Software Release Engineer Contract Job Trends
Software Release Engineer
UK
The median Software Release Engineer daily rate in the UK is £330, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 701 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Software Release Engineer jobs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.005% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.006% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £330 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £335 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £318 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 51,264 | 32,321 | 34,091 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.79% | 90.95% | 92.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30,096 | 20,520 | 20,585 |
| 10th Percentile | £330 | £279 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £621 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,389 | 1,870 | 1,281 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £14.19 | £15.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.23 | £17.87 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £53.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.73 | £70.00 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
Software Release Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Software Release Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Software Release Engineer Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Release Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Software Release Engineer Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Release Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Software Release Engineer Top 5 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Software Release Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | - | 3 | £330 | - | 7 |
| North West | - | 2 | £318 | - | 5 |
| UK excluding London | - | 2 | £318 | - | 6 |
| North of England | - | 2 | £318 | - | 5 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | £335 | - | 2 |
Software Release Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Software Release Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Software Release Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Release Management | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Ansible | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Atlassian Bamboo | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | AWS | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Azure | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Bash | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Bitbucket | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Change Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Configuration Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Deployment Automation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | DevOps | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | GCP | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Git | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | GitHub | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | GitLab | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Jenkins | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | PowerShell | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Python | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | ServiceNow | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Stakeholder Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Terraform | 66.7% | 2 |
| 24 | ARM Templates | 33.3% | 1 |
| 24 | Asset Management | 33.3% | 1 |
| 24 | Continuous Improvement | 33.3% | 1 |
| 24 | 33.3% | 1 | |
| 24 | GRC | 33.3% | 1 |
| 24 | Infrastructure as Code | 33.3% | 1 |
| 24 | Infrastructure Engineering | 33.3% | 1 |
Software Release Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Configuration Management Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Release and Configuration Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Software Configuration Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |