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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 437 375
Rank change year-on-year -48 -62 +68
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 258 553 741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.54% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.65% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 159 346 468
10th Percentile £45,118 £39,125 £42,279
25th Percentile £53,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,498 £60,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -2.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,522 £89,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -6.78% +0.43% +6.82%

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 53,906 85,087 81,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.73% 82.48% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,389 58,040 52,423
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,258 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -19 248 £62,500 +1.63% 164
UK excluding London -50 141 £55,000 -6.78% 108
London +95 112 £67,500 +3.85% 66
Work from Home -36 87 £70,000 +16.67% 72
South East -11 38 £60,000 +6.15% 41
Midlands +26 36 £53,688 -10.52% 20
North of England +11 35 £55,000 +7.32% 22
West Midlands +37 34 £53,688 -25.95% 10
North West -23 25 £62,500 +13.64% 16
South West +78 18 £60,686 -10.09% 11
East of England +32 8 £70,000 +2.19% 6
Yorkshire +32 5 £44,250 -4.59% 4
North East - 5 £35,000 - 2
Scotland +68 3 £47,292 -7.72% 4
Wales -1 3 £48,500 -11.82% 4
East Midlands +27 2 - - 9

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 20 (7.75%) Confluence
1 20 (7.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (7.75%) SharePoint
2 16 (6.20%) IIS
3 6 (2.33%) Apache
4 5 (1.94%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.78%) JBoss
5 2 (0.78%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.39%) Moodle
6 1 (0.39%) nginx
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (6.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (6.20%) SAP ERP
3 4 (1.55%) Infor M3
3 4 (1.55%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (1.55%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (1.16%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.39%) Magento
6 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 91 (35.27%) Azure
2 50 (19.38%) GitHub
3 48 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (14.34%) SaaS
5 32 (12.40%) GitHub Actions
6 28 (10.85%) AWS
7 27 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (10.08%) Power Platform
9 21 (8.14%) Power Automate
9 21 (8.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 19 (7.36%) PowerApps
11 15 (5.81%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (5.43%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (4.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 12 (4.65%) Datadog
14 9 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (3.49%) PaaS
15 8 (3.10%) Entra ID
15 8 (3.10%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.33%) Network Security
1 6 (2.33%) WAN
2 5 (1.94%) Firewall
2 5 (1.94%) SAN
3 3 (1.16%) Internet
3 3 (1.16%) LAN
3 3 (1.16%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.16%) SSL
3 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.16%) VoIP
3 3 (1.16%) VPN
4 2 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.39%) FTP
5 1 (0.39%) IPsec
5 1 (0.39%) OpenScape
5 1 (0.39%) OSPF
5 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) SSH
5 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (18.22%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.04%) Data Hub
2 13 (5.04%) SQL CLR
3 9 (3.49%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (3.10%) Power BI
4 8 (3.10%) Relational Database
5 7 (2.71%) MySQL
6 6 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.94%) Big Data
7 5 (1.94%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.55%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.39%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.39%) Metadata
11 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 35 (13.57%) JIRA
2 23 (8.91%) Git
3 15 (5.81%) SonarQube
4 13 (5.04%) Selenium
5 10 (3.88%) Jenkins
6 8 (3.10%) Postman
7 7 (2.71%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.94%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.55%) JMeter
9 4 (1.55%) Locust
9 4 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.55%) Robot Framework
10 3 (1.16%) Ant
10 3 (1.16%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.16%) NUnit
10 3 (1.16%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.78%) Maven
11 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.78%) Xcode
General
1 98 (37.98%) Finance
2 92 (35.66%) Social Skills
3 25 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.69%) Law
4 22 (8.53%) Marketing
5 20 (7.75%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.20%) Back Office
7 15 (5.81%) Banking
8 13 (5.04%) Police
9 11 (4.26%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.26%) Retail
10 7 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.55%) Front Office
11 4 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.55%) Legal
11 4 (1.55%) Local Government
12 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.16%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 37 (14.34%) DevOps Engineer
2 32 (12.40%) Developer
3 27 (10.47%) Analyst
3 27 (10.47%) Senior
4 26 (10.08%) Architect
5 21 (8.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 21 (8.14%) Salesforce Architect
6 17 (6.59%) Lead
7 16 (6.20%) SAP Manager
8 15 (5.81%) Release Manager
9 13 (5.04%) Change Manager
9 13 (5.04%) Head of Development
9 13 (5.04%) IT Manager
10 12 (4.65%) Change and Release Manager
11 11 (4.26%) Applications Support
11 11 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.26%) Support Analyst
12 9 (3.49%) IT Change Manager
13 8 (3.10%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 8 (3.10%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (18.99%) .NET
2 31 (12.02%) REST
3 28 (10.85%) Middleware
4 23 (8.91%) SOAP
5 21 (8.14%) Lightning Web Components
6 20 (7.75%) .NET Framework
7 17 (6.59%) React
8 16 (6.20%) Entity Framework
8 16 (6.20%) SAP Fiori
9 13 (5.04%) .NET Core
9 13 (5.04%) Dapper ORM
9 13 (5.04%) HTML
10 12 (4.65%) CSS
11 10 (3.88%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (2.71%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.71%) Web Services
13 6 (2.33%) XML
14 5 (1.94%) YAML
15 4 (1.55%) JSON
15 4 (1.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.47%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 21 (8.14%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.04%) Private Cloud
4 13 (5.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 11 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.10%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.33%) Clustering
8 3 (1.16%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.16%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.16%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.39%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (15.12%) Windows
2 20 (7.75%) Windows Server
3 19 (7.36%) Linux
4 11 (4.26%) Unix
5 4 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.78%) Android
7 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (51.16%) Agile
2 105 (40.70%) DevOps
3 91 (35.27%) CI/CD
4 75 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 66 (25.58%) ITIL
6 60 (23.26%) Change Management
7 54 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (15.89%) Computer Science
10 37 (14.34%) ERP
10 37 (14.34%) Software Delivery
11 35 (13.57%) Data Privacy
12 31 (12.02%) Incident Management
13 28 (10.85%) Data Management
13 28 (10.85%) Data Modelling
13 28 (10.85%) E-Commerce
13 28 (10.85%) Microservices
14 27 (10.47%) Migration
15 26 (10.08%) Design Patterns
15 26 (10.08%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 65 (25.19%) SQL
2 40 (15.50%) C#
3 31 (12.02%) Java
4 30 (11.63%) Python
5 22 (8.53%) Apex Code
6 21 (8.14%) PowerShell
7 16 (6.20%) ABAP
8 15 (5.81%) T-SQL
9 14 (5.43%) TypeScript
10 12 (4.65%) JavaScript
11 11 (4.26%) Bash
12 5 (1.94%) R
13 2 (0.78%) C++
13 2 (0.78%) Groovy
13 2 (0.78%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.78%) PHP
13 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.78%) Swift
14 1 (0.39%) C
Qualifications
1 41 (15.89%) Degree
2 29 (11.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (8.14%) Master's Degree
4 20 (7.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (5.04%) Security Cleared
6 9 (3.49%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.71%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.33%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.94%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (1.94%) CCSP
10 5 (1.94%) CISA
11 4 (1.55%) CCSK
12 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.40%) QA
2 23 (8.91%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.10%) SLA
4 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.55%) GxP
5 4 (1.55%) NCSC
6 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 1 (0.39%) COBIT
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (7.75%) Docker
3 15 (5.81%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.78%) Firmware
5 2 (0.78%) KVM
5 2 (0.78%) Xen
6 1 (0.39%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 23 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.36%) Terraform
3 9 (3.49%) Ansible
4 6 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.55%) Puppet
6 3 (1.16%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.78%) CFEngine
7 2 (0.78%) Podman
7 2 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.78%) SCOM
8 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 76 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 32 (12.40%) Salesforce
3 27 (10.47%) Oracle
4 26 (10.08%) VMware
5 22 (8.53%) SAP
6 21 (8.14%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 13 (5.04%) Databricks
7 13 (5.04%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.94%) Google
9 4 (1.55%) Cisco
9 4 (1.55%) Infor
9 4 (1.55%) Workday
10 3 (1.16%) Citrix
10 3 (1.16%) Dell
10 3 (1.16%) Isilon
10 3 (1.16%) Juniper
11 2 (0.78%) Apple
11 2 (0.78%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (0.78%) Sybase
11 2 (0.78%) Trayport