Release Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Release Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Release Manager salary in Edinburgh is £78,441 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 110 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Release Manager 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 0.066% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.069% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £74,083 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,441 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.59% - -
75th Percentile £82,798 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £78,441 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.59% +42.86% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 773 1,451 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 96.16% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 336 1,026 1,083
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,366
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £82,563 £71,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in Edinburgh

Release Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Release Manager in Edinburgh

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 30 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 Edinburgh region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Coaching
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Coaching
1 6 (85.71%) Release Train
1 6 (85.71%) Servant Leadership
1 6 (85.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Publishing
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) JIRA
3 3 (42.86%) Commercialisation
3 3 (42.86%) ISO 20022
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
3 3 (42.86%) Confluence
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (42.86%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Publishing
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) Agile Coaching
1 6 (85.71%) Coaching
1 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Release Train
1 6 (85.71%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
1 6 (85.71%) Servant Leadership
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) Commercialisation
3 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Matrix Management
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 20022
3 Release Manager jobs in Scotland