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 14 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 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 497 | 875 | 959 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +378 | +84 | +223 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Release Engineer | 225 | 3 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.41% | 0.003% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.45% | 0.003% | 0.015% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,825 | - | £59,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | - | £62,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | - | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,778 | - | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £95,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | - | £68,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +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 | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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 14 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 14 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 | +358 | 225 | £60,000 | - | 10 |
| Work from Home | +315 | 222 | £60,000 | - | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +255 | 72 | £60,000 | - | 8 |
| London | +182 | 70 | £42,150 | - | 1 |
| South East | +129 | 29 | £60,000 | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 26 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 9 | £85,253 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 3 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - |
Release Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 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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