Release Management Jobs

Release Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 404 387
Rank change year-on-year +119 -17 +52
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 499 540 933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.58% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.67% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 174 371 584
10th Percentile £48,150 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,688 £51,625 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,778 £87,500 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,564 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.83% +8.18% -

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 47,236 80,210 105,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.56% 86.88% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,832 57,895 61,933
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,045
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Management.

Salary trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 1 April 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 1 April 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 +104 421 £64,814 +4.37% 250
UK excluding London +153 366 £63,564 +6.83% 134
London +77 118 £65,000 - 142
South East +104 100 £60,000 +1.69% 34
Work from Home +11 92 £64,627 +3.40% 110
Midlands +36 66 £53,688 -12.35% 22
South West +117 56 £69,000 +2.22% 17
North of England +75 52 £75,000 +30.43% 37
Scotland +126 51 £47,292 -24.33% 13
West Midlands +14 40 £53,688 -17.40% 14
East of England +73 30 £70,000 +48.88% 7
Yorkshire +79 29 £35,000 -45.10% 15
East Midlands +55 26 £40,000 - 7
North West +11 22 £75,000 +33.33% 20
Wales +30 11 - - 3
North East +39 1 £55,000 +15.79% 2

Release Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.01%) Confluence
2 21 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.40%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 7 (1.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.20%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.60%) PlanetPress Connect
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Endur
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 92 (18.44%) Azure
2 52 (10.42%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (10.02%) SaaS
4 39 (7.82%) GitHub
5 35 (7.01%) PaaS
6 29 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (5.41%) AWS
7 27 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (4.61%) OCI
9 22 (4.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 21 (4.21%) IaaS
10 21 (4.21%) Power Platform
11 15 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (3.01%) Power Automate
12 13 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (2.61%) Serverless
13 12 (2.40%) Azure Functions
13 12 (2.40%) IBM Cloud
14 11 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 11 (2.20%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.60%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (0.60%) Network Security
2 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.60%) SAN
2 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.60%) VPN
2 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.40%) Junos
4 1 (0.20%) BGP
4 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.20%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.20%) IPsec
4 1 (0.20%) OpenScape
4 1 (0.20%) OSPF
4 1 (0.20%) SSH
4 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.82%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.41%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.40%) Power BI
4 10 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.40%) Big Data
7 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Metadata
7 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (7.21%) JIRA
2 30 (6.01%) Git
3 21 (4.21%) SonarQube
4 19 (3.81%) Selenium
5 17 (3.41%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.80%) Visual Studio
7 8 (1.60%) Postman
8 6 (1.20%) Xcode
9 5 (1.00%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.80%) FitNesse
10 4 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.40%) Appium
12 2 (0.40%) Crucible
12 2 (0.40%) Locust
12 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
General
1 108 (21.64%) Aerospace
1 108 (21.64%) Automotive
2 90 (18.04%) Finance
3 88 (17.64%) Social Skills
4 30 (6.01%) Marketing
5 28 (5.61%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.41%) Law
7 25 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (4.41%) Banking
9 17 (3.41%) Police
10 12 (2.40%) Retail
11 10 (2.00%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Local Government
13 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.80%) Front Office
15 3 (0.60%) Back Office
16 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (26.65%) Configuration Management Engineer
1 133 (26.65%) Principal Engineer
1 133 (26.65%) SCM Engineer
2 105 (21.04%) Engineering Manager
3 38 (7.62%) Analyst
4 36 (7.21%) DevOps Engineer
5 26 (5.21%) Architect
6 25 (5.01%) Developer
7 21 (4.21%) Enterprise Architect
7 21 (4.21%) Release Manager
7 21 (4.21%) Salesforce Architect
8 19 (3.81%) Senior
9 17 (3.41%) Lead
9 17 (3.41%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (2.61%) IT Manager
11 12 (2.40%) Oracle Specialist
12 10 (2.00%) Applications Support
13 9 (1.80%) Product Manager
13 9 (1.80%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.61%) REST
2 27 (5.41%) .NET
3 25 (5.01%) Middleware
4 23 (4.61%) SOAP
5 21 (4.21%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (2.61%) ARM Templates
7 12 (2.40%) Azure Blueprints
7 12 (2.40%) XML
8 10 (2.00%) RESTful
9 9 (1.80%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.80%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.60%) React
11 7 (1.40%) Web Services
12 6 (1.20%) CSS
12 6 (1.20%) HTML
12 6 (1.20%) JSON
13 5 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.00%) Bootstrap
13 5 (1.00%) NHibernate
13 5 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.01%) Enterprise Software
3 15 (3.01%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.40%) Blockchain
5 12 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.00%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.40%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.20%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.00%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.80%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.40%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.40%) Market Risk
14 1 (0.20%) Clustering
14 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Storage
14 1 (0.20%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.81%) Linux
2 19 (3.81%) Unix
3 15 (3.01%) Windows
4 8 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.60%) Android
6 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (51.70%) Configuration Management
2 246 (49.30%) Coaching
3 175 (35.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 147 (29.46%) Waterfall
5 134 (26.85%) Mathematics
6 133 (26.65%) Physics
7 118 (23.65%) Agile
8 108 (21.64%) DevOps
9 80 (16.03%) CI/CD
10 63 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (9.82%) Computer Science
12 44 (8.82%) Roadmaps
13 42 (8.42%) ITIL
14 40 (8.02%) Change Management
15 39 (7.82%) Project Management
16 38 (7.62%) Test Automation
17 32 (6.41%) Microservices
17 32 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
18 31 (6.21%) Data Modelling
19 28 (5.61%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.42%) SQL
2 23 (4.61%) C#
2 23 (4.61%) T-SQL
3 21 (4.21%) Apex Code
4 17 (3.41%) Java
5 15 (3.01%) Python
6 14 (2.81%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.80%) Bash
7 9 (1.80%) TypeScript
8 7 (1.40%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.20%) Swift
10 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.60%) C++
12 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.40%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.20%) Dart
13 1 (0.20%) PHP
13 1 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 285 (57.11%) Degree
2 238 (47.70%) Chartered Engineer
3 27 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (5.01%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.21%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.80%) SC Cleared
10 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.40%) CCNA
11 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.20%) CCNP
12 1 (0.20%) MCSA
12 1 (0.20%) MCSE
12 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.61%) Data Quality
2 21 (4.21%) QA
3 12 (2.40%) NCSC
4 6 (1.20%) GxP
5 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
7 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.40%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
System Software
1 31 (6.21%) Docker
2 18 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) Firmware
4 5 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.01%) Terraform
3 22 (4.41%) Ansible
4 5 (1.00%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.60%) Control-M
5 3 (0.60%) VxRail
6 1 (0.20%) Consul
6 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 133 (26.65%) Micro Focus
2 58 (11.62%) Microsoft
3 44 (8.82%) Oracle
4 35 (7.01%) Salesforce
5 21 (4.21%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 16 (3.21%) IBM
7 15 (3.01%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.40%) PeopleSoft
9 11 (2.20%) Databricks
10 7 (1.40%) VMware
11 6 (1.20%) Apple
11 6 (1.20%) Cisco
11 6 (1.20%) Infor
11 6 (1.20%) SAP
12 5 (1.00%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.00%) Dell
13 3 (0.60%) Aruba
13 3 (0.60%) McAfee
13 3 (0.60%) Sophos
13 3 (0.60%) Trayport