Release Train Contract Job Trends in England

Release Train
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Release Train skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 485 538
Rank change year-on-year -27 +53 +124
Contract jobs citing Release Train 31 4 26
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.094% 0.015% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.017% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 15
10th Percentile £466 £377 £555
25th Percentile £490 £418 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £490 £675
Median % change year-on-year +24.49% -27.41% +10.66%
75th Percentile £744 £541 £763
90th Percentile £875 £569 £800
UK median daily rate £623 £490 £675
% change year-on-year +27.04% -27.41% +15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Release Train 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 28,849 23,705 33,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.71% 89.48% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,454 14,499 22,354
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £619 £643 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,790 754 1,912
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -3.47% +2.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.12
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Release Train job vacancy trend in England

Release Train
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train

Release Train
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Train in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Release Train in England

Release Train
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train

Release Train
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 Train within the England region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. 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 -23 12 £475 +13.10% 3
Midlands - 5 £610 - 1
South East - 4 £688 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £620 - 1
South West -21 2 - -
North of England - 2 £497 - 4
North West - 2 £497 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £480 -
East of England - 1 £493 - 2
Release Train
UK

Release Train
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (12.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) AWS
2 4 (12.90%) OpenShift
3 3 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.45%) Apple Pay
4 2 (6.45%) GCP
4 2 (6.45%) Google Pay
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.23%) Azure
5 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.23%) Collibra
5 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.23%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Serverless
5 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (3.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Tableau
2 1 (3.23%) Apache Iceberg
2 1 (3.23%) Delta Lake
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.23%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.23%) ThoughtSpot
2 1 (3.23%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 8 (25.81%) JIRA
General
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
4 4 (12.90%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Electronics
5 3 (9.68%) Retail
6 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (6.45%) Marketing
6 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.23%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Scrum Master
2 4 (12.90%) Consultant
2 4 (12.90%) Migration Manager
2 4 (12.90%) Release Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Release Train Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Technology Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Product Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Developer
5 1 (3.23%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Software Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Kafka
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (32.26%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.90%) Client/Server
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Digital Wallet
3 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Android
1 2 (6.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (96.77%) Agile
2 20 (64.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (45.16%) Scrum
6 11 (35.48%) Coaching
7 9 (29.03%) Roadmaps
8 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (22.58%) Migration
9 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (22.58%) Product Management
10 6 (19.35%) CI/CD
10 6 (19.35%) Epics
10 6 (19.35%) Mentoring
11 5 (16.13%) Acceptance Criteria
11 5 (16.13%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (16.13%) Data Engineering
11 5 (16.13%) Data Protection
12 4 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) OCP
3 4 (12.90%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (9.68%) PgMP
4 3 (9.68%) PMI Certification
4 3 (9.68%) PMP
5 2 (6.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) GDPR
1 4 (12.90%) PERC
2 3 (9.68%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Google
1 3 (9.68%) Samsung
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle
2 2 (6.45%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (3.23%) Databricks
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) Informatica
3 1 (3.23%) MicroStrategy