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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 393 430
Rank change year-on-year -101 +37 -48
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 199 267 495
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.65% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.70% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 133 174 368
10th Percentile £47,700 £48,150 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,688 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,627 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% +3.40% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £63,564 £59,500
% change year-on-year +6.19% +6.83% +8.18%

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 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -132 174 £72,500 +12.18% 92
UK excluding London -109 89 £67,500 +6.19% 71
London -38 84 £72,500 +11.54% 35
Work from Home -21 68 £70,000 +8.00% 39
North of England -63 21 £72,500 +11.54% 10
South East -59 19 £49,500 -17.50% 34
Midlands -61 18 £75,000 +39.70% 7
South West -47 15 £62,500 -9.42% 8
East of England -21 13 £59,450 -15.07% 7
West Midlands -45 13 £75,000 +39.70% 6
Yorkshire -51 12 £72,500 +107.14% 2
North West -32 6 £73,500 -2.00% 6
East Midlands -43 4 £75,000 +87.50% 1
North East -21 3 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Scotland -28 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 9 (4.52%) Confluence
2 7 (3.52%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.51%) Tomcat
3 5 (2.51%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.51%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.51%) CMS
4 3 (1.51%) IIS
4 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) Apache
5 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.50%) Maya
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.51%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.01%) Fidessa
4 2 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.01%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.01%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.01%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.50%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.50%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (37.19%) Azure
2 44 (22.11%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (15.08%) AWS
4 22 (11.06%) Power Platform
5 16 (8.04%) Entra ID
6 15 (7.54%) GCP
6 15 (7.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 14 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (5.53%) SaaS
8 11 (5.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 9 (4.52%) Serverless
10 7 (3.52%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (3.52%) Cloudflare
10 7 (3.52%) GitHub
10 7 (3.52%) Vercel
11 6 (3.02%) Amazon EMR
11 6 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (3.02%) dbt
11 6 (3.02%) Power Automate
11 6 (3.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.02%) WinSCP
2 5 (2.51%) SSL
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.50%) HTTP
3 1 (0.50%) Intranet
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.04%) Power BI
1 14 (7.04%) Relational Database
2 12 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.03%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.52%) Big Data
5 7 (3.52%) Metadata
6 5 (2.51%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (2.51%) DataStage
6 5 (2.51%) DB2
6 5 (2.51%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.51%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.51%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.51%) MySQL
6 5 (2.51%) Neo4j
6 5 (2.51%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.51%) Pentaho
6 5 (2.51%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (13.57%) JIRA
2 16 (8.04%) Git
3 9 (4.52%) Eclipse
4 6 (3.02%) GitLab
4 6 (3.02%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.01%) Subversion
6 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.50%) JMeter
6 1 (0.50%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.50%) NUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.50%) Postman
6 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.50%) Selenium
6 1 (0.50%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 81 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 65 (32.66%) Finance
3 29 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.55%) Law
5 20 (10.05%) Banking
6 14 (7.04%) Legal
7 11 (5.53%) Marketing
8 10 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (3.02%) Investment Banking
10 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.01%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.01%) Retail
12 3 (1.51%) Games
13 2 (1.01%) Front Office
13 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Billing
14 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Police
14 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (22.61%) Lead
2 33 (16.58%) Senior
3 22 (11.06%) Analyst
4 20 (10.05%) Applications Support
4 20 (10.05%) Developer
5 14 (7.04%) Software Manager
6 13 (6.53%) Technical Leader
7 12 (6.03%) Senior Developer
8 11 (5.53%) Engineering Manager
8 11 (5.53%) Software Engineering Manager
8 11 (5.53%) Support Analyst
9 9 (4.52%) Applications Support Analyst
9 9 (4.52%) Service Manager
10 8 (4.02%) Administrator
10 8 (4.02%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.02%) Senior Manager
11 7 (3.52%) Consultant
11 7 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.52%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.55%) .NET
2 15 (7.54%) React
2 15 (7.54%) REST
3 11 (5.53%) CSS
3 11 (5.53%) HTML
4 8 (4.02%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.52%) Lightning Web Components
5 7 (3.52%) Middleware
5 7 (3.52%) SOAP
6 6 (3.02%) PySpark
7 5 (2.51%) ARM Templates
7 5 (2.51%) JSON
7 5 (2.51%) LAPP Stack
7 5 (2.51%) LDAP
7 5 (2.51%) WebSphere MQ
8 3 (1.51%) EDI
8 3 (1.51%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.51%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.51%) XML
9 2 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.04%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.04%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.04%) Onboarding
4 12 (6.03%) Reinsurance
5 10 (5.03%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.52%) Cloud Native
7 7 (3.52%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (3.52%) Podcast
8 6 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.51%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.01%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
11 2 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.05%) Windows
2 9 (4.52%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.02%) Linux
4 6 (3.02%) Unix
5 5 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (44.72%) DevOps
2 78 (39.20%) Agile
3 65 (32.66%) CI/CD
4 57 (28.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (25.13%) ITIL
6 46 (23.12%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (22.11%) Roadmaps
8 41 (20.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 36 (18.09%) Incident Management
10 34 (17.09%) Change Management
10 34 (17.09%) Service Management
11 33 (16.58%) AI
12 31 (15.58%) Scrum
13 29 (14.57%) Test Automation
14 27 (13.57%) ITSM
15 26 (13.07%) Software Engineering
16 25 (12.56%) Data Modelling
17 22 (11.06%) ETL
17 22 (11.06%) Root Cause Analysis
18 21 (10.55%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 56 (28.14%) SQL
2 31 (15.58%) Python
3 19 (9.55%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.04%) PowerShell
5 12 (6.03%) Java
6 7 (3.52%) C#
7 6 (3.02%) Apex Code
7 6 (3.02%) VB.NET
8 3 (1.51%) Bicep
8 3 (1.51%) SOQL
8 3 (1.51%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.01%) SOSL
10 1 (0.50%) ABAP
10 1 (0.50%) Bash
10 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.50%) Go
10 1 (0.50%) Groovy
10 1 (0.50%) Korn
10 1 (0.50%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (15.58%) Degree
2 11 (5.53%) PMI Certification
2 11 (5.53%) PMP
3 10 (5.03%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.02%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.02%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.01%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.01%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.01%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.51%) MBA
8 2 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.09%) QA
2 14 (7.04%) Data Quality
3 12 (6.03%) GRC
4 11 (5.53%) Accessibility
4 11 (5.53%) GDPR
5 9 (4.52%) SLA
6 7 (3.52%) PMO
7 4 (2.01%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.51%) TickIT
9 2 (1.01%) GAAP
9 2 (1.01%) IFRS
10 1 (0.50%) NIST
10 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (2.01%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.01%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.50%) Terminal Server
2 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (7.04%) Terraform
2 12 (6.03%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.51%) Ansible
4 3 (1.51%) Grafana
5 2 (1.01%) SCCM
5 2 (1.01%) SCOM
6 1 (0.50%) Argo
6 1 (0.50%) Control-M
6 1 (0.50%) Kibana
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.50%) Packer
6 1 (0.50%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (17.09%) Microsoft
1 34 (17.09%) ServiceNow
2 25 (12.56%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.53%) Oracle
4 10 (5.03%) Databricks
5 6 (3.02%) IBM
6 5 (2.51%) Informatica
6 5 (2.51%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.51%) Remedy
6 5 (2.51%) SAP
6 5 (2.51%) Talend
7 4 (2.01%) BMC
8 3 (1.51%) Intapp
8 3 (1.51%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.01%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.01%) Google
9 2 (1.01%) VMware
10 1 (0.50%) Infor
10 1 (0.50%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.50%) Triple Point