Release Manager Job Trends in England

Release Manager
UK > England

The median Release Manager salary in England is £69,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 638 666
Rank change year-on-year +54 +28 +244
Permanent jobs requiring a Release Manager 14 33 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.027% 0.068% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.074% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 27
10th Percentile £54,250 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,125 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £92,813 £66,159 £74,750
90th Percentile £102,250 £75,714 £75,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +31.43% -19.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 47,440 44,776 47,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29,933 23,492 36,893
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Release Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Release Manager job vacancy trend in England

Release Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Release Manager job vacancies in England

Release Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Manager in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Manager in England

Release Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +35 6 £55,250 -7.92% 5
London +34 3 £100,000 +66.67% 2
East of England - 3 - -
West Midlands +31 1 - - 2
North of England +20 1 £82,500 +10.00%
Midlands +17 1 - - 2
Yorkshire -15 1 £82,500 +10.00%
Release Manager
UK

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Release Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Release Management
2 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Confluence
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) JIRA
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Product Management
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 2 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Ansible
4 1 (7.14%) Application Security
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.14%) CISSP
4 1 (7.14%) Coaching
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (7.14%) Culture Change
4 1 (7.14%) Defect Management

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Release Management
2 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Product Management
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Regression Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Secrets Management
4 1 (7.14%) Static Application Security Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce