Hybrid/Remote Software Release Engineer Contract Job Trends
Software Release Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Software Release Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £335, 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 | 384 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Software Release Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.007% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.008% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £335 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £330 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and 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 remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 12,854 | 9,596 | 11,380 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.90% | 93.72% | 93.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8,086 | 6,305 | 7,144 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £325 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £515 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -1.90% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £625 | £631 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £738 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 774 | 341 | 208 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.32 | £15.09 | £19.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.35 | £20.66 | £23.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.41% | +6.25% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.78 | £69.65 | £72.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
Software Release Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Software Release Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Software Release Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
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 jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ansible | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | ARM Templates | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Atlassian Bamboo | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Azure DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Bash | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Bitbucket | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Change Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Configuration Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Deployment Automation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Git | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitHub | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GitLab | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | 100.0% | 1 | |
| 1 | GRC | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Jenkins | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Operational Resilience | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | PowerShell | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | QA | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Regulatory Compliance | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Release Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Runbook | 100.0% | 1 |
Software Release Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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% | 1 |
| 1 | Release and Configuration Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Software Configuration Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |