Release Train Job Trends in England

Release Train
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Release Train skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 677 640
Rank change year-on-year +73 -37 +267
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 8 3 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.006% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.007% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £80,625 - £68,750
25th Percentile £81,563 - £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 - £80,000
75th Percentile £86,563 - £95,000
90th Percentile £87,875 - £110,000
UK median annual salary £83,750 - £80,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Release Train falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,784 44,895 41,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.28% 90.18% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,500 22,481 31,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Release Train relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Release Train job vacancy trend in England

Release Train
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Release Train

Release Train
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 Train within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
London +62 4 £80,000 - 3
North of England +14 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £87,500 - 2
East of England - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £87,500 - 2
Release Train
UK

Release Train
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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Miro
1 1 (12.50%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Games
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Release Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Release Train Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Principal Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Technology Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technology Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) Coaching
3 3 (37.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
3 3 (37.50%) IT Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Line Management
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (25.00%) Servant Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Bloomberg