Release Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Release Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 344 371
Rank change year-on-year -53 +27 +24
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 418 533 628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.88% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.92% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 238 272 367
10th Percentile £34,925 £39,070 £35,450
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £56,082 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% +1.97% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £77,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Release Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,635 57,626 66,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.05% 95.63% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 41,208 29,573 41,244
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the UK excluding London

Release Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Release Management in the UK excluding London

Release Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK excluding London

Release Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
South East -12 107 £59,000 -1.67% 18
Midlands +13 91 £62,500 +25.00% 17
North of England -62 76 £55,000 -8.33% 7
West Midlands +11 68 £75,000 +50.00% 11
North West -16 62 £55,000 - 5
South West -21 45 £67,500 +3.85% 6
Scotland -33 38 £62,500 +5.93% 7
Wales +22 37 £55,000 +22.22% 2
East Midlands -2 23 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire -2 14 £32,500 -45.83% 2
East of England -18 12 £68,500 +24.55% 6
Northern Ireland +31 9 £70,000 - 1
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Release Management
UK

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 51 (12.20%) Apache
2 44 (10.53%) Oracle Service Bus
2 44 (10.53%) WebLogic
3 20 (4.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.15%) IIS
5 7 (1.67%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.44%) CMS
6 6 (1.44%) nginx
7 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.96%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.48%) Confluence
8 2 (0.48%) Liferay
8 2 (0.48%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.48%) SAS
8 2 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (14.59%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (10.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (10.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 20 (4.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (4.07%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 17 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (3.11%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (3.11%) iTrent
5 10 (2.39%) PlanetPress Connect
6 2 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 137 (32.78%) Azure
2 52 (12.44%) Amazon S3
3 45 (10.77%) AWS
3 45 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (7.66%) SaaS
6 30 (7.18%) Power Platform
7 28 (6.70%) Entra ID
8 21 (5.02%) Azure Monitor
8 21 (5.02%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (4.31%) PaaS
10 14 (3.35%) Azure Storage
10 14 (3.35%) GitHub
10 14 (3.35%) IaaS
10 14 (3.35%) Power Automate
11 13 (3.11%) GCP
11 13 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (3.11%) PowerApps
12 11 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 80 (19.14%) Firewall
2 56 (13.40%) VPN
3 54 (12.92%) Internet
4 49 (11.72%) IPsec
4 49 (11.72%) SNMP
5 28 (6.70%) DNS
6 25 (5.98%) DHCP
7 13 (3.11%) SD-WAN
7 13 (3.11%) WAN
8 12 (2.87%) LAN
9 7 (1.67%) BGP
9 7 (1.67%) EIGRP
9 7 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (1.67%) MPLS
9 7 (1.67%) OSPF
9 7 (1.67%) VLAN
9 7 (1.67%) VoIP
9 7 (1.67%) VRRP
9 7 (1.67%) Wireshark
9 7 (1.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (11.72%) Elasticsearch
1 49 (11.72%) MongoDB
2 47 (11.24%) Oracle Database
3 44 (10.53%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (10.53%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (10.53%) VLDB
4 43 (10.29%) SQL Server
5 27 (6.46%) Power BI
6 22 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (3.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (3.11%) BusinessObjects
10 10 (2.39%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.44%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
14 3 (0.72%) Big Data
14 3 (0.72%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (7.42%) JIRA
2 14 (3.35%) Git
2 14 (3.35%) Jenkins
2 14 (3.35%) SonarQube
2 14 (3.35%) TeamCity
3 10 (2.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (2.15%) Selenium
5 7 (1.67%) GitLab
5 7 (1.67%) Maven
6 6 (1.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (1.44%) RStudio
7 4 (0.96%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.96%) InstallShield
7 4 (0.96%) MSI
7 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.48%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.48%) JUnit
8 2 (0.48%) Moq
8 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 127 (30.38%) Finance
2 95 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 64 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.66%) Marketing
5 31 (7.42%) Retail
6 16 (3.83%) Legal
6 16 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.35%) Law
9 12 (2.87%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.91%) Back Office
11 8 (1.91%) Electronics
12 7 (1.67%) Banking
13 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.96%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.72%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.48%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 88 (21.05%) Analyst
2 67 (16.03%) Applications Support
3 61 (14.59%) Applications Support Analyst
3 61 (14.59%) Support Analyst
4 57 (13.64%) Consultant
5 49 (11.72%) NetApp Consultant
6 44 (10.53%) Oracle Analyst
6 44 (10.53%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 44 (10.53%) SQL Analyst
6 44 (10.53%) SQL Support Analyst
7 40 (9.57%) Lead
8 37 (8.85%) Senior
9 20 (4.78%) Active Directory Specialist
9 20 (4.78%) Azure Specialist
9 20 (4.78%) Developer
10 19 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 18 (4.31%) Applications Engineer
11 18 (4.31%) Architect
12 17 (4.07%) IT Manager
12 17 (4.07%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.72%) RabbitMQ
1 49 (11.72%) YAML
2 25 (5.98%) .NET
3 23 (5.50%) ARM Templates
4 13 (3.11%) React
5 11 (2.63%) Web Services
6 9 (2.15%) REST
7 8 (1.91%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (1.91%) Node.js
8 7 (1.67%) ASP.NET
8 7 (1.67%) HTML
9 6 (1.44%) CSS
9 6 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.44%) GraphQL
9 6 (1.44%) JSON
9 6 (1.44%) RESTful
10 5 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.20%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.20%) Kafka
10 5 (1.20%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.59%) Data Centre
2 27 (6.46%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.78%) PKI
4 18 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.35%) Client/Server
6 13 (3.11%) Cloud Native
7 11 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.91%) Analogue Electronics
9 8 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.67%) FMCG
10 7 (1.67%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.44%) Replication
12 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.96%) CMDB
13 4 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.96%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 150 (35.89%) Linux
2 106 (25.36%) Windows
3 53 (12.68%) Unix
4 49 (11.72%) Data ONTAP
5 44 (10.53%) Solaris
6 37 (8.85%) Windows Server
7 15 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.67%) Debian
8 7 (1.67%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.96%) VMS
9 4 (0.96%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.96%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.24%) CentOS
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (31.10%) Agile
2 119 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (25.12%) Actionable Insight
4 102 (24.40%) Project Management
5 99 (23.68%) ITIL
6 94 (22.49%) DevOps
7 62 (14.83%) ITSM
8 60 (14.35%) Incident Management
9 53 (12.68%) Performance Tuning
10 51 (12.20%) Project Planning
11 50 (11.96%) Infrastructure Management
12 49 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (11.72%) Storage Management
13 47 (11.24%) Capacity Planning
13 47 (11.24%) Change Management
13 47 (11.24%) CI/CD
13 47 (11.24%) Service Management
14 45 (10.77%) Performance Monitoring
15 44 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence
15 44 (10.53%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (22.25%) SQL
2 70 (16.75%) Python
3 51 (12.20%) C#
4 46 (11.00%) PL/SQL
5 36 (8.61%) PowerShell
6 26 (6.22%) VB
7 24 (5.74%) JavaScript
8 22 (5.26%) VBScript
9 20 (4.78%) T-SQL
10 18 (4.31%) Bash
11 15 (3.59%) Java
12 14 (3.35%) Bicep
13 12 (2.87%) Go
13 12 (2.87%) TypeScript
14 10 (2.39%) C
15 8 (1.91%) C++
16 6 (1.44%) R
17 4 (0.96%) VB.NET
18 3 (0.72%) PHP
18 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 113 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 101 (24.16%) Degree
3 80 (19.14%) SC Cleared
4 37 (8.85%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (4.07%) Azure Certification
7 14 (3.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.67%) CCDP
10 7 (1.67%) CCIE
10 7 (1.67%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.67%) CCNP
10 7 (1.67%) CISA
10 7 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.67%) CISSP
11 6 (1.44%) APMP
11 6 (1.44%) ISEB
11 6 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (0.96%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (20.57%) SLA
2 23 (5.50%) QA
3 15 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (3.11%) PMO
5 11 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.91%) NCSC
7 7 (1.67%) Data Quality
8 6 (1.44%) SOC 2
9 5 (1.20%) GDPR
10 3 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.72%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.24%) FISMA
11 1 (0.24%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.24%) IFRS
11 1 (0.24%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.24%) NIST
11 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 77 (18.42%) Docker
2 61 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (10.77%) Active Directory
4 44 (10.53%) Oracle RAC
5 25 (5.98%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (5.50%) Firmware
7 17 (4.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.67%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 113 (27.03%) Kubernetes
2 73 (17.46%) Ansible
3 49 (11.72%) Prometheus
3 49 (11.72%) vCenter Server
4 44 (10.53%) Data Guard
4 44 (10.53%) Oracle RMAN
4 44 (10.53%) Terraform
5 25 (5.98%) SCCM
6 21 (5.02%) SCOM
7 20 (4.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 18 (4.31%) WSUS
9 14 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (1.91%) NetBackup
10 8 (1.91%) Puppet
11 7 (1.67%) Nessus
11 7 (1.67%) Progress Chef
11 7 (1.67%) Rancher
12 6 (1.44%) Kibana
13 5 (1.20%) Argo
14 1 (0.24%) Salt
Vendors
1 114 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 80 (19.14%) VMware
3 51 (12.20%) Red Hat
4 49 (11.72%) NetApp
4 49 (11.72%) Oracle
4 49 (11.72%) Palo Alto
4 49 (11.72%) SolidFire
5 45 (10.77%) Remedy
6 44 (10.53%) Sun
7 32 (7.66%) SAP
8 13 (3.11%) Infor
9 10 (2.39%) FNZ
10 9 (2.15%) Databricks
11 7 (1.67%) Cisco
11 7 (1.67%) Ekahau
11 7 (1.67%) McAfee
11 7 (1.67%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.44%) Alteryx
12 6 (1.44%) Google
12 6 (1.44%) ServiceNow