Release Engineer
UK
The median Release Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 497 | 905 | 947 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +408 | +42 | +235 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Release Engineer | 224 | 5 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.41% | 0.005% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.45% | 0.005% | 0.019% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,825 | - | £47,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,831 | £56,250 | £62,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -17.86% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,778 | £58,750 | £77,297 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,626 | £57,500 | £68,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.31% | -16.06% | +30.48% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Release Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Release Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Release Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Engineer.
Release Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Release Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| England | +371 | 224 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 78 |
| Work from Home | +319 | 221 | £72,626 | +26.31% | 5 |
| UK excluding London | +263 | 71 | £72,626 | +26.31% | 77 |
| London | +188 | 70 | £42,150 | - | 8 |
| South East | +117 | 28 | £60,000 | - | 18 |
| East of England | - | 26 | - | - | 13 |
| South West | +126 | 9 | £85,253 | +48.27% | 10 |
| North of England | - | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | - | - | 17 |
| North West | - | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Release Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Release Engineer 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 featuring Release Engineer in the job title.
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Release Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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