Release Management Contracts in Scotland

Release Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 96 127
Rank change year-on-year -3 +31 +27
Contract jobs citing Release Management 26 18 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.52% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.11% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 13
10th Percentile £308 £358 -
25th Percentile £313 £378 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £555
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -14.41% +21.31%
75th Percentile £515 £525 £613
90th Percentile £547 £550 £625
UK median daily rate £519 £530 £600
% change year-on-year -2.17% -11.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £62.84
25th Percentile - - £63.83
Median hourly rate - £38.00 £66.56
Median % change year-on-year - -42.91% -
75th Percentile - - £68.20
90th Percentile - - £68.53
UK median hourly rate £90.85 £55.00 £66.56
% change year-on-year +65.17% -17.37% +2.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Release Management 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,559 1,621 2,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.38% 86.92% 91.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 853 999 1,592
10th Percentile £263 £213 £231
25th Percentile £375 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £540 £550
90th Percentile £600 £651 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 57 55
10th Percentile £16.63 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +3.49% -13.95%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £58.75
90th Percentile £27.99 £50.80 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
% change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in Scotland

Release Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Release Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Release Management in Scotland

Release Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Release Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Release Management in Scotland

Release Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Release Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Release Management in Scotland

Release Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Edinburgh +14 12 £516 -1.54% 2
Glasgow -16 11 £331 -28.43% 1
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) OCI
2 5 (19.23%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.85%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
1 1 (3.85%) Postman
1 1 (3.85%) Selenium
1 1 (3.85%) SpecFlow
1 1 (3.85%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 13 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Banking
4 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Release Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Service Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Software Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Software Release Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Specialist
3 2 (7.69%) Consultant
3 2 (7.69%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Oracle Specialist
3 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
4 1 (3.85%) Technical Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Test Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (11.54%) WebCenter
3 2 (7.69%) .NET
4 1 (3.85%) Gherkin
4 1 (3.85%) WireMock
4 1 (3.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) CMDB
2 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) Change Management
2 6 (23.08%) CI/CD
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Project Management
3 5 (19.23%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (19.23%) SDLC
3 5 (19.23%) Service Management
4 4 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (15.38%) DevOps
4 4 (15.38%) ITSM
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 3 (11.54%) Accounts Payable
5 3 (11.54%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy
5 3 (11.54%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (11.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) ProC
2 1 (3.85%) C#
2 1 (3.85%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
1 4 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.69%) ISEB
3 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (7.69%) PMO
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Snow