Release Engineer
England > London
The median Release Engineer daily rate in London is £420, 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 | |
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| Rank | 351 | 389 | 462 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +38 | +73 | +119 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Release Engineer | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in London | 0.016% | 0.011% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.017% | 0.012% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £364 | £555 | £550 |
| 25th Percentile | £384 | £600 | £608 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £688 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.91% | +10.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £459 | £763 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £481 | £800 | £798 |
| England median daily rate | £490 | £635 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.83% | +1.60% | -8.76% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title | 11,726 | 16,625 | 25,758 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.45% | 93.24% | 95.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,034 | 12,022 | 18,663 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £444 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £800 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 143 | 336 | 290 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.45 | £16.01 | £18.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.90 | £20.02 | £22.53 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.00 | £27.81 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.26% | -20.54% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £50.75 | £43.75 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.75 | £65.00 | £76.03 |
| England median hourly rate | £30.62 | £36.31 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.67% | -19.32% | +100.00% |
Release Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London
Job postings that featured Release Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.
Release Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Engineer in London.
Release Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| Central London | - | 1 | £490 | - | |
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Release Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Release Engineer 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 London region featuring Release Engineer in the job title.
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Release Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:
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