Software Release Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Release Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Release Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Release Manager 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
UK median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 78,205 30,688 52,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 89.33% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,314 17,458 30,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Software Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Release Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Software Release Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Release Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Software Release Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Release Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Software Release Manager
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 Software Release Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Scotland - 6 £100,000 - 3
Software Release Manager
UK

Software Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Software Release Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Software Release Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Databricks
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 2 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering

Software Release Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Law
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Storage Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks