Release Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Release Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Release Manager salary in Birmingham is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 149 130
Rank change year-on-year +50 -19 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Release Manager 4 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.28% 0.036% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.038% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £53,875 - -
25th Percentile £57,813 £61,360 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £63,749 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +21.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,137 £56,250
90th Percentile - - £60,750
West Midlands median annual salary £61,250 £63,749 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.92% +21.43% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,329 2,602 1,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 94.28% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 777 2,117 1,390
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,964 £81,525
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in Birmingham

Release Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Manager in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Release Manager in Birmingham

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Release Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform
3 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) ADO
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Release Management
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft