) XML
9 4 (1.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
2 6 (2.90%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.42%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.93%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.93%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.93%) VSAM
5 3 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.97%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.97%) CMDB
6 2 (0.97%) Derivative
6 2 (0.97%) Equities
6 2 (0.97%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (0.97%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.97%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.66%) Linux
2 12 (5.80%) Windows
3 6 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.42%) Unix
5 4 (1.93%) zOS
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (41.06%) Agile
2 73 (35.27%) DevOps
3 50 (24.15%) CI/CD
4 49 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (23.19%) ITIL
6 43 (20.77%) SDLC
7 40 (19.32%) Stakeholder Management
8 33 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (15.94%) Scrum
9 32 (15.46%) Change Management
10 30 (14.49%) Analytics
11 29 (14.01%) Configuration Management
12 25 (12.08%) Service Management
13 24 (11.59%) Project Management
13 24 (11.59%) Test Automation
14 23 (11.11%) Migration
15 21 (10.14%) Process Improvement
15 21 (10.14%) Service Delivery
16 17 (8.21%) Microservices
16 17 (8.21%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.43%) Python
2 27 (13.04%) SQL
3 17 (8.21%) Java
4 13 (6.28%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.86%) C#
5 8 (3.86%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.38%) Bash
7 5 (2.42%) ABAP
7 5 (2.42%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.93%) CLIST
8 4 (1.93%) JCL
8 4 (1.93%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.93%) REXX
9 2 (0.97%) Bicep
9 2 (0.97%) C++
9 2 (0.97%) Groovy
9 2 (0.97%) Ruby
10 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 33 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 30 (14.49%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.66%) Degree
4 11 (5.31%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (4.83%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.42%) PMP
9 4 (1.93%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.93%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.45%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.97%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.48%) HNC
12 1 (0.48%) HND
12 1 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.56%) QA
2 9 (4.35%) SLA
3 8 (3.86%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.45%) GDPR
5 3 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.45%) ITGC
5 3 (1.45%) PMO
6 2 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.97%) GRC
6 2 (0.97%) NIST
6 2 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (5.80%) Docker
2 6 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.93%) Time Sharing Option
4 3 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.48%) Firmware
6 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (10.14%) Kubernetes
1 21 (10.14%) Terraform
2 19 (9.18%) Ansible
3 6 (2.90%) Grafana
4 5 (2.42%) Puppet
5 4 (1.93%) CA Endevor
5 4 (1.93%) OMEGAMON
6 3 (1.45%) Podman
6 3 (1.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.97%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.97%) WMI
8 1 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.48%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.48%) Kibana
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.48%) SCCM
8 1 (0.48%) SCOM
8 1 (0.48%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.66%) Oracle
3 14 (6.76%) Salesforce
3 14 (6.76%) ServiceNow
4 12 (5.80%) Databricks
5 10 (4.83%) SAP
6 7 (3.38%) Splunk
7 6 (2.90%) Citrix
8 5 (2.42%) Atlassian
8 5 (2.42%) IBM
8 5 (2.42%) Liquidlogic
9 4 (1.93%) Remedy
9 4 (1.93%) VMware
9 4 (1.93%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.45%) Adobe
10 3 (1.45%) Avaloq
10 3 (1.45%) BMC
10 3 (1.45%) Workday
11 2 (0.97%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.97%) Spotify