Release Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Release Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Release Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 172 111
Rank change year-on-year +6 -61 +84
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 8 11 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.20% 0.32% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.35% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 51
10th Percentile £46,100 £48,925 £50,000
25th Percentile - £50,757 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,252 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -0.48% -10.98%
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,938 £62,100
90th Percentile £65,950 £67,500 £74,250
South East median annual salary £27,500 £60,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -54.17% +6.15% +2.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Release Management 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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,239 3,179 3,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.20% 91.51% 90.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,730 1,472 2,225
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Release Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Release Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Release Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Release Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Release Management

Release Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the Thames Valley

Release Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -3 5 £56,250 0.00% 4
Buckinghamshire - 3 £50,000 - 3
Release Management
South East

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Boomi
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 1 (12.50%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Support
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Lead DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Microservices
4 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
4 1 (12.50%) People Management
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Apex Code
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) Control-M
2 1 (12.50%) Kibana
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Dell
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) JD Edwards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce