Release Manager Jobs in the Midlands

Release Manager
England > Midlands

The median Release Manager salary in the Midlands is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 317 313
Rank change year-on-year +69 -4 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Release Manager 6 7 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.085% 0.059% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.062% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £46,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £53,438 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +53.13% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £53,750
90th Percentile £64,375 £55,682 £58,750
England median annual salary £56,745 £64,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -11.34% +8.94% -2.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,513 11,208 8,288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 94.30% 89.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,852 8,340 4,647
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,123 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Manager in the Midlands

Release Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Release Manager in the Midlands

Release Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Release Manager in the Midlands

Release Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
West Midlands +62 4 £61,250 -3.92% 4
East Midlands +40 2 £53,750 +34.38% 3
Release Manager
England

Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 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 Midlands region featuring Release Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Release Management
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Terraform
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) ADO
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management

Release Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Release Management
2 3 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft