Release Management Job Trends

Release Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Release Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 410 390
Rank change year-on-year -68 -20 -36
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 188 324 488
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.63% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.68% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 128 196 362
10th Percentile £26,250 £50,500 £40,575
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,300 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £72,483
90th Percentile £92,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,136 47,352 64,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.03% 91.66% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,240 22,667 50,432
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Release Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Release Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Management

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 February 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
England -44 176 £67,500 +8.00% 92
London +10 95 £72,500 +11.54% 47
UK excluding London -52 83 £58,000 -3.33% 60
Work from Home +4 70 £59,450 -4.88% 66
South East +27 23 £27,500 -54.17% 25
Midlands -30 20 £70,000 +23.35% 5
West Midlands -16 18 £70,000 +21.74% 5
South West -16 14 £62,500 -3.29% 7
North of England -30 12 £60,000 - 13
East of England +18 8 £59,450 -15.07% 6
North West +8 6 £60,000 -11.11% 7
Scotland -19 5 £22,129 -64.80% 3
Yorkshire -29 5 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Wales +2 2 £48,500 - 1
East Midlands -10 2 £70,000 +75.00%
North East - 1 £82,500 - 1

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 15 (7.98%) WebSphere
2 14 (7.45%) Tomcat
2 14 (7.45%) WebSphere Application Server
3 12 (6.38%) Apache Spark
4 8 (4.26%) Confluence
5 5 (2.66%) CMS
6 3 (1.60%) Apache
6 3 (1.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.53%) IIS
8 1 (0.53%) JBoss
8 1 (0.53%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (6.38%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.53%) Maya
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.60%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.60%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.06%) Endur
4 2 (1.06%) EuroRunner
4 2 (1.06%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.06%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.06%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.85%) Azure
2 42 (22.34%) AWS
3 28 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.91%) GCP
5 12 (6.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 11 (5.85%) Power Platform
7 10 (5.32%) Amazon EMR
7 10 (5.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 8 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.26%) Serverless
9 7 (3.72%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.72%) SaaS
10 6 (3.19%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.66%) dbt
11 5 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.66%) Power Automate
11 5 (2.66%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.66%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.45%) SSL
2 6 (3.19%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) Intranet
3 1 (0.53%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (12.23%) Relational Database
3 22 (11.70%) SQL Server
4 14 (7.45%) DB2
4 14 (7.45%) MongoDB
4 14 (7.45%) NoSQL
5 13 (6.91%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (6.91%) DynamoDB
6 11 (5.85%) MySQL
7 10 (5.32%) Apache Cassandra
7 10 (5.32%) Big Data
7 10 (5.32%) DataStage
7 10 (5.32%) Hadoop
7 10 (5.32%) Neo4j
7 10 (5.32%) Pentaho
7 10 (5.32%) RDBMS
7 10 (5.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.66%) Metadata
8 5 (2.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (10.11%) JIRA
2 13 (6.91%) Git
3 8 (4.26%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.06%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.06%) JMeter
4 2 (1.06%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.06%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.53%) Ant
5 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) Maven
5 1 (0.53%) NUnit
5 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.53%) Subversion
5 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 77 (40.96%) Finance
3 39 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.36%) Banking
5 19 (10.11%) Law
6 16 (8.51%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.72%) Front Office
7 7 (3.72%) Marketing
8 6 (3.19%) Retail
9 4 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.13%) Legal
9 4 (2.13%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Back Office
12 1 (0.53%) Games
12 1 (0.53%) Local Government
12 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (19.15%) Lead
2 33 (17.55%) Analyst
3 30 (15.96%) Applications Support
4 25 (13.30%) Support Analyst
5 22 (11.70%) Senior
6 14 (7.45%) Linux Support
6 14 (7.45%) Technical Support
7 13 (6.91%) Developer
7 13 (6.91%) IT Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) Applications Support Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) IT Support
8 12 (6.38%) IT Support Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) Technical Analyst
8 12 (6.38%) Technical Support Analyst
9 11 (5.85%) IT Manager
10 10 (5.32%) Principal Engineer
10 10 (5.32%) Service Manager
10 10 (5.32%) Software Manager
11 9 (4.79%) Infrastructure Support
11 9 (4.79%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.30%) .NET
2 14 (7.45%) LAPP Stack
2 14 (7.45%) LDAP
2 14 (7.45%) WebSphere MQ
3 12 (6.38%) React
4 9 (4.79%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.72%) REST
6 4 (2.13%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.13%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.13%) CSS
6 4 (2.13%) HTML
7 3 (1.60%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (1.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.60%) OAuth
7 3 (1.60%) PySpark
8 2 (1.06%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.06%) Next.js
8 2 (1.06%) Pandas
8 2 (1.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.74%) Management Information System
2 20 (10.64%) Product Ownership
3 14 (7.45%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.45%) Linux Command Line
3 14 (7.45%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.85%) Reinsurance
5 10 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.19%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.13%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.60%) Derivative
8 3 (1.60%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.60%) Equities
9 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.06%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.89%) Windows
2 18 (9.57%) Linux
3 15 (7.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (7.98%) Unix
4 8 (4.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (33.51%) Agile
2 57 (30.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (27.66%) DevOps
4 51 (27.13%) CI/CD
5 49 (26.06%) ITIL
5 49 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (21.28%) Change Management
7 38 (20.21%) Roadmaps
8 33 (17.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (16.49%) Service Management
10 26 (13.83%) Analytics
11 24 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
11 24 (12.77%) SDLC
11 24 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (11.70%) ETL
12 22 (11.70%) Software Engineering
13 20 (10.64%) Collaborative Culture
13 20 (10.64%) Incident Management
13 20 (10.64%) ITSM
14 19 (10.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 55 (29.26%) SQL
2 38 (20.21%) Python
3 16 (8.51%) Java
4 12 (6.38%) PowerShell
5 11 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 10 (5.32%) C#
7 6 (3.19%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.13%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.60%) Bicep
10 2 (1.06%) Bash
10 2 (1.06%) PHP
11 1 (0.53%) ABAP
11 1 (0.53%) Go
11 1 (0.53%) Groovy
11 1 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (14.89%) Degree
2 19 (10.11%) ITIL Certification
3 16 (8.51%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.19%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.19%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.60%) MBA
7 2 (1.06%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.06%) PMP
7 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.02%) QA
2 20 (10.64%) SLA
3 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.13%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.06%) GAAP
5 2 (1.06%) IFRS
5 2 (1.06%) PMO
5 2 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
6 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.66%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.66%) Terraform
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
4 2 (1.06%) Grafana
4 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.53%) Argo
5 1 (0.53%) Control-M
5 1 (0.53%) Kibana
5 1 (0.53%) Podman
5 1 (0.53%) Puppet
5 1 (0.53%) SCCM
5 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (18.62%) ServiceNow
2 33 (17.55%) Microsoft
3 24 (12.77%) Salesforce
4 20 (10.64%) Oracle
5 17 (9.04%) IBM
6 14 (7.45%) Red Hat
7 10 (5.32%) Informatica
7 10 (5.32%) Talend
8 5 (2.66%) Remedy
8 5 (2.66%) SAP
9 4 (2.13%) BMC
9 4 (2.13%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.60%) Databricks
11 2 (1.06%) Conga
11 2 (1.06%) Dell
11 2 (1.06%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.06%) JD Edwards
11 2 (1.06%) Trayport
12 1 (0.53%) NEC
12 1 (0.53%) VMware