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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 629 740 701
Rank change year-on-year +111 -39 +295
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 12 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.028% 0.011% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.013% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 10
10th Percentile - £53,625 £59,225
25th Percentile - £55,313 £62,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £71,750
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -19.86% -10.31%
75th Percentile - £68,438 £81,563
90th Percentile - £85,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £57,500 £71,750
% change year-on-year +39.13% -19.86% -10.31%

All Process and 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 38,327 54,773 49,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 89.13% 82.24% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 21,662 29,728 37,637
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £33,160
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% -3.28% -

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Release Train as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train 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 30 September 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 +73 8 £80,000 -15.79%
North of England +15 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
Release Train
UK

Release Train
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) Miro
1 1 (8.33%) Stripe
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Change Portfolio Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Product Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Lead Product Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Release Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Release Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Release Train Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 2 (16.67%) Online Banking
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Private Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Creative Thinking
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Experience
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 3 (25.00%) Analytics
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (25.00%) Journey Map
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Scrum
5 3 (25.00%) User Experience
5 3 (25.00%) Validation
6 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Arista
1 1 (8.33%) Bloomberg
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco