Release Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Release Manager
England > Midlands

The median Release Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 127 144
Rank change year-on-year -19 +17 +52
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 18 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.63% 0.22% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.24% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 1
10th Percentile £508 - -
25th Percentile £509 £196 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +55.56% -10.45%
75th Percentile £539 £750 -
90th Percentile £540 - -
England median daily rate £523 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -9.91% +5.45% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,558 2,475 2,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 92.73% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,684 1,546 1,875
10th Percentile £231 £231 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £499 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% +5.05% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 99 119
10th Percentile £13.43 £12.58 £13.85
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £16.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.60 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +18.00% +13.90%
75th Percentile £30.29 £33.65 £32.77
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.37% +58.64%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Release Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Release Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
West Midlands -11 18 £525 -25.00% 4
Release Manager
England

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 October 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 Midlands region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Oracle
1 17 (94.44%) SAS
1 17 (94.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
1 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 16 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 16 (88.89%) SC Cleared
3 15 (83.33%) Data Integration
3 15 (83.33%) Migration
4 14 (77.78%) Configuration Management
5 13 (72.22%) Software Testing
6 12 (66.67%) Validation
7 8 (44.44%) Analytics
7 8 (44.44%) DevOps
7 8 (44.44%) Oracle Database
8 7 (38.89%) Release Management
9 6 (33.33%) AWS
9 6 (33.33%) Defect Management
9 6 (33.33%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
9 6 (33.33%) Visual Analytics
10 5 (27.78%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (27.78%) Azure
10 5 (27.78%) PaaS
11 4 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
11 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
12 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
12 3 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
13 2 (11.11%) Agile
13 2 (11.11%) Microsoft

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 17 (94.44%) SAS
2 5 (27.78%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (94.44%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 8 (44.44%) Oracle Database
3 6 (33.33%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 15 (83.33%) Data Integration
2 15 (83.33%) Migration
3 14 (77.78%) Configuration Management
4 13 (72.22%) Software Testing
5 12 (66.67%) Validation
6 8 (44.44%) Analytics
6 8 (44.44%) DevOps
7 7 (38.89%) Release Management
8 6 (33.33%) Defect Management
8 6 (33.33%) Test Strategy
8 6 (33.33%) Visual Analytics
9 4 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
10 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
10 3 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
11 2 (11.11%) Agile
11 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 1 (5.56%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 17 (94.44%) Security Cleared
2 16 (88.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce