Release Manager Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Release Manager
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Release Manager daily rate in Hertfordshire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 45 71
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.32% 0.45% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.48% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £408 -
25th Percentile £413 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 £413
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £438 £434 £419
90th Percentile - £436 -
East of England median daily rate £425 £420 £413
% change year-on-year +1.19% +1.82% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 550 417 669
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.28% 94.77% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 179 378
10th Percentile £222 £267 £271
25th Percentile £413 £338 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% -7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £750 £650 £725
East of England median daily rate £493 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +9.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 99 155
10th Percentile £17.65 £15.42 £18.65
25th Percentile £23.38 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.50 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £32.74 £47.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year -31.08% +17.94% +103.31%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Release Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Release Manager job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Release Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA