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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 398 315
Rank change year-on-year -71 -83 +61
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 197 378 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.56% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.68% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 129 236 386
10th Percentile £26,250 £45,680 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,580 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,430 £74,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £57,013 £56,525
% change year-on-year -14.93% +0.86% +2.77%

All Process and 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 43,586 55,994 49,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.08% 82.59% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26,170 29,448 38,129
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,063 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.53% +2.98% -

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 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
England -30 180 £60,000 - 196
UK excluding London -36 101 £48,500 -14.93% 150
London +8 90 £82,500 +20.00% 96
Work from Home +23 84 £72,500 +13.28% 78
South East +3 34 £27,500 -51.35% 71
Midlands +6 22 £42,500 -26.09% 18
West Midlands +8 21 £42,500 -26.09% 7
North of England -4 20 £43,750 -16.67% 26
South West +40 9 £53,750 -15.02% 11
Wales +14 9 £48,500 -11.82% 2
Yorkshire -6 9 £60,000 +14.29% 10
North West +17 6 £102,500 +156.25% 16
Scotland -7 6 £22,129 -65.96% 1
North East - 5 £35,000 -
East of England +20 3 £55,000 -6.38% 16
East Midlands +12 1 £60,000 +9.09% 10

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 19 (9.64%) WebSphere
2 16 (8.12%) Tomcat
2 16 (8.12%) WebSphere Application Server
3 15 (7.61%) Confluence
3 15 (7.61%) IIS
4 10 (5.08%) Apache Spark
5 9 (4.57%) Apache
5 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (4.06%) SharePoint
7 5 (2.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (2.03%) CMS
9 3 (1.52%) JBoss
10 2 (1.02%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.51%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.51%) nginx
11 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (10.66%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (6.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (6.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.02%) Endur
3 2 (1.02%) EuroRunner
3 2 (1.02%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (1.02%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.51%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.51%) Magento
4 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.35%) AWS
1 46 (23.35%) Azure
2 23 (11.68%) GitHub
3 21 (10.66%) SaaS
4 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (5.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 10 (5.08%) GCP
5 10 (5.08%) Serverless
6 9 (4.57%) Amazon S3
6 9 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (4.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 8 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.06%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.55%) Amazon EMR
8 7 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.05%) PowerApps
9 6 (3.05%) Route 53
9 6 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.66%) SSL
2 7 (3.55%) SAN
2 7 (3.55%) WAN
3 6 (3.05%) Internet
4 5 (2.54%) LAN
4 5 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.54%) VoIP
5 3 (1.52%) Firewall
6 2 (1.02%) Network Security
6 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.02%) VPN
7 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.51%) FTP
7 1 (0.51%) Intranet
7 1 (0.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (22.34%) SQL Server
2 25 (12.69%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (8.12%) DB2
3 16 (8.12%) MySQL
4 11 (5.58%) MongoDB
4 11 (5.58%) NoSQL
4 11 (5.58%) Relational Database
5 10 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (5.08%) DynamoDB
6 8 (4.06%) Data Hub
6 8 (4.06%) SQL CLR
6 8 (4.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (3.55%) Apache Cassandra
7 7 (3.55%) Big Data
7 7 (3.55%) DataStage
7 7 (3.55%) Hadoop
7 7 (3.55%) Neo4j
7 7 (3.55%) Pentaho
7 7 (3.55%) RDBMS
7 7 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (16.24%) JIRA
2 10 (5.08%) Git
3 7 (3.55%) SonarQube
4 4 (2.03%) Ant
4 4 (2.03%) Artifactory
5 3 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.52%) Maven
5 3 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.02%) Burp Suite
6 2 (1.02%) JMeter
6 2 (1.02%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.02%) NeoLoad
6 2 (1.02%) Selenium
6 2 (1.02%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.02%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) NUnit
7 1 (0.51%) Redmine
7 1 (0.51%) Subversion
7 1 (0.51%) Xcode
General
1 88 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 83 (42.13%) Finance
3 34 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.69%) Banking
5 18 (9.14%) Investment Banking
6 16 (8.12%) Law
7 11 (5.58%) Back Office
8 10 (5.08%) Front Office
9 9 (4.57%) Retail
10 7 (3.55%) Local Government
11 6 (3.05%) Legal
12 4 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.51%) Marketing
15 1 (0.51%) Police
15 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (18.78%) Analyst
2 35 (17.77%) Applications Support
3 28 (14.21%) Support Analyst
4 22 (11.17%) Lead
4 22 (11.17%) Senior
5 20 (10.15%) Technical Support
6 17 (8.63%) IT Analyst
7 15 (7.61%) Linux Support
7 15 (7.61%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.11%) Applications Support Analyst
8 14 (7.11%) Developer
9 13 (6.60%) IT Support
9 13 (6.60%) IT Support Analyst
9 13 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
9 13 (6.60%) Technical Support Analyst
10 11 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (5.58%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (5.58%) IT Manager
11 10 (5.08%) Support Specialist
11 10 (5.08%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.23%) .NET
2 18 (9.14%) LAPP Stack
3 16 (8.12%) LDAP
3 16 (8.12%) WebSphere MQ
4 14 (7.11%) .NET Framework
5 11 (5.58%) Entity Framework
5 11 (5.58%) React
6 9 (4.57%) .NET Core
7 8 (4.06%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.06%) Dapper ORM
7 8 (4.06%) HTML
8 7 (3.55%) CSS
8 7 (3.55%) REST
9 4 (2.03%) Middleware
10 3 (1.52%) CSS3
10 3 (1.52%) HTML5
10 3 (1.52%) Kafka
10 3 (1.52%) Node.js
10 3 (1.52%) RESTful
10 3 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.86%) Management Information System
2 20 (10.15%) Onboarding
3 16 (8.12%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (6.60%) Product Ownership
5 10 (5.08%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (4.06%) Private Cloud
6 8 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (4.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 8 (4.06%) Virtual Team
7 7 (3.55%) Clustering
7 7 (3.55%) Data Structures
7 7 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.02%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (23.86%) Windows
2 26 (13.20%) Linux
3 20 (10.15%) Unix
4 19 (9.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (8.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (40.10%) Agile
2 70 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (34.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (27.92%) ITIL
5 51 (25.89%) CI/CD
6 43 (21.83%) Change Management
6 43 (21.83%) DevOps
7 34 (17.26%) Migration
8 29 (14.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (13.71%) Service Management
10 25 (12.69%) Data Migration
10 25 (12.69%) Roadmaps
11 23 (11.68%) Analytics
12 22 (11.17%) Scrum
13 21 (10.66%) Mentoring
13 21 (10.66%) SDLC
13 21 (10.66%) Software Engineering
14 20 (10.15%) Change Control
14 20 (10.15%) User Acceptance Testing
15 19 (9.64%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.87%) SQL
2 44 (22.34%) Python
3 25 (12.69%) C#
4 19 (9.64%) Java
5 12 (6.09%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.05%) Bash
6 6 (3.05%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.52%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.52%) Groovy
7 3 (1.52%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.02%) C++
8 2 (1.02%) PHP
8 2 (1.02%) R
9 1 (0.51%) Bicep
9 1 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.51%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 32 (16.24%) Degree
2 20 (10.15%) ITIL Certification
3 18 (9.14%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.05%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.54%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.02%) CCSP
8 2 (1.02%) CISA
8 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.02%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.51%) CCSK
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (16.75%) SLA
2 22 (11.17%) QA
3 6 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.51%) COBIT
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
6 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (6.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (5.58%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.06%) Docker
4 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.02%) KVM
4 2 (1.02%) Xen
5 1 (0.51%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.05%) Ansible
2 6 (3.05%) Terraform
3 5 (2.54%) Puppet
4 3 (1.52%) Podman
5 2 (1.02%) CFEngine
5 2 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.02%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.02%) SCOM
6 1 (0.51%) Control-M
6 1 (0.51%) Kibana
6 1 (0.51%) SCCM
6 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (30.96%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.21%) ServiceNow
3 26 (13.20%) Oracle
4 23 (11.68%) Salesforce
5 19 (9.64%) IBM
6 16 (8.12%) Red Hat
7 14 (7.11%) VMware
8 7 (3.55%) Informatica
8 7 (3.55%) Talend
9 3 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.52%) SAP
10 2 (1.02%) BMC
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco
10 2 (1.02%) Dell
10 2 (1.02%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.02%) JD Edwards
10 2 (1.02%) Juniper
10 2 (1.02%) Lotus
10 2 (1.02%) Remedy
10 2 (1.02%) Sybase