Release Manager Contracts in the North of England

Release Manager
England > North of England

The median Release Manager daily rate in the North of England is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 176 197
Rank change year-on-year +23 +21 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Release Manager 15 4 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.45% 0.085% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.091% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
10th Percentile £319 - £459
25th Percentile £330 £356 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £363 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -34.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £428 £369 £575
90th Percentile £486 - £586
England median daily rate £471 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -21.50% +11.63% +7.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,097 4,374 5,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 93.00% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,716 3,702
10th Percentile £235 £263 £275
25th Percentile £375 £385 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £595
90th Percentile £638 £670 £688
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 425 161
10th Percentile £12.79 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £14.34 £12.86 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.36 £22.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -26.67% +55.88%
75th Percentile £46.89 £46.91 £48.98
90th Percentile £74.38 £64.50 £66.00
England median hourly rate £29.30 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.87% -16.67% +91.49%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Release Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in the North of England

Release Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Release Manager in the North of England

Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Manager in the North of England

Release Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West +21 14 £388 +6.90% 13
North East - 1 - - 3
Release Manager
England

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Release Manager 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 North of England region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (53.33%) Release Management
3 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 6 (40.00%) Change Management
4 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (40.00%) DevOps
5 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
6 4 (26.67%) Test Management
6 4 (26.67%) Service Management
7 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 3 (20.00%) Splunk
7 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
7 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (20.00%) Terraform
7 3 (20.00%) Grafana
8 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.67%) Oracle
9 1 (6.67%) ERP
9 1 (6.67%) Military
9 1 (6.67%) Regression Testing
9 1 (6.67%) Supplier Management

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Release Management
3 7 (46.67%) Agile
4 6 (40.00%) Change Management
4 6 (40.00%) DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Service Management
5 4 (26.67%) Test Management
6 3 (20.00%) Configuration Management
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.67%) Business Change Management
7 1 (6.67%) Defect Management
7 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
7 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery
7 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 1 (6.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Grafana
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Splunk
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle