Release Train Job Trends in Manchester

Release Train
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Release Train skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 138 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.072% 0.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
North West median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,100 2,051 3,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 74.30% 95.66% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,058 1,251 3,212
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,840 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Release Train job vacancy trend in Manchester

Release Train
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Release Train.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Release Train

Release Train
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Release Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Release Train Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) IT Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Servant Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Bloomberg